----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This message has been cross-posted to a number of lists: READING THE WORLD: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Maps October 14-15, 1994 Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland, Maine Sponsored by the University of Southern Maine Library An international, scholarly conference celebrating the opening of the Osher Map library and the Smith Center for Cartographic Education. (Curator: Yolanda Theunissen; Phone 207-780-4850; E-MAIL [log in to unmask]) Keynote Speakers include: David Woodward, professor of geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison and editor, The History of Cartography series; John Noble Wilford, New York Times science columnist and author of The Mapmakers. Other presenters will include Denis Wood, professor of design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh and guest curator of the Smithsonian exhibit and author of The Power of Maps; and Anne Godlewska, assistant professor of geography, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. A number of Rare Map Dealers will be showing (and offering for sale) a selection of their stock. Conference registration and accomodation reservation deadline: Sept. 15, 1994. For more information or to receive the conference mailing registration please call: 207 780-4542 1-800 800-4USM ext.4542 FAX 207-780-4836