----------------------------Original message---------------------------- To members of the Special Libraries Association I hope you all saw Mary Larsgaard's e-mail message of May 13 to MAPS-L that offers map librarians time and space at the Map & Imagery Lab at University of California Santa Barbara this summer. If not, the text of her message is at the end of this message. SLA has the pleasure of administering three $250 scholarships generously offered by Map Link of Santa Barbara to help map librarians defray travel and living expenses. If you are interested in applying for one of the three $250 scholarshiips, please do the following: Send an e-mail message to [log in to unmask] by June 20. Include your name, address, job title/description/affiliation info, preferred (or already confirmed) attendance dates and a brief statement (300 words or less) about what you hope to learn and how you hope to apply what you've learned when you return home. In addition, please include a listing of map library, cartographic, GIS, etc. conferences or events or training sessions that you have attended within the last 2 years. Your application will be shared electronically among Past Chair Paige Andrew, Chair-elect Jim Mears and Chair Ellie Clement who will decide on the three successful applicants. You will be notified by June 28 about the outcome of your application. Again, I wish to thank UC Santa Barbara and Map Link for their generosity. Elaine Clement Kresge Physical Science Library Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755 603/646-3564 Text of May 13, 1996 message from Mary Larsgaard to MAPS-L. ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- If you are a map librarian wondering how you are going to get the time to learn software to work with spatial data in digital form - or if you'd like to use some software and hardware before recommending its purchase for your library - perhaps the following may be assistance. The Map and Imagery Laboratory (MIL), Davidson Library, University of California at Santa Barbara, invites you to use the facilities at MIL this summer, between June 10 through September 20, without fee. THIS OFFER IS FOR MAP LIBRARIANS AT LIBRARIES ONLY. We will make reservations for equipment for one-week or two-week time periods; there is space for 3 visiting map librarians at any one time. This is very much a matter of using the tutorials that MIL has in house; there will NOT be any classes taught; we would like to work toward that, in years to come. MIL staff will provide the assistance we give to any user working on a tutorial, which is to help the user over glitches in the software. See appendix below for lists of software and hardware available. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, do the following: - - send an email to me at [log in to unmask], telling me: a) preferred time period; and b) software/hardware. Brief information as to travel and housing appears in appendix. This is an experimental program; if persons find it useful, we would certainly be interested offering this again next summer. A special thanks to Stella Bentley, Assistant University Librarian for Information Services in the Davidson Library, for encouraging MIL to offer the use of its facilities to map librarians from other libraries, during what is a slower time of year for this facility. Map Link of Santa Barbara has generously offered to provide "scholarships" for 9 map librarians, at $250 for each person, to help defray travel and living expenses. If you are interested in applying for one of these scholarships, get in touch directly with the chair of the association of which you are a member. The selection part of this process will be handled by these three map-library associations, with each association having 3 scholarships at its disposition: a. American Library Association Map and Geography Round Table; chair, Margaret Brill - [log in to unmask] b. Special Libraries Association Geography and Map Division; chair, Elaine Clement - [log in to unmask] c. Western Association of Map Libraries; president, Kathryn Womble - [log in to unmask] Map Link is also kindly offering to treat persons receiving scholarships to an afternoon at Map Link, beginning with lunch (you see? there IS a free lunch), and continuing with a tour of Map Link. Mary Larsgaard Map and Imagery Laboratory, Davidson Library University of California, Santa Barbara APPENDIX Computer software and hardware: The equipment in MIL's computer facility concentrates on two major areas of spatial-data work: image processing; and geographic information systems. There are 3 workstations and a color X-terminal running UNIX. Two workstations run: - - ERDAS Imagine 8.2, - - ARC/INFO 7.0.3, - - ArcView 2.1, - - and xv 3.10a. MIL has recently received Intergraph software and may know enough about it ourselves by this summer in order to get someone into it enough to get a general idea of its capabilities. MIL's computer facility has 2 PCs: one dedicated to driving an Eikonix scanner through ERDAS 7.5 software, the second running a variety of software that includes: - - ArcView 2.1, - - ArcCAD, - - Atlas/GIS, - - AutoCAD R13, - - CorelDRAW! 5.0, - - IDRISI 4.2, - - Image Alchemy,- IMDISP 7.9, and - - PCArc 3.4D. Additionally, a PowerMac, purchased specifically for geologic applications, runs: - - Rockware suite, - - ArcView 2.1 and - - Adobe Photoshop 3.0. Peripheral devices within the facility include a digitizing tablet shared by the PCs, a digitizing tablet connected to one workstation, CD-ROM drives for all machines, a 9-track tapedrive, access to 8mm and 4mm tapedrives through the Lab's server, and 2 network printers: a 600dpi B/W laserjet and a 300dpi color thermal wax. There is also a Sharp JX-610 color scanner running under Adobe Photoshop on an Alexandria Digital Library PC, which can be used when the Alexandria project is not using it. All machines are connected through MIL's LAN which allows transfer of files between machines within the facility, or to other networked machines. Transportation and so on: Travel: Santa Barbara is served by an airport, Amtrak, Greyhound, and freeway 101. It is a very pleasant but small airport, and if you don't do small planes, generally this is not an airport for you to fly into. What some persons do is fly into LAX (best rates), then either rent a car or take the Santa Barbara Airbus (really is a bus; $55 round trip) to Santa Barbara. Housing: The best deal in town is the UCSB Faculty Club ($55 single and $60 double, if my memory is correct). If you are a member of another faculty club, it is my impression that you can deal with them directly - 805/893-3096. If you are not, then let me know and I will see if I can make a reservation for you. Because the rates are so good, and the number of rooms is small (6 or thereabouts), it fills up quickly. The Super 8 (805/967-5591) is close to campus, on the bus route. If you'd like to try a b&b, or some other hotel, get in touch with Accomodations Reservation Service (805/687-9191) which for no charge will recommend places for you to stay.