Tinho:
Firstly, many apologies for not eventually (at the last moment) being able
to get away from here, to my rehearsal (in the hope of arriving there not
*too* late), via your fiancee's art exhib. I do hope that all went
reasonably satisfactory.
Secondly, for 'Cartographiti' issue 60 it would be useful to remind all
those who received (and, maybe, read and even passed on to other colleagues)
any of my Internet lists announcements of charging policy for this Map Room;
in addition to which, there are bound to be both some MCG members who will
not have web access and some (retired) MCG members who would appreciate the
information. Could you therefore find appropriate space for that
announcement (amended with later insertion of prices), reproduced below?
PS: I'm *very* curious to know what you (or any Editor of 'Cartographiti')
would do if you *really* heard from us all!
Thanks
Francis
>The Bad News: -
>Since 1854 the Royal Geographical Society has tried to maintain a map
collection which, dependent upon a government annual >grant, could also be
made freely available for consultation by the general public. The present
government department (that for >Culture, Media and Sport) has terminated
this grant. Consequently this Society, which receives no other government
funding, will >have to both institute an appointments system and to make a
daily access charge to non-members.
>The Good News:
>The daily charge will cover not only a continued public access to the Map
Room (cartographic materials from the fifteenth century >to the present,
carto-bibliographies, gazetteers, directories to (re)sources, RGS-sponsored
expedition reports [NB: these are >unpublished and hence not available in
the copyright libraries], large-format A0 photocopier, etc.) but also access
to all the >Society's >other collections : Library (books, guide-books,
sailing directions, and periodicals - including cartography as a subject),
>Picture Library (sketches, water-colours, photographs, prints), Archives
(correspondence, submissions for publication in the >Society's journals,
manuscript diaries, membership records), and Museum (artefacts). Prior
appointment with the department >most likely to hold the most amount of
relevant research material is essential. This new system will take effect
from Monday 28 >February 2000.
>The charges will be, per diem for non-members, GBP10.00 (wage earners) and
GBP5.00 (persons un-waged or in full-time >education). The very recently
up-dated 'Collections' pages of the Society's Website, where the present
figures of GBP15.00 and >GBP5.00 respectively may be cited, will be changed
again soon.
>Please visit our website for more information on the Collections :
http://www.rgs.org
>Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps, RGS-IBG)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Antonio da Cruz [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 02 March 2000 18:00
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Cartographiti 60
>
> Dear Friends (if anyone's still speaking to me),
> As Cartographiti 59 has finally been printed and is being
> distributed next week, I'm getting stuck into issue 60. If
> anyone has any contributions please send them to me by 10
> March. As I'm an issue behind it has been suggested that
> the December/March issue be combined. Then we should be on
> track for the rest of the year.
> I look forward to hearing from you all.
> Tinho
>
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> Antonio da Cruz (Tinho) [log in to unmask]
> Map Curator, Department of Geography, Roxby Building
> University of Liverpool, LIVERPOOL L69 7ZT
> Telephone: 0151 794 2844 Fax: 0151 794 2866
>
> See the British Archaeological Association web page
> http://www.britarch.ac.uk/baa
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