Wednesday 4th September, NLS Causewayside
A cross-sectoral and cross-domain look at the problem of standards for
Scottish placenames, the ultimate aim of which is to agree a process
for tackling the issue in Scotland - a process that will meet the
needs of the various involved sectors and domains and also be
compatible with international approaches to the placenames question.
Programme:
11.00 Registration and coffee
11.30 Introduction (Dennis Nicholson)
11.35 Cate Newton - a libraries perspective
11.55 Alan Borthwick - an Archives perspective
12.15 TBA - a Museums perspective
12.35 Peter Burnhill - A Geospatial Perspective
12.55 Lunch
13.40 Gordon Dunsire and Stephen Winch - Acting locally, thinking
globally - a practitioner's perspective
14.10 TBA - a Gaelic perspective
14.30 Plenary session - where do we go from here (Chaired by Dennis
Nicholson)
15.30 Close
To register contact Penny Robertson e: [log in to unmask]
Cost GBP 10.00 + vat = GBP 11.75
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