Hi April & lis-mappers,
Here are a couple of starters. To counterbalance the US-led WAML site,
we ought to consider the European Groupe des Cartothecaires de LIBER
site at:
http://www.maps.ethz.ch/gdc-education.html
Also quite handy on the international level is "Renardus". Take a look
at the "Maps" and "Cartography" sections from:
http://www.renardus.org/cgi-bin/genDDCbrowseSQL.pl?ID=13149&node=ABVQT
Good luck!
Nick
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:16:35 +0100 "Carlucci, April" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Hello everyone
>
> At the Business Meeting of the Map Curators' Group of the British
> Cartographic Society in Portsmouth on 12 September, it was decided to go
> forward with the proposal to institute an Internet resource called the UK
> Map Curators' Toolbox, as part of the Map Curators' Group pages on the BCS
> website. The intention of this resource is to make widely available many and
> various hints, documents and links which would be of use to people whose
> duties include caring for maps in libraries, archives, museums, schools,
> universities, and anywhere else maps are found. The MCG felt that this would
> be of benefit to map people throughout the country, and is thus within our
> remit and responsibility.
>
> This message serves as an announcement and a call for contributions--from
> full documents, to links, to tidbits of information or more ideas!!
>
> The source of this idea is the very helpful Map Librarian's Toolbox which is
> maintained on the website of the Western Association of Map Libraries in the
> United States. The MCG pays homage to WAML, and we hope they won't mind if
> we borrow their idea! To see this resource, go to <<www.waml.org/maptools>>
> As you'll note, it is, as is to be expected, fairly US-centric, so the MCG
> want to provide a resource more useful specifically to UK map collections.
>
> Here's a brief outline of the categories we'd like to include:
> * Organisations related to maps and map collections in the UK, Europe
> and the World
> * WWW resources, including list discussion groups and links to such
> sites as Oddens Bookmarks and the History of Cartography gateway
> * The "Big 10" UK map collections
> * Map collection catalogues online
> * Bibliographies on map librarianship
> * Map dealers
> * Equipment and supplies
> * Military mapping
> * Air photos and satellite imagery
> * Digital resources
> * Ordnance Survey resources
> * Hydrographic Office resources
> * Cataloguing of maps
> * Map scale
> * Conservation of maps
> * Security issues
> * Co-operative ventures
>
> We hope to have the Toolbox up and running by the end of the year, with
> items added as discovered. I will be co-ordinating content, and Frank
> Blakeway, ex-BCS administrator, will be handling technical aspects--the "art
> and science" of website-making, to borrow a phrase.
>
> I look forward to hearing from everyone!
>
> April
> April Carlucci
> Curator of Modern Mapping and Cataloguing Manager
> British Library Map Collections
> 96 Euston Road
> London NW1 2DB
>
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