Apologies for cross posting.
Further to my previous announcement I am pleased to say that the full
programme and the registration form for this course are now available at
http://www.cartography.org.uk/Pages/Membership/Curators/Training.html
You will also find here some additional notes for attendees and a
flier/poster to advertise the course - please display or distribute copies
if you have an opportunity.
The course is organised by the Map Curators' Group of the British
Cartographic Society for all those with maps in their care.
DETAILS
“Wired for Maps: A basic course on electronic cartographic materials for
map curators, librarians and archivists”
1-2 June 2005, Edinburgh
The Map Curators’ Group of the British Cartographic Society is holding a
training course on electronic cartographic materials for all librarians,
archivists, curators in fact anyone who has maps in their care.
The course will be held in the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh
and will start after lunch on Wednesday 1 June with a session entitled
Digitisation of material from your own collections. This aims to give
some practical advice on how to plan and implement digitisation projects.
The course will continue the following morning with a session on
Organisation and acquisition of digital data. This will include a look at
how to make the most of GIS technologies in the library, a discussion of
metadata and a look at some of the map images that are already available
on the web.
You do not need to be a member of the British Cartographic Society to
attend. The closing date for booking is 15 May 2005.
The charge for the whole course is £55 (registration for part of the
programme is also possible). The full programme and registration form are
available at
http://www.cartography.org.uk/Pages/Membership/Curators/Training.html
Or contact Anne Taylor (details below) for paper copies or if you need
more information. Some advice on accommodation will be sent with the
confirmation of your booking.
Edinburgh is a lovely city to visit and is accessible from most parts of
the country by train, plane and road. We hope that running the course
over two days will assist those who need to travel some distance and will
give attendees an opportunity to network informally on the Wednesday
evening. Come along and share your experiences and talk through issues
with some friendly faces.
Anne Taylor
Head of Map Department, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge
CB3 9DR
Tel: 01223-333041. Fax: 01223-333160. email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/maps/Home.htm
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