Dear all
Apologies for cross posting.
The Map Curators’ Group of the British Cartographic Society is pleased
to invite map curators, map librarians, archivists and all those charged
with the care of maps to its 2009 Workshop at the National Library of
Scotland in Edinburgh, in September.
This year’s theme is:
"From Paper to Screen: Putting Maps on the Web"
and we have three days of interesting and useful talks and
demonstrations, visits, and other cartographical delights planned for you.
Wednesday 9 September:
Join us for six talks about making your map collection accessible to the
world on the internet and about the possibilities for putting index maps
on the web. Our speakers are from Britain and Europe, and include people
doing cutting edge work in these areas: Rod Adkins (OLDUKMaps.com); John
Davies (member of the Charles Close Society and Soviet mapping
specialist); Bruce Gittings (Institute of Geography, University of
Edinburgh); Peter Levi (Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam); Petr
Pridal (technical manager of OldMapsOnline.org, Moravian Library, Brno,
Czech Republic); and Benjamin Pucknus (Map Curator, RCAHMS, The Aerial
Reconnaissance Archives and University of Würzburg, Germany). Following
the talks we will hold the MCG’s annual Business Meeting, and then
delegates are invited to a wine reception and private viewing of an
exhibition of the Bartholomew Archive, now housed at the National
Library of Scotland.
Thursday 10 September:
Chris Fleet (National Library of Scotland) and Petr Pridal will host a
morning demonstration on putting maps on the web. In the afternoon there
is a choice of visits to The Aerial Reconnaissance Archive (TARA) at the
Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
(RCAHMS) or the British Geological Survey’s Edinburgh office, followed
by a guided walking tour of Edinburgh’s historic map and book printing
sites. Join us in the evening for a meal and some collegial networking
at a local Italian restaurant.
Friday 11 September:
A coach will take us to Perth, where the Royal Scottish Geographical
Society will be our hosts. We’ll have a presentation and tours of their
new headquarters and the Fair Maid’s House, future home of the RSGS
collection and exhibitions. There will be a lunch break and time for
walkabout in town.
And for those who can’t get enough about maps, The Charles Close Society
for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps
(http://www.charlesclosesociety.org/) is planning an Edinburgh programme
for Saturday 12 September.
We hope you will join us for this exciting event!
Please see our brochure with full details at
http://www.cartography.org.uk/downloads/MCG_web.pdf
and our booking form at
http://www.cartography.org.uk/downloads/MCG_Sep09_booking_form.pdf
or for direct online booking
http://www.cartography.org.uk/default.asp?contentID=900.
There is a specially priced offer for those wishing to attend the entire
MCG event, and a la carte options as well. Early bird booking closes on
31 July and all booking closes on 21 August, so reserve your place now!
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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/deptserv/maps/
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