Dear all, 

The Map Curators' Group of the British Cartographic Society's annual business meeting will be held directly after the MCG workshop on Thursday15th September, at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. Further information on the workshop is available here: http://www.cartography.org.uk/mcg-2016/

The proposed meeting agenda is as follows:
1 .  Apologies for absence
2.  Notes of the last meeting 2015 and matters arising not covered elsewhere
3.  MAGIC
4.  LIS-maps
5.  Cartographiti
6.  Training
7.  2017 Map Curators' Group Workshop
8.  Any other business. 
Any apologies or suggestions for the agenda should be sent to Paula Williams [log in to unmask] Thank you!

Please find below the draft minutes from last year's meeting.

Notes from the annual business meeting of the MAP CURATORS' GROUP of the British Cartographic Society
Held at Park Inn, York, Tuesday 8th September 2015

Ann Sutherland, convener of the Map Curators' Group, chaired the meeting.

NOTES OF THE LAST MEETING: 2014 approved

MAGIC
Action: Convenor to contact Renata to enquire about progress of MAGIC offer MCG support

LIS-Maps
List owner Tinho da Cruz reported that use of the list remains quiet but steady. Clare Gordon is list co-owner. Clare also maintains the UK directory of map collections.
Thanks to Tinho and Clare for their continued work. Action: All, please check and update directory as required. Send any amendments to Clare at [log in to unmask]

CARTOGRAPHITI
Tinho asked that map curators please send in reports and articles; there has been a paucity of copy in the last months resulting in delays to publication. Any volunteers for Curator's choice articles are also welcome. Action: All, keep sending map related articles to Cartographiti

TRAINING
Paula Williams reported the briefing documents resulting from the "Feral Maps" training have not been made available through the Map Curators' toolbox as planned, due to time pressures on the curators writing them. Following discussions it was agreed to re-run "Feral maps" or an equivalent introductory training for anyone tasked with looking after a map collection, in 2017. 
Requirement for a training day on RDA cataloguing for maps will be investigated at the 2016 meeting, as at the moment only the legal deposit libraries have fully implemented RDA.  It was generally agreed that there would be a future need for such training.

PUBLICATIONS
MCG have no new publications in progress.

MCG WORKSHOP 2016
Paula Williams invited the Group to meet in Edinburgh next year, to coincide with the planned major map exhibition at the National Library of Scotland. Theme suggestions included looking at ways of dealing with the sheer size of maps and mapping in all formats.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS 
BRICMICS - concern was expressed about the continuation of BRICMICS following the retiral of Peter Barber from the British Library. Action: Convenor to enquire of BL regarding next BRICMICS meeting
BCS - website is currently being revamped and updated. The Group will review their areas to ensure currency of information. It will still be possible for the Group to add to and amend its pages on the new site.           Action: Ann Sutherland, Anne Taylor, Tinho da Cruz and Paula Williams
Research Libraries UK "Hidden Collections" report - April Carlucci  reported that this report showed that in the 28 participating institutions there were more than 1 million orphaned maps. The Group  agreed to her suggestion that  we ask where these map collections are, with a view to approaching the institutions and offering support and advice. 
http://www.rluk.ac.uk/work/hiddencollectionsreportwork/ Action: April Carlucci to contact RLUK 

Note taker: Paula Williams


On behalf of Ann Sutherland 
Convenor
Map Curators' Group, British Cartographic Society
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Paula Williams
Curator | Maps, Mountaineering & Polar Collections 

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