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The Map Curators' Group are pleased to announce a TRAINING COURSE for all those with maps in their care. Apologies for cross posting. “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 (or soon will be) 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.