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The Map Curators' Group of the British Cartographic Society is pleased to announce its next training event for map librarians, curators, archivists, cataloguers and all those charged with caring for or cataloguing cartographic materials.

 

Map Cataloguing for the Terrified

Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th April 2009

University of Liverpool (UK)

*** Further details and booking form now available at http://www.cartography.org.uk/default.asp?contentID=882 where it is also possible to book online ***

 

The cost of the course is £95 for BCS members and £115 for non-members. The fee includes a copy of the classic text Maps and related cartographic materials : cataloging, classification, and bibliographic control / Paige G. Andrew, Mary Lynette Larsgaard, editors.

 

The course will run from 13.00 Thursday until 13.00 Friday. Arrangements for supper on the Thursday will be available at delegates' expense. A block of rooms at a convenient hotel is being held for delegates.

 

Course tutors include April Carlucci (Kings College London, and formerly Cataloguing Manager, British Library Map Collections), Debbie Hall (Map Cataloguer, Bodleian Library, Oxford University), Rose Mitchell (Map Archivist, The National Archives) and Paula Williams (Map Cataloguer, National Library of Scotland Map Library).

 

 

The deadline for booking the course and for the special hotel rate is 31 March 2009. Places are limited, so please book early!

 

This is a repeat of the course held in January 2007.

 

We look forward to seeing you in Liverpool.

 

Anne Taylor, Head of Map Department, Cambridge University Library, [log in to unmask]

Debbie Hall, Map Cataloguer, Bodleian Library, Oxford University, [log in to unmask]

April Carlucci, Kings College London, [log in to unmask]