Dear friends and
colleagues
We
are pleased to announce that booking is now open for the Annual
Workshop of the Map Curators’ Group (MCG) of the British
Cartographic Society.
This
will be held at the University of Leeds, England,
on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th August 2012.
The theme
is “The customer and the
map curator, or, the importance of being relevant”.
The programme and
booking form can be found at http://www.cartography.org.uk/default.asp?contentID=1035
. The programme is also reproduced below.
Please note that a late booking fee of £50 applies for bookings
made after 10 August and that no bookings can be accepted after
17 August - so fill in those forms now!
B&B arrangements in the University’s newly refurbished Storm
Jameson Court http://www.meetinleeds.co.uk/stormjamesoncourt.php
are available at special rates for the Workshop. Delegates
should book and pay via the link available on the booking form.
So please come and join us in Leeds - you don't have to be a
member of the Map Curators’ Group (MCG) or
the British Cartographic Society - to meet with colleagues, hear
some fascinating talks and go on some intriguing visits.
Wednesday 29 August – (approx. 9.30am-6pm)
April Carlucci (consulting map librarian) - Do we have what they
need? Assessing map collections and geographic information
requirements at the Natural History Museum
Tom Armitage (Geoservices Support, EDINA) - Assessing User
Satisfaction for the Digimap Service: Surveys, spreadsheets and
a different kind of chart
Paula Williams (Senior Map Curator, National Library of
Scotland) - Mystery shoppers and survey monkeys: evaluating the
map customer experience
Kimberly Kowal (Lead Curator - Digital Mapping, British Library)
- Engaging with users + enhancing access to maps: crowdsourced
georeferencing
Stephanie Davidson (Records Management and Digital Collections
Coordinator, West Yorkshire Archives) - Taking history off the
map
Richard Oliver (Honorary Research Fellow in the History of
Cartography, University of Exeter) - Writing for lay audiences?
The annual Business Meeting of the Map Curators' Group will
follow the speakers (approx. 4pm).
The evening will finish with an optional group meal at a local
restaurant (for those who have booked, time tbc).
Thursday 30 August – Visits (approx. 10.00am-4pm)
The University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment
will host our morning visit which will include SEE’s map
library, GIS and 3D visualisation suites. Clare Gordon (Teaching
Fellow and Map Curator) and Geoffrey E. Lloyd (Reader in
Microgeodynamics) will give the presentation Geological map
making with students: combining the old with the new. Come see
maps at work!
Marks & Spencer Company Archive – Recently opened to
the public for the first time, the Archive contains materials
from the 128 year history of this British institution, including
staff publications, photographs and films, garments and
household products, design and advertising material. If you’ve
ever bought anything in M&S, you’ll want to see this!
If you would like more information, please contact:
Ann Sutherland, Convener,
The Map Curators' Group [log in to unmask]
April Carlucci, The
Itinerant Map Catalog(u)er [log in to unmask]
Paula Williams [log in to unmask]
Anne Taylor, Cambridge University Library Map
Department [log in to unmask]
See you in Leeds!
Anne Taylor
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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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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/
!!VAT NUMBER: G.B. 823 8476 09!!