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Dear all This is a reminder that booking for the Map Curators' Group Annual Workshop is open and that the Early Bird Discount ends on 1 August - just two weeks away! The Map Curators’ Group (MCG) of the British Cartographic Society will hold its Annual Workshop in County Durham on Tuesday 5 September 2017 followed by a visit to Durham County Record Office on the morning of Wednesday 6 September. You do not need to be a member of MCG to attend. THEME: "Unfolding the map: presenting your map collection to new audiences" The Workshop is followed by the MCG Annual Business Meeting and the Helen Wallis Memorial Lecture. This will be given by Philip Hatfield from the British Library and the title is "From the Arctic to the Euston Road : Digital maps at the British Library" VENUE: The venue is Redworth Hall Hotel (DL5 6NL) http://redworth-hall-hotel.h-rez.com/ and the Workshop is part of the pre-conference programme of the British Cartographic Society-Society of Cartographers joint conference the full programme for which can be found at http://www.soc-archive.org.uk/mapreality/index.html MCG PROGRAMME: The full MCG programme can be downloaded directly from http://www.cartography.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/MCG-Sept-2017-Programme-Final-Rev-1.pdf or found via http://www.cartography.org.uk/about/special-interest-groups/mcg/ (Please note that the MCG Business Meeting starts at 15.45 rather than at the time listed on the BCS-SoC Conference Flyer http://www.soc-archive.org.uk/mapreality/SOC-BCS%20Conference%202017.pdf and will finish in time for the Helen Wallis Memorial Lecture) REGISTRATION: You can register and pay online at http://www.soc-archive.org.uk/mapreality/registration.html, or there is a form that can be downloaded at www.soc-archive.org.uk/mapreality/conference-2017-booking.pdf (Note that VAT is added to the quoted prices). If you want to go on the Record Office visit please tick the box on the online form, or circle this option on the paper booking form. !!! Early bird discounts of up to 10% are available until the 1st of August 2017 !!! QUERIES: Booking Queries: [log in to unmask] or 01223 894870 - MCG Workshop Queries: Anne Taylor, Map Department, Cambridge University Library [log in to unmask] - Ann Sutherland, Convener, Map Curators’ Group [log in to unmask] Looking forward to seeing you there! Anne -- 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] www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/maps !!VAT NUMBER: G.B. 823 8476 09!!