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ALA/MAGERT Program #2 Ammouncent
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Date: Thu, 21 May 1992 10:15:19 CDT
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This notice is being cross-posted on:
GOVDOC-L, MAPS-L, NOTIS-L, PACS-L, LIBREF-L, and CDROMLAN.
Please excuse the duplication.
PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT
"TIGER/Line Files and 1990 Census Data;
or,
How to Handle a Wild Cat!"
American Library Association
1992 Annual Conference
San Francisco, California
Sponsored by:
Map and Geography Round Table
(MAGERT)
Co-Sponsored by:
Government Documents Round Table
(GODORT)
Day/Date: Monday, June 29, 1992
Time: 2:00 p.m. -- 5:30 p.m.
Place: Sheraton Palace-Sea Cliff
Description: This program will: explain the use of GIS systems in libraries;
show how to access 1990 Census data from CD-ROMs; describe the process
of accessing, compressing, downloading, and exploding TIGER/Line files; and
indicate the minimum level of hardware and software to perform these
functions. GIS software vendors will also be on hand to demonstrate their
products and how they handle the TIGER/Line files and 1990 Census data.
Moderator:
Patrick McGlamery, Map Librarian, Homer Babbidge Library, University of
Connecticut
Speakers:
Robert Bolin, Reference Librarian, University of Idaho Libraries
"TIGER/Line Files"
Allan B. Cox, Director, Natural Resource Information System, Montana State
Library
"Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Libraries"
Bill Middleton, Head, Documents Service Center, Columbia University
Libraries
"1990 Census Data"
If you have any questions or need additional information, please
contact: Jim Walsh, Chair, MAGERT, O'Neill Library, Boston College,
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167; 617-552-3354; walshop@bcvms (bitnet);
walshop@bcvms.bc.edu (internet).
Thank you.
