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ALA/MAGERT Program Announcement
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Fri May 22 09:14:49 1992
Date: Thu, 21 May 1992 10:14:45 CDT
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This announcement is being cross-posted on: MAPS-L, GOVDOC-L,
NOTIS-L, PACS-L, and LIBREF. Please excuse the duplication.
PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT
"Maps for General Library Collections;
or,
You Can Get There From Here"
American Library Association
1992 Annual Conference
San Francisco, California
Sponsored by:
Map and Geography Round Table
(MAGERT)
Day/Date: Sunday, June 28, 1992
Time: 2:00 p.m. -- 4:00 p.m.
Place: San Franciso Hilton-Yosemite C
Description: Map librarians and experts share their knowledge in this
program intended for general reference librarians who deal with map
reference questions without a formal map collection in their library. The
development of a basic cartographic collection will be discussed, including
determining what you need, how to acquire it, and how to spend limited
funds wisely. Commercial and government maps and atlases will be included.
Many informational handouts, bibliographies, and publishers' brochures will
be available.
Moderator:
April Carlucci, Assistant Chief, Map Division, New York Public Library
"What to look for in an atlas"
"Resources outside your library"
Speakers:
Greg Armento, Senior Assistant Librarian, California State University
Library, Long Beach
"The most commonly asked map reference questions, and how to
answer them"
Erno Bonebakker, Library Sales Representative, MapLink, Inc.
"Maps 101; or, What to look for in commercially produced sheet maps"
Donna Koepp, Head, Government Documents and Map Library, University
of Kansas
"Maps from the Federal Government"
If you have any questions, please contact: Jim Walsh, Chair, MAGERT,
O'Neill Library, Boston College, Chestnut Hill 02167; 617-552-3354;
walshop@bcvms (bitnet); walshop@bcvms.bc.edu (internet).
Thnak you.
