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Map and Geographic Information Collections in Transition

a conference organized by the

Cartographic User Advisory Council,

Mumford Room, Library of Congress

May 12-13, 2005

 

Program: PowerPoint Presentations

CLICK HERE to read the Abstract for the Presentations

 

         

 

8:30 – 9:15 AM Registration & Assembly

9:15 – 10:00 AM Opening Remarks & Recognition of Sponsors

 

·   Linda Zellmer, Co-Chair, Cartographic Users Advisory Council

·   Dr. John Hebert, Head, Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division

·   Robert Dizard, Library of Congress, Deputy Associate Librarian for Library Services

 

10:00 – 10:30 AM Break

10:30 – 12:00 PM Future of the Paper Map

Moderator: Linda Zellmer, Head, Geology Library, Indiana University

 

·   Dr. Robert Pierce, Chief of Enterprise GIS, United States Geological Survey, The Future of the Paper Map from the USGS Perspective.

·   Russell Guy, Omni Resources, Commercial View on Future of the Paper Map.

·   David C. McQuillan, Map Librarian, Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina, Role of the Paper Map in Libraries.

12:00 – 1:30 PM Box Lunch and Break-Out Sessions.

 

·   Increasing Awareness of Map and Spatial Data Collections

·   Needs of Spatial Information Collections

·   Future Role of Map Library Organizations

·   Offering GIS Services in Libraries

 

1:30 –3:00 PM Developing Digital Cartographic Collections

Moderator: David Deckelbaum, Librarian for Cartographic Resources, Geography & Urban Planning, UCLA.

         ·   Lily Wai and Bruce Godfrey, University of Idaho, Can Librarians make a Difference in the Geoworld? The Story of INSIDE Idaho.

·   T. Wangyal Shawa, Princeton University, Collection Development Policies for Maps and Geospatial Information.

·   Julie Sweetkind-Singer, Stanford University, Cooperative Collection Development and Scanning of Cartographic Materials.

 

3:00-3:30 PM Break supported by Columbia Gazetteer of the World – Online from Columbia University
                      Press

3:30 – 5:00 PM Distribution and Archiving Digital Spatial Information

Moderator: John Olson. Maps/GIS Librarian, Syracuse University.

 

·   Robert Chadduck, Director, Electronic Records Archives Research Program, National Archives & Records Administration, Data Archiving at the National Archives.

·   Judy Russell, Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office Policies and Plans for Spatial Information Distribution.

·   John Faundeen, EROS Data Center, Archiving Geospatial Data at EROS Data Center.

 

 

 

8:30 – 9:00 AM Networking & Assembly with Breakfast sponsored by ESRI

9:30 AM Call to Order by Bruce Obenhaus, Co-chair, Cartographic Users Advisory Council,
                 Government Information Specialist, Virginia Tech.

9:30 – 11:30 AM Future of Cartographic Information Collections

Moderator: T. Wangyal Shawa, Geographic Information Systems Librarian, Princeton University

 

·   Clint Brown, ESRI, Inc., The Role of GIS in Libraries for Geographic Information Management.

·   Michael Goodchild, University of California-Santa Barbara, Future Directions for Geolibraries.

·   Break 10:00 – 10:30 AM

·   Allan Carroll, National Geographic Society, National Geographic: From Paper to Digital to Distributed Mapping.

 

11:30 – 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 – 2:15 PM Reports from Breakout Sessions

2:15 – 2:45 PM Break

2:45 – 4:30 PM Data Copyright, Licensing and Access Issues

Moderator: Joanne Perry, Head, Maps Library and Cartographic Services, The Pennsylvania State University.  

 

·   Harlan Onsrud, University of Maine at Orono & Chair, National Research Council Study on the Licensing of Spatial Data and Services, Licensing Geographic Data and Services: Vision for a National Commons and Marketplace.

·   Tim Strawn, Harvard University, The Idea of Discovery: Planning and Implementing Access to Geospatial Data at Harvard.

·   Julia Giller, USGS Technology Transfer Office, Cooperative Research & Development Agreements.


 

4:30 – 5:00 PM Wrap - Up

 Conference Sponsors:

Library of Congress, Geography & Map Division
ESRI, Inc.
Columbia University Press
East View Cartographic, Inc.
LuraTech, Inc
Map Link
Environmental Data Resources Inc

Novacell Technologies