Under the banner of Mapping 2007: Putting the pieces together, the event will combine topical presentations from industry leading experts with short, interactive workshops giving an introduction to a range of current issues and led by leading cartographic practitioners.

Mapping 2007: Putting the pieces together will include all your favourite elements from the last four decades;

• The Map Curators’ workshop
• Special interest groups
• Commercial exhibition
• Gala dinner and the awards ceremony

The course is for all librarians, archivists, curators – in fact anyone who has maps in their care and who wants to keep track of what they have.

Dates: Wednesday 31 January – Thursday 1 February 2007
Venue: Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DR http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/
Description: The course will start after lunch on Wednesday 31 January and finish the following afternoon. Anyone who describes maps – for catalogues or cartobibiographies; in libraries, museums or archives; part or full-time – will find this course of interest.
Cartographic materials: a manual of interpretation for AACR2 and Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, (2nd edition revised) will be the basis of instruction. The course will cover all of the basics and will be invaluable to anyone starting out in cataloguing. The more knowledgeable will also benefit since there will be ample opportunity to raise specific problems through questions and during the practical exercises.
In addition to handouts prepared by the speakers each delegate will also receive:

• a natural scale indicator
• a copy of the Map Curators’ Group Special Issue of The Cartographic Journal (42.3, 2005) which is devoted entirely to map collections and how to look after them and which includes articles on cataloguing printed cartographic materials and digital geospatial data.
• their own copy – to keep – of: Maps and related cartographic materials : cataloguing, classification, and bibliographic control / Paige G. Andrew, Mary Lynette Larsgaard, editors. Binghamton, N.Y.: Haworth Information Press, [1999]. Retail price $54 (ca. £28)!

You do not need to be a member of the British Cartographic Society to attend.
The closing date for booking is 17 January 2007.

Book Now! Places are limited.

The charge for the whole course is: £85 for members of British Cartographic Society OR £95 for all others.

We hope that running the course over two days will assist those who need to travel some distance and will give attendees an opportunity to network informally on the Wednesday evening.

Cambridge is a lovely city to visit and is accessible from most parts of the country by train, plane and road. There is lots of useful information about the city on the University website and on the Visit Cambridge website

Come along to share your experiences and talk through issues with some friendly faces.

Anne Taylor Head of Map Department, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR or email Anne Taylor
Cambridge University Library website

Please see the MCG Event Reports section on the Map Curators’ Group page for more information

The one day seminars explore the concepts and value of good map design and give delegates practical guidance on how to make great maps using a geographical information system.
The BCS aims to promote good practice throughout the UK geospatial industry and these seminars will explore the fundamental aspects of map making and how simple tools and techniques can be used to improve the quality of the cartographic output. Each seminar is free to attend and offers delegates a mix of instructor led training, practical advice and one to one interaction.

“Without good design and careful consideration of the fundamental elements of cartography, maps simply are not worth the paper on which they are printed,” said Mary Spence, who was recently awarded an MBE for her contribution to map design and map-making, and is currently President of the British Cartographic Society. “As a nation we have a rich history of map making that has a deserved worldwide reputation for quality, it is therefore essential that modern GI professionals have the knowledge and skills to continue to produce great maps.”