Preconference at 2010 Annual Conference

Cataloging & Description of Cartographic Resources:
From Parchment to Pixels, Paper to Digital

Thursday, June 24 (Full Day 8:30am-5pm) - Friday, June 25, 2010 (8am-noon) | Register Now

Cosponsored by OLAC and MAGERT.

Intended primarily for the novice, but including advanced topics of interest to experienced catalogers, learn map cataloging basics on day one, focusing on three areas of bibliographic description:

  • title(s),
  • mathematical data, and
  • physical description.

Additional areas/topics will be covered as well.  Day one sessions will focus on hardcopy maps; day two covers digital cartographic resources.  Principles covered on day one will be applied to digital items and expanded upon on day two. Event Code: ALC1.

Tickets (advance and onsite):

  • ALA member $329
  • ALCTS member $279
  • Retired member, $129
  • Student member $129
  • Nonmember $389

Speakers

  • Susan Moore, Catalog Librarian/Bibliographer, University of Northern Iowa
  • Paige Andrew, Maps Cataloging Librarian, Pennsylvania State University
  • Mary Larsgaard, Librarian Emeritus (Formerly, Head Map Library), University of California - Santa Barbara