Message-Id: <199805212311.QAA16880@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 16:07:09 -0700 From: Stuart Glogoff <mailto:sglogoff@BIRD.LIBRARY.ARIZONA.EDU> Subject: ALA Annual meeting of interest To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
I think some of the members of this listserv will be interested in attending this meeting at ALA's Annual in Washington, D.C. next month.The LITA Optical Information Systems Interest Group (OISIG) is holding a managed discussion/business meeting at ALA Annual in Washington DC, Saturday, June 27th, 2:00 to 4:00 pm. at the Red Roof Inn, Eastview Room.
The meeting will kick off with a presentation from Gary Fitzpatrick of the Geography & Maps Divison at Library of Congress, on LC's experiences with digitizing maps. Everyone is welcome, and others who have worked on map digitizing projects are invited to share. Take a look at LC's map collection at
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Be sure to experiment with the zoom in and out features of the digital maps.
The OISIG is in the process of being reborn as the Technical Issues of Digital Data Interest Group (TIDDIG) so stick around for the business meeting which follows, and be a part of this exciting process! Here is the mission statement of the new IG:
To address the technical issues of library digital data, which arise as libraries continue to both create and collect information in digital form, in addition to other materials already in their collections. These issues include: standards; formats; archiving; infrastructure; and technology refresh. The objective of the IG will be to make information available, and to provide a forum for discussion for library professionals who are grappling with these issues. The IG will accomplish this by sponsoring conference programs, institutes, and facilitated discussions.
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