[Asis-l] "GIS Made Accessible" - FREE NEASIST Event - 6 March 2007

[Caryn Anderson]

REGISTER NOW - ONLY A FEW SEATS LEFT - REGISTRATION CLOSES 28 FEB 07
http://www.neasist.org/pc/programs/20070306.html

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The New England Chapter of ASIS&T Presents a *free* networking & GIS Event:

"Geographic Information made accessible: Google Earth and Web Mapping
tools with Lisa Sweeney and Daniel Sheehan"

Tuesday, March 6th 5:45pm-8:00pm
MIT, Vannevar Bush Room, 10-100, Cambridge, MA

Take a virtual tour of the world, past and present, with free web
mapping tools, learn about basic GIS concepts, and learn to add your own
data to Google Earth.Lisa Sweeney, Head of GIS Services for the MIT
Libraries, and Daniel Sheehan, GIS Specialist for the Office of
Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT) support the MIT community's
GIS research and teaching through the MIT GIS Lab.

Students from Simmons GSLIS will be on hand to demonstrate GIS
applications before and after the presentation.

** Ceilyn Boyd - ArtMap: An Interactive Map for the JP Open Studios Event

** Michael Klein - The Google Earth Book Club Project: Maps + Geospatial 
Data + Literature

** Sally LeGore - Geo-Referenced Data for a Public Library Community: 
Bringing Local History Resources to the Next Level


Refreshments will be served.

SCHEDULE:

* 5:45 - 6:30 Reception and demonstration of GIS projects by students
from Simmons GSLIS
* 6:30- 7:30 Presentation about web mapping tools and Google Earth by
Lisa Sweeney and Daniel Sheehan
* 7:30-8:00 Demonstration of GIS projects by students from Simmons GSLIS

REGISTRATION:

* Limited to 75 participants. Registration is required, although there
is no registration fee.
* Registrations will be processed on a first come, first served basis.
Online registration is required.

Register now: http://www.neasist.org/pc/programs/20070306.html
ONLY A FEW SEATS LEFT - REGISTRATION CLOSES 28 FEB 07

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Caryn Anderson
Program Coordinator
PhD/Managerial Leadership in the Information Professions
GSLIS, Simmons College
300 The Fenway, P-204E
Boston, MA  02115
caryn.anderson at simmons.edu
617.521.2829
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/phdmlip