[Asis-l] Maps and technology to be featured at OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture

[wanda monroe]

Apologies for cross postings.

Maps and technology to be featured at OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture
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David Rumsey, an historical map scholar and collector, will share how he
turned his private map collection, one of the largest in the U.S., into a
public resource at the second annual OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in
Information and Library Science on Wednesday, March 19, 2008.

Rumsey, president of Cartography Associates and Chairman of Luna Imaging,
Inc., will present, "Turning Private Collections into Public Resources
Using Digital Technologies and the Internet" in the Auditorium of the Frank
Porter Graham Student Union on the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill campus at 2 p.m. A reception will follow.

Rumsey will show how his increasing use of digital technologies and the
Internet over the past decade has transformed his work as a historical map
scholar and collector, and how it has turned his private map collection of
many thousands of maps into a public resource. Using imaging software,
geographical information system (GIS) and popular applications like Google
Earth and Second Life, Rumsey has given new life to old maps. His work has
revolutionized the dissemination and our ability to analyze and understand
them, thereby unlocking the information held in maps for use in a wide
range of disciplines. He will discuss and demonstrate how he offers these
software tools and a growing number of digitized maps on his free public
online map library at: www.davidrumsey.com

The OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library Science is
funded through a special endowment from the OCLC Online Computer Library
Center to honor Dr. Frederick G. Kilgour. The fund supports an annual
lecture bringing together scholars and leaders from around the world to
share innovative ideas and cutting-edge research.

For more information, please visit the Web site at:
http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2008/02_rumsey.htm

Who:  David Rumsey
What: "Turning Private Collections into Public Resources Using Digital
Technologies and the Internet"
When: 2 p.m., March 19, 2008
Where: Auditorium of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union, UNC at Chapel
Hill

The lecture is hosted by the School of Information and Library Science at
UNC at Chapel Hill. The event is free and open to the public, however
seating is limited. Please send your RSVP via e-mail to
mpenny at email.unc.edu or call 919.962.8366.

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Wanda Monroe
Director of Communications
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
100 Manning Hall
Campus Box 3360
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
Phone: 919.843.8337
Web site: sils.unc.edu