[Sig-bwp] [XML4Lib] "GIS Made Accessible" - FREE NEASIST Event - 6 March 2007 in Cambridge, MA

[Caryn Anderson]

***** Please excuse cross-postings *****

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. 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

Campus Map, Driving Directions, Parking Info: 
http://www.neasist.org/pc/programs/20070306-directions.html

For more infomation about NEASIS&T: http://www.neasist.org 
<http://www.neasist.org/>

To find out about NEASIS&T Events Via RSS: http://www.neasist.org/events/

Questions: Contact Christine Quirion cquirion[at]mit.edu



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
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