Wednesday September 15 |
2:00-4:00 p.m. | Washington Map Interest Group Organizing Discussion and Map Give-Away. An organizational meeting to foster networking among map librarians in the PNW region. Mary Douglass, Seattle Public Library, will be giving away lots of maps as a result of her overhaul of the SPL map collection. And of course, any WAML member is welcome to attend, regardless of their state of residence. |
Seattle Public Library Annex at 2015 Airport Way S. Those who indicate on their registration form that they will attend this session will be sent directions to the Seattle Public Library Annex by email prior to the start of the conference. |
| 6:00 - 7:30p.m. | Early Bird Reception Hosted by John Loacker, Kroll Map Company |
Metsker Maps Store, 1511 1st Avenue, between Pike and Pine - in the Sanitary Market Building at Pike Place Market. Afterwards, those interested may wish to sample one of the many excellent restaurants near the Market. |
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Thursday September 16 |
8:00-10:30 a.m. | WAML Board Meeting | Seattle Public Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Meeting Room #1 [Level 4] |
| 10:30 - noon | Tour, Seattle Public Library | Tour will start in the Seattle Public Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Meeting Room #1 [Level 4] Designed by Rem Koolhaas, the new SPL opened on May 23, 2004 to rave reviews from architectural critics and civic boosters alike. |
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Noon - ongoing |
Registration | Seattle Public Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Meeting Room #1 [Level 4] All presentations this afternoon will be held in this room. |
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| 1:00-2:15 p.m. | Welcome: Deborah Jacobs, Director, SPL Speaker: John Loacker, President, Kroll Map Company The Story of the Kroll Map Company and the Mapping of Seattle |
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| 2:15-2:30 p.m. | Break Support for break refreshments provided by Educational Maps & Globes and Green Trails Maps |
Meeting Room #2 [Level 4] | |
| 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Speaker: Tom Nolan, Director, City of Seattle GIS Lessons learned from managing Seattle's GIS program |
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| 3:30-4:00 p.m. | Break Support for break refreshments provided by Educational Maps & Globes and Green Trails Maps |
Meeting Room #2 [Level 4] | |
| 4:00-4:45 p.m. | Speaker: Anne Frantilla, Asst. City Archivist, Seattle Municipal Archives Shacks to Urban Villages: Maps in a City Archives Characteristics of maps in the Seattle Municipal Archives, how maps are used by researchers, and the nuts and bolts of building a map database will be discussed in this session. Challenges facing archivists cataloging maps in a municipal archives will also be addressed. |
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| 4:45-6:00 p.m. | Travel to the Panama Hotel | Suggestions for using public transit will be provided in the materials you receive at registration. | |
| 6:00-7:30 p.m. | Reception and Tour, Panama Hotel Support for this event comes from Eastview Cartographic, The Haworth Press, MapLink, and Omni Resources. |
605 1/2 S. Main St, Seattle, WA | |
Friday September 17 |
8:45-9:00 a.m. | Welcome | Seattle Public Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Meeting Room #1 [Level 4] |
| 9:00-9:45 a.m. | Speaker: Kitty Harmon, Author & Bibliophile; Tributary Books, Thoughts on publishing "You are here: personal geographies and other maps of the imagination" | ||
| 9:45-10:15 a.m. | Break Support for break refreshments provided by Educational Maps & Globes and Green Trails Maps |
Meeting Room #2 [Level 4] | |
| 10:15-11:15 a.m. | Speakers: Brian Collins, Research Scientist, Earth & Space Sciences, and Director, Puget Sound River History Project, University of Washington and Amir Sheikh, GIS Team Leader, Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington Using archival materials to reconstruct historical environments in the Puget Sound basin |
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| 11:30-1:30 p.m. | Lunch on your own AND Travel to the UW campus, Suzzallo/Allen Library, Allen Auditorium |
Suggestions for using public transit will be provided in the materials you receive at registration. Driving and parking information is also available. |
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| 1:30-2:30 p.m. | Speaker:Kathy Goetz Troost, RPG, Dept of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington Applications of a GIS-based Geologic Database of the Greater Seattle Area, Washington |
Allen Auditorium, ground floor, Suzzallo/Allen Library | |
| 2:30-3:15 p.m. | Tour of both the Map Collection and Special Collections | Group will split in two, each group will have the opportunity to vist both departments. | |
| 3:15-4:30 p.m. | WAML Business Meeting / Sounding Board | Allen Auditorium, ground floor Suzzallo/Allen Library | |
| 7:00 pm | Banquet | Bay Pavilion, Pier 57, Seattle waterfront | |
Saturday September 18 |
7:30 a.m. Departure SHARP |
Field Trip to Mt St Helens National Volcanic Monument | Bus transportation will leave from in front of the Panana Hotel. This trip will take a MINIMUM of 12 hours. |
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