LITA Optical Information Systems Interest Group at ALA Annual

debra shapiro dshapiro at cs.wisc.edu
Fri May 22 11:18:43 EDT 1998


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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. To take a look at LC's map
collection, go to

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

Be sure to check out 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 the 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.

Debra Shapiro
dshapiro at cs.wisc.edu
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