[Web4lib] VALA General Meeting Wednesday 25 May 2011 - Mapping the Past

[VALA Executive Officer]

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      VALA - Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc.


                       NOTICE OF MEETING
                  ** Note Different Venue **

     RMIT University Library, Seminar Room 1, Level 5,
Swanston Library, Building 8, 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne
                   Wednesday 25 May 2011


                     Mapping the past: 
how new technologies are changing the way we view historical records


One of the more radical changes that the internet has brought about is
our production and use of maps. The growth of GIS technologies has
flowered in the form of the free map services offered by internet giants
such as Google. Nevertheless, paper maps remain a record of previous
understandings of place almost archaeological in nature.  
How do we bring together the old and the new, and mediate between the
paper and the screen in this very special case? 

This talk will look at the various tools that have made using digitised
maps over the internet much simpler, and show off some of the ways
Public Records Office Victoria has used those tools. 


                      Speakers:
Asa Letourneau is Digital Projects Officer, Public Record Office
Victoria. His specific interests include visualisations, GIS, virtual 
world, serious games, linked open data, interoperability, semantic 
technologies and formats, and licensing agreements that will support 
navigation of the collection and connect it to a web of related data. 

Daniel Wilksch is Coordinator, Digital Projects, Public Record Office of
Victoria. He is particularly interested in history, archives and
storytelling.

                    FREE ENTRY
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                      VENUE 
               ** Note Different Venue **
     RMIT University Library, Seminar Room 1, Level 5,
Swanston Library, Building 8, 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne
          (Public transport via train or tram.)

                   DATE & TIME 
               Wednesday 25 May 2011
          Drinks and refreshments from 5:30 pm.
                Meeting at 6:00 pm.


        Like to join Committee and the speakers 
         for dinner (your expense) afterwards?
       DINNER RSVPs only by 5.00 p.m. Monday 23 May: 
          vala at vala.org.au or (03) 9725 2725


Alyson Kosina
Executive Officer
VALA - Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc.
Reg No A0011933K  ABN 75 344 574 577
P.O. Box 509
Mooroolbark VIC  3138
Phone: (03) 9725 2725  Fax: (03) 8625 0079
Email: vala at vala.org.au