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Education Committee seeks instructors for online courses

Hello MAGIRT members, The Education Committee is interested in sharing our member's expertise and hosting webinars, web courses and online learning opportunities through larger ALA venues. Do you have a topic and expertise that you would like to share? The Committee is accepting proposals through ...

Seeking members for MAGIRT (formerly MAGERT) Education Committee

I would like to invite you all to become a member of the MAGIRT Education Committee. Much of our work will be done virtually, and throughout the year, so attendance at Midwinter and Annual is optional. Among our goals for the year are: 1) revising the Map/GIS and Metadata Core Competencies to expand ...

Name Change, Election Results and Program

New name for the Map and Geography Round Table This spring, members of the Map and Geography Round Table (MAGERT) voted to change the group’s name to the Map and Geospatial Information Round Table (MAGIRT). The MAGERT Board proposed this change to emphasize the increasing role of geospatial information ...

RE: Name Change

I personally think that this is a positive change, for the reasons Kathy gave. It will take a bit of getting used to, but its also important that a name relay as accurately as possible what the people behind it are and are doing. Paige

Name Change

MAGERT members,At the Midwinter meeting in San Diego, the MAGERT board moved to change the name of MAGERT to the Map and Geospatial Information Round Table (MAGIRT). Discussion at the Board meeting was noted in the minutes distributed in the February Base Line. After 30 years as 'Map and Geography' RT ...

Bylaws Update

Posted By Katherine Hart Feb 23, 2011 09:55 AM
Found In Library: MAGIRT (Map and Geospatial Information Round Table ) Round Table
magert_revised_bylaws_2011_pdf_12038.pdf

Bylaws Update

MAGERT members, You will see on the upcoming spring ballot, a notice to vote on updates to the bylaws. Our last update was in 1991. Since that time, the Round Table has implement new procedures and dropped others, including changing from Robert’s Rule of Order to Sturgis to be consistent with ALA ...

ALCTS/MAGERT Cartographic Materials PreConference

Posted By Katherine Hart May 05, 2010 08:34 AM
Found In Library: MAGIRT (Map and Geospatial Information Round Table ) Round Table
Cataloging & Description of Cartographic Resources: From Parchment to Pixels, Paper to Digital Thursday, June 24, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (Basic Map Cataloging) and Friday, June 25, 8:30 a.m.-Noon (Digital Cart. Materials Cataloging); Washington Conv. Center, 146C Event code: ALC1 Intended primarily ...

MAGERT Annual 2010 Schedule

Posted By Katherine Hart May 05, 2010 08:28 AM
Found In Library: MAGIRT (Map and Geospatial Information Round Table ) Round Table
Friday, June 25, 2010 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Field Trip to Library of Congress Geography & Map Division rsvp to roger.knouff@asu.edu Library of Congress Madison Building 5:30 pm - ? Casual dinner (dutch treat) rsvp to roger.knouff@asu.edu Bullfeathers - Capitol Hill- 410 1st ...

Election Results and Events at Annual

Posted By Katherine Hart May 05, 2010 08:04 AM
Found In Library: MAGIRT (Map and Geospatial Information Round Table ) Round Table
Contratulations to Hallie Pritchett for being elected Chair-Elect and to Edith Scarletto for being elected Secretary of MAGERT! See attached document for news about events at Annual. Kathy Weimer, Chair election_results_and_news_pdf_15486.pdf #GeneralNewsandDiscussion

Invitation to Anniversary Dinner

Posted By Katherine Hart May 05, 2010 08:02 AM
Found In Library: MAGIRT (Map and Geospatial Information Round Table ) Round Table
You are all invited to MAGERT's 30th Anniversary Dinner, Sunday, June 27th. Dress code is 'business casual' and RSVP is required. The attached invitation can be printed out. Hope to see you all there! Kathy Weimer, Chair magert_anniversary_invitation_pdf_33752.pdf #GeneralNewsandDiscussion

RE: MAGERT's name

Thanks John. I believe that MAGERT is not owned by the Chair, nor by the Board, but by all the Members and ALA Connect is an excellent way for all members to have a voice, especially with the name (i.e. identity) of the group. My goal as Chair this year is to increase visibility and we have accomplished ...

MAGERT's name

At midwinter in Boston, the Bylaws Committee discussed whether MAGERT should refresh its name to better reflect what we are about, and they suggested "Map and Geospatial Resources Round Table." This is a slight, but meaningful change. It creates a larger sense of the materials that we deal with and expresses ...