About the Geography and Map Libraries Section

Scope

The Section is an international forum to promote and coordinate the collection, storage and access to geographic and cartographic information. It provides communication between and the professional development of map curators. The Section's objectives are to initiate projects and studies, the findings of which are published in the form of technical monographs, occasional papers, standards, cataloguing rules, manuals, directories, bibliographies, newsletters, etc. In addition, close liaison with cartographic, geographic and related organizations is created and maintained.

Useful Addresses

Standing committee members

Chair:
Henrik Dupont
Head of Map Collection
The Royal Library
P.O. Box 2149
DK-1016 COPENHAGEN, Denmark
Tel. +(45)33474492
Fax +(45)33474496
Email: hd@kb.dk

Secretary/Treasurer:
Dawn A. Youngblood
Curator, Edwin J Foscue Map Library
Southern Methodist University
Box 750135
DALLAS, TX 75275-0135
United States
Tel. +(1)(214)7682285
Fax +(1)(214)7682337
Email: dyoungbl@smu.edu

Information Coordinator/Editor of Newsletter:
Véronique Thomé
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Quai François Mauriac
75013 Paris
France
Tel: +(33)(1)53798356
Fax: +(33)(1)53798361
E-mail: veronique.thome@bnf.fr

Archive: Medium Term Programme 1998-2002

Last update: 5 November 2009