ALA Annual Program -- LITA Optical Information Systems Interest Group (OISIG) -Forwarded

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From: "Aimee Fifarek"  <member-forum@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: ALA Annual Program -- LITA Optical Information Systems
	Interest Group (OISIG)

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. Take a
look at LC's map collection at

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

Be sure to experiment with 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 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@xxxxxxxxxxx
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