Western Americam Map Libraries 2017 Meeting Schedule - Austin

WAML 2017 Meeting Schedule

Wednesday, November 1
1:00pm
5:00pm
6:30pm
7:30pm
Pre-Conference Workshop with Paige Andrew
WAML Executive Board Meeting - PCL 3.120
Welcome Reception in the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Room - PCL 1.306
Early bird dinner at Scholz Garten

Thursday, November 2
8:30am
9:00am
9:30am
10:00am
10:30am
11:00am

11:30am
12:00pm
1:15pm
1:45pm





2:15pm

3:15pm
3:45pm
4:15pm

6:30pm
Registration begins
Welcome and introductions
Julie Sweetkind-Singer, Stanford: Innovations in American Mapping
Jim Coombs, Missouri State: Interactive mapping at Missouri State University
Break
Tom Brittnacher, UCSB: Digital index maps: Leveraging GIS to create metadata for online
   map collections
Sierra Laddusaw, Texas A&M: Imaginary Maps, Real Lessons
Lunch
Katherine Hart Weimer, Rice: Spatial Thinking
Lightning Round:
Katie Lage, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: Historical Aerial Photographs Access
Jon Jablonski, UCSB: Sneak Preview: The Cole Travel Literature Collection
Chrissy Klenke, University of Nevada at Reno: Mining, Maps, and the Mackay Theses
Bruce Godfrey, University of Idaho: Using Web GIS in an Academic Library to Evaluate Learning
   Spaces: A Pilot Project
Daniel Brendle-Moczuk, University of Victoria: 50 Years of WAML as Seen Through its
   Information Bulletin
WAML Sounding Board
Break
WAML 50th Anniversary Session

Banquet at Clay Pit
Friday, November 3
9:00am
9:05am

9:30am
10:00am

10:25am
10:45am
11:15am

12:00pm
1:15pm

2:00pm
4:15pm
Welcome
Ryan Ehrfurth, State of Arizona Research Library: Bringing Maps to Life: Story Maps
    at the State of Arizona Research Library
Ken Rockwell, University of Utah: Work of a GeoDetective
David Hodnefield, Historical Information Gatherers: Bootstrapping Techniques from
    the Private Sector or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Debt
Break
Cecilia Smith, Texas A&M University: Breadth & Depth: Defining Geospatial Instructional Success
Susan Powell, UC Berkely and Marcel Fortin, University of Toronto:
    GIS Reference Services: a panel discussion
Lunch
Mike Peters, Eastview: MapVault raster data and satellite imagery:
   a path to integrating GIS data into a library environment
Harry Ransom Center sessions
WAML Business Meeting
Saturday, November 4
9:00am - 2:00pm