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AGSL Events and Exhibits
Events UWM's Academic Adventurers Series UWM's Academic Adventurers is a continuing series of informal Friday afternoon programs which give members of the UWM community the opportunity to hear of their colleagues adventures abroad and afield. Tea and talk afterwards, courtesy of the Friends of Golda Meir Library. All programs are held in the AGSL and are free and open to the public. For more information or to arrange for special needs, call 414-229-6282.
A list of past Academic Adventurers lecturers is available for viewing. To receive email updates about Academic Adventure lectures, send email to agsl@uwm.edu with the subject : AA updates The Map Society holds periodic meetings at the AGSL usually featuring a presentation accompanied by a related exhibit drawn from the Library. Social hour and refreshments follow each meeting. For more information on the Map Society see the AGSL Affiliations page. To become a member, contact the AGSL at (414)-229-6282. Next meeting: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:00pm "Mapping Otherness" Maps & America: The Arthur Holzheimer Lecture Series. Held in the spring of each year in the AGSL on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, the Maps & America Lecture Series was inaugurated by the noted cartographic historian, Brian Harley, in 1990. Since its inception, the lecture series has been generously sponsored by Arthur and Janet Holzheimer of the Chicago area. Over the years, the series has featured many of the leading figures in the field of map history and provided a multifaceted survey of this rapidly developing field. The next Maps and America lecture will be on May 30, 2008, in conjunction with the banquet celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the AGS Library coming to Milwaukee. The lecture will be given by Alastair Pearson, University of Portsmouth (UK) and Michael Heffernan, University of Nottingham (UK). More information will be provided as it becomes available. GIS (Geographical Information Systems) Day is a yearly event taking place during Geography Awareness Week which is usually held the second Wednesday in November. The next GIS Day will be held on November 19, 2008. To see information on past GIS Days, visit UWM's GIS Day 2007 web site.
Periodically, other special events are held in the AGSL. Information on those events will be listed here. The AGSL periodically displays materials from its holdings. These exhibits usually follow some theme, and can include a variety of materials such as maps, charts, atlases, photographs, etc. They generally are on display within the AGSL on the third floor, East wing of the Golda Meir Library. "Maps: Finding Our Place in the World " in Baltimore The Walker Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland is currently holding an exhibition entitled Maps: Finding Our Place in the World. The display includes Giovanni Leardo's Mappamundi, on loan from the American Geographical Society Library. For more information see our event web page. Shortly before Academic Adventurers lectures and for about a week following the lecture, there is a corresponding exhibit. These exhibits contain a variety of materials related to the theme of the Academic Adventurer lecture. Comments for the AGSL? Send them to agsl@uwm.edu. |
