This year’s conference will take place in Albuquerque, NM on the University of New Mexico campus from Wednesday, September 25th to Saturday, September 28th, 2024. The program for in-person attendees on these days is detailed below. If you are not attending the conference in person, there will be a Virtual Symposium on October 10th. You can find the symposium information here.
Founded in 1889, the University of New Mexico sits on the traditional homelands of the Pueblo of Sandia. The original peoples of New Mexico – Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache – since time immemorial, have deep connections to the land and have made significant contributions to the broader community statewide. We honor the land itself and those who remain stewards of this land throughout the generations and acknowledge our committed relationship to Indigenous peoples. We gratefully recognize our history.
All times in Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Times subject to change.
Schedule:
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 – Pre-conference
REGISTRATION TABLE OPEN: 8:15am to 2:30pm – Frank Waters Room, room 105 – Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections in Zimmerman Library
A valid government-issued or student picture ID is required to enter Centennial Science and Engineering Library, Fine Arts and Design Library, and Zimmerman Library.
| 9:00am– 10:00am | Executive Board Meeting – Open for all WAML members to attend. Frank Waters Room, room 105 – Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections in Zimmerman Library |
| 10:30am-12:00pm | Workshop 1- From there to here: Bringing data physicalization to library instruction, Meg Miller- University of Manitoba Location: Frank Waters Room, room 105 – Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections in Zimmerman Library/ Outdoors |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm-2:30pm | Workshop 2- From Teaching to Research: Finding and Making Maps for the Southwest Instructors: Maria Lane-UNM Professor of Geography, Sam Truett-UNM Assoc. Professor of History, Sierra Ramirez-UNM doctoral student in History Location: Frank Waters Room, room 105 – Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections in Zimmerman Library |
| 2:30pm-4:00pm | Tours of Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections (CSWR) and Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC) |
| 5:00pm – 8:00pm | Early Bird Dinner @ Bosque Brewing Company-Nob Hill Public House (106 Girard Blvd SE, Suite. B, Albuquerque,) Take the bus (8 minutes) from UNM or a 10-minute walk |
Thursday, September 26th, 2024 – Conference Day 1
All presentations will take place in the Bobo Room, Hodgin Hall 3rd floor
FREE Parking is available at Hodgin Hall on a first come first serve basis for Thursday and Friday of the conference. Contact Cheyenne, cstradinger@unm.edu , for a parking pass.
REGISTRATION TABLE OPEN: 8:30am to 1:00pm – Bobo Room, Hodgin Hall 3rd floor
| 8:30am-9:00am | Sponsored breakfast courtesy of UNM Libraries: |
| 9:00am-9:15am | Welcome |
| 9:15am-9:35am | Resurrection of the WAML Map Repatriation Project. Katherine Strickland, University of Texas at Austin & Jon Jablonski, UCSB |
| 9:35am-9:55am | A job in the great northwest: Map Libraries as centres of experiential learning and training for university students. daniel Brendle-Moczuk, University of Victoria, Canada |
| 9:55am-10:15am | Rediscovering our “captured” collections: cultivating student, staff, and faculty engagement through WWII-era military and intelligence maps. Katie Lewis, Cataloging and Government Documents Librarian, Carleton College. |
| 10:15am-10:35am | Lessons from ILS – Reflections on teaching Map Librarianship Theresa Quill, Indiana University Bloomington |
| 10:35am-10:55am | Taming the Chaos, or, Practical Map Collection Inventory Practices for Large Collections Maggie Tarmey, he/they, UCLA |
| 10:55am-11:30am | Group Photo |
| 11:00am-1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm-1:20pm | USGS Library: Recent Activity and Map Projects Debbie Frye, U.S. Geological Survey |
| 1:20pm-2:00pm | The early struggles of America’s first science agency: Ferdinand Hassler and the United States Coast Survey, 1807-1843 Heiko Mühr, Earth Sciences & Map Library, University of California Berkeley |
| 2:00pm-2:20pm | Sponsored Break courtesy of Eastview: |
| 2:20pm-2:40pm | “The World knows a Good Thing when it sees it”: Using Maps to Sale 19th Century Goods Sierra Laddusaw, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan |
| 2:40pm-3:00pm | The Complicated Story of Sanborn Map Copyrights David Hodnefield, Historical Information Gatherers, Inc. |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm | Trivia-Presented by Chris Thiry |
| 3:30pm – 5:00pm | Rest at your hotel or walk around Old Town before the banquet |
| 5:00pm – 8:00pm | Banquet @ High Noon Restaurant & Saloon, Old Town Albuquerque |
Friday, September 27th, 2024 – Conference Day 2
All presentations will take place in the Bobo Room, Hodgin Hall 3rd floor
FREE Parking is available at Hodgin Hall on a first come first serve basis for Thursday and Friday of the conference. Contact Cheyenne, cstradinger@unm.edu , for a parking pass
REGISTRATION TABLE OPEN: 8:30am to 1:00pm – Bobo Room, Hodgin Hall 3rd floor
| 9:00am-9:30am | Sponsored breakfast courtesy of Esri: |
| 9:30am-9:45am | Welcome |
| 9:45am-10:05am | Lightning Talks: Map That Movie: Social Media Engagement with Maps: Emilie Ducourneau, California State University, Northridge Makerspace Mash-up: 3D topo models: Meagan Duever, University of Georgia Libraries |
| 10:05am-10:50am | Scholarship presentations: Alyssa Renteria: Data Visualization and GIS Specialist at University of Nevada, Las Vegas Felipe Valdez: GIS Specialist at Temple University Libraries Maggie Tarmey: Librarian for Geography, Maps, and Economics at UCLA Library |
| 10:50am-11:30am | Sounding Board |
| 11:30am-12:45pm | Lunch |
| 12:45pm-1:05pm | What do we have to say about ourselves? Using library websites to analyze GIS services Meagan Duever, University of Georgia Libraries |
| 1:05pm -1:25pm | Barnraising AGSL GeoDiscovery: UW-Milwaukee’s New GeoBlacklight Portal Stephen Appel (he/him), UW-Milwaukee Libraries – American Geographical Society Library |
| 1:25 pm-1:45pm | An agile approach to managing a Data & GIS Lab Mike Smith, UC San Diego & Amy Work, UC San Diego |
| 1:45pm-2:05 pm | 3000 Easy Steps: Large-Scale Data Integration and Stewardship Russell Taylor, CoreLogic |
| 2:05pm-2:25pm | Sponsored Break courtesy of Historical Information Gatherers: |
| 2:25pm-2:55pm | Belle Park from the Air: Informing and Intriguing with Aerial Photographs Francine Berish, Queen’s University Geospatial Data Librarian & Laura Murray, Queen’s University, Co-Director Graduate Program in Cultural Studies |
| 2:55pm-3:15pm | Using Text Recognition on Aerial Photographs: how and why? Kevin Dyke, Oklahoma State University |
| 3:15pm-3:35pm | Converting Historical Aerial Photography into Intelligent Geospatial Data Bruce Godfrey, University of Idaho & Nathan Piekielek, Penn State University |
| 3:35pm-3:50pm | Mapping Chicagoland Cecilia Smith, University of Chicago Library & Rob Shepard, University of Chicago Library |
| 3:50pm-4:50pm | Business Meeting |
Saturday, September 28th, 2024 – Field Trip
| 10:00am-11:50am | Take RailRunner Train to Santa Fe Please meet at the Alvarado Train Station (ATC) at 9:30am to organize and board |
| 12:00pm- 1:30pm | Lunch at Capital Coal Neighborhood Eatery, Explore the plaza |
| 1:30pm-2:30pm | Explore the map collection at New Mexico History Museum (Meet at 120 Washington (the curved doorway that says “Public Library”). |
| 2:30pm-4:30pm | Walking tour of historic downtown Santa Fe (2hrs) |
| 4:30pm-6:00pm | Unstructured time |
| 6:00pm-7:45pm | Return to ABQ via RailRunner |
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