This year’s conference will take place in Moscow, ID on the University of Idaho campus from Wednesday, September 24th to Saturday, September 27th, 2025. The program for these days is detailed below.
All times in Pacific Time (PT). Times subject to change.
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Schedule:
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 – Pre-conference
All sessions for Wednesday will take place in the University of Idaho Library
A printable campus map for the University of Idaho can be found HERE. We’ll be meeting in the Library (Building 032) on Wednesday and the ISUB (Building 678) Summit Conference Center for the Thursday and Friday sessions.
Please contact Bruce Godfrey or check out the On Campus Parking information on our Transportation page if you would like to park on campus. The meeting locations are a 20 minute walk from the Conference Hotel via a walking path. The SMART Transit bus also has a stop in front of the ISUB. A map with those details can be found HERE.
REGISTRATION TABLE OPEN: 8:30am to 3:45pm
| 9:00am-10:00am | Executive Board Meeting Location: Library Conference Room – 4th floor Room 403 All members welcome to attend |
| 10:30am-12:00pm | Workshop 1 Location: Library Data Hub – 1st floor Room 107 Critical cartographic literacy strategies: Bringing social justice into your teaching Neah Ingram-Monteiro, Western Washington University (Bellingham, Wash.) Georgia Brown, American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Library Jessica G. Benner, Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pa.) |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm-3:00pm | Workshop 2 Location: Library Data Hub – 1st floor Room 107 Brainstorming the Future of the Online Guide to US Map Collections MAGIRT Regional Coordinators |
| 3:00pm-3:45pm | Tour of Special Collections |
| 4:30pm-? | Early Bird Dinner at La Casa Lopez (20 minute walk/1 mile) |
Thursday, September 25, 2025 – Conference Day 1
All presentations for Thursday and Friday will take place at the Idaho Student Union Building, 4th floor – Aurora + Horizon Rooms
A printable campus map for the University of Idaho can be found HERE. We’ll be meeting at the ISUB (Building 678) Summit Conference Center for the Thursday and Friday sessions.
Please contact Bruce Godfrey or check out the On Campus Parking information on our Transportation page if you would like to park on campus. The meeting locations are a 20 minute walk from the Conference Hotel via a walking path. The SMART Transit bus also has a stop in front of the ISUB. A map with those details can be found HERE.
REGISTRATION TABLE OPEN: 8:00am to 12:00pm
| 8:30am-9:00am | Light refreshments and snacks sponsored by Eastview Located on the fourth floor of the Idaho Student Union Building (ISUB), Panorama Room |
| 9:00am-9:15am | Welcome |
| 9:15am-9:35am | “Maps I’m Mad At”: Performing an Audit of UGA’s Map Collection Meg Dyer, Map & Government Information Library, University of Georgia |
| 9:40am-10:00am | When More is More: A Community-Centered Approach to Enriching a Printed Map Dulce Kersting-Lark, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives |
| 10:00am-10:30am | Sponsored Break |
| 10:30am-11:00am | Lightning Talks -GitHub for Catalogers Laura Krueger, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford University Libraries -Follow up on the Sanborn Copyright Lawsuit David Hodnefield, President, Historical Information Gatherers (HIG) -(Moderately) Extreme Aerial Photo Collection Makeover Janet Reyes, University of California, Riverside -Exploring the Use of Maps in Children’s Literature Exhibitions sam hidde tripp, California State University Fresno Karina Cardenas, California State University Fresno -Jessica and EBoard |
| 11:00am-11:20am | “Come to dwell among us”: Maps, Monsters, and a First Year Literature Course Sierra Laddusaw, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan |
| 11:20am-12:00pm | Group Photo |
| 12:00pm-2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm-2:20pm | Using Geographic Visualizations to Enrich Oral History Recordings Andrew Weymouth, University of Idaho |
| 2:20pm-2:40pm | Analyzing the Use of Sanborn Maps in Graduate Theses and Dissertations in the Digital Era Joshua Sadvari, The Ohio State University |
| 2:40pm-3:00pm | Sponsored Break with refreshments |
| 3:00pm-3:25pm | The Joy of Cooking: A Compilation of Reliable Recipes for Remedial Map Series Recataloging and Repair Work, with Casual Culinary Chat Heiko Mühr, Earth Sciences & Map Library, University of California Berkeley |
| 3:30pm-4:00pm | TRIVIA Presented by Tom Brittnacher, WAML 2024 Trivia Champ |
| 4:00pm-5:30pm | Rest at your hotel/make way to banquet |
| 5:30pm-8:00pm | Banquet at the 1912 Center |
Friday, September 26, 2025 – Conference Day 2
All presentations for Thursday and Friday will take place at the Idaho Student Union Building, 4th floor – Aurora + Horizon Rooms
A printable campus map for the University of Idaho can be found HERE. We’ll be meeting at the ISUB (Building 678) Summit Conference Center for the Thursday and Friday sessions.
Please contact Bruce Godfrey or check out the On Campus Parking information on our Transportation page if you would like to park on campus. The meeting locations are a 20 minute walk from the Conference Hotel via a walking path. The SMART Transit bus also has a stop in front of the ISUB. A map with those details can be found HERE.
| 8:30am-9:00am | Light refreshments and snacks provided/sponsored by Historical Information Gatherers (HIG) Located on the fourth floor of the Idaho Student Union Building (ISUB), Panorama Room |
| 9:00am-9:15am | Welcome |
| 9:15am-9:35am | Reflections on hosting a GIS Bootcamp Alyssa Renteria, University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) |
| 9:40am-10:00am | An introduction to the Place Marketing Collection at Michigan State University Libraries Tim Kiser, Michigan State University Libraries |
| 10:00am-10:30am | Sponsored Break |
| 10:30am-11:30am | Sounding Board |
| 11:30am-1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm-1:20pm | “Not Only What, But Where”: Bringing a 1950s Land Cover Collection into the Digital Era Rebecca Seifried, University of Massachusetts Amherst Forrest Bowlick, University of Massachusetts Amherst Marie Wood, Utah State University |
| 1:20pm-1:50pm | Lord Elector Karl III. Philipp of the Rhine Palatine’s “Atlas Major” from 1719-21: a study in dating late seventeenth and eighteenth century “Map Sellers Atlases.” George S. Carhart, PhD, Curator of Maps, Sterling C. Evans Library, Cushing Memorial Library & Archives, Texas A&M University Libraries |
| 1:50pm-2:15pm | Break |
| 2:15pm-3:00pm | Scholarship Winner Presentations, plus time for questions |
| 3:00pm-3:20pm | Charting Our Course: A Tour Through WAML’s History Ken Rockwell, University of Utah Meg Miller, University of Manitoba |
| 3:30pm-4:30pm | Business Meeting |
Saturday, September 27, 2025 – Field Trip
| 8:30am | Depart [2 vans from conference hotel] |
| 9:15am | Arrive at U of I Hatter Creek unit Overview of UIEF & forest history |
| Depart for U of I Flat Creek Unit | |
| Arrive at U of I Flat Creek unit Discuss fire and forest regeneration & research using lidar Student logging demonstration | |
| Depart for Potlatch | |
| 1:00pm | Arrive at WI&M Depot (Potlatch) Lunch Taco Bar provided by The Savory Bee Guided tour of Depot. |
| 2:30pm | Depart – drive back to hotel |
| 3:00pm | Arrival back at hotel |
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