Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives

Association des Cartotheques et Archives
Cartographiques du Canada

I am pleased to submit this, the final report, on the 1999 annual conference of ACMLA.  The annual conference was held in conjunction with the International Cartographic Association which gave our members a unique opportunity to attend presentations from cartographic specialists, curators and map producers from around the world.  Attendance for the conference totalled 1,540 (not including spouses and volunteers) with 79 nations represented; 500 technical and scientific papers and posters; a cartographic exhibition of 1,683 different items from 44 countries plus an additional 16 International Hydrographic Organization countries; public attendance of over 2,000 viewed the cartographic exhibition.  All of these figures exceed, in some cases greatly, previous figures for ICA Conferences and General Assemblies.  The ACMLA program, held on Thursday, August 19 was well-received.

The conference was unique in that the ACMLA did not retain the members' registration fees. The ACMLA, as part of the CAFICA alliance, was offered a reduced registration fee for its members but all revenues were submitted to ICA. In total 31 members registered directly with ACMLA. This number however, does not include the many ACMLA members in the National Archives and Natural Resources Canada who registered through their department.

A small profit was realized from the joint ACMLA/CCA picnic which was sponsored by the Carleton University Library and the University of Ottawa Library Network:

            Receipts:
            Library sponsorship for social event                                $500.00

            Expenses:
            Picnic                                                                               406.33

            Revenue                                                                           $93.67

I would like to acknowledge the help of Martine Rocheleau, and especially Beth Ray for their assistance with the picnic and to Bruce Weedmark for his coordination of the registration.  As well, thank you for all of the members who contributed their time on the ACMLA Booth.
 
 

Respectfully submitted,

Grace Welch
University of Ottawa
Local Organizer

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