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The Geological Curators Group and the Geoscience Information Group are organising a joint meeting entitled: "GEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS DATABASES, GIS AND THE WWW" to be held on 15th May 2002, at the British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK The meeting is open to all. Full details, including abstracts and a booking form are available at http://www.bgs.ac.uk/gig/meets/gcg/gcg.htm PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME 10:00-11:00 Coffee and setting up of demonstrations. Morning session - Keynote Speakers 11:00-11:30 Patrick Bell - British Geological Survey, Keyworth British Geological Survey's Geoscience Data Index - a web-based spatial index to our data holdings 11:30-12:00 Adrian Rissoné - Natural History Museum. The Palaeontology Department specimen cataloguing system. 12:00-12:30 John Faithfull - University of Glasgow Museum. 9 Years of INCA: evolution of a museum catalogue 12:45-14:00 Buffet Lunch, with demonstrations. Afternoon Session (15 mins per speaker with 3 mins for discussion) Tim McCormick - British Geological Survey, Keyworth Palaeosaurus Paul Britton - Stratadata Biostratigraphic information management in the oil and gas industry and links to the www. Jana Horak - National Museum of Wales. National Museums & Galleries of Wales; Geological Database: accountability for collections vs. public access. Mandy Edwards - University of Manchester Museum BASELINE - Keeping track of space and time. Kevin Walsh - Oxford University Museum. Collections Online at the Oxford University Museum - turning our collections management databases into a web resource. Suzanne Miller - National Museum of Scotland National Museums of Scotland Petrology & Mineralogy Database - a custom-built Adlib system 15:45 Tea. Tours of the collections available until 18:00 For details about how to get to the BGS or on local accommodation see the BGS website http://www.bgs.ac.uk/contacts/offices.html. If you have any other queries on local arrangements then contact Mike Howe at the address below. There will be a meeting fee of £10 to cover tea, coffee and a buffet lunch. Meeting Conveners: Mike Howe and Garry Baker, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG. 0115 9363105. mhowe@bgs.ac.uk, grba@bgs.ac.uk. Giles Miller, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD. 020 7942 541. G.Miller@nhm.ac.uk ********************************************************************* This e-mail message, and any files transmitted with it, are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. If this message was not addressed to you, you have received it in error and any copying, distribution or other use of any part of it is strictly prohibited. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the British Geological Survey. The security of e-mail communication cannot be guaranteed and the BGS accepts no liability for claims arising as a result of the use of this medium to transmit messages from or to the BGS. The BGS cannot accept any responsibility for viruses, so please scan all attachments. http://www.bgs.ac.uk *********************************************************************
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