UIC Library Program Explores the World of Maps on March 20
The UIC Library presents a program in conjunction with the city-wide Festival of Maps. on Thursday March 20, 2008, from 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm, in Special Collections, Richard J. Daley Library, 3rd Floor South, 801 S. Morgan.
Speakers are Robert W. Karrow, Jr., Curator of Special Collections and Curator of Maps, The Newberry Library on Bringing Maps to Chicago; Gerald A. Danzer, Professor of History, Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago on What Do Old Maps Teach Us?; Matthew Lauterbach on GIS for History; Martha Pollak, Professor of Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago on In Praise of Maps.
A reception follows the program.
The Library’s exhibit, Under Study: Maps and Photographs of Chicago’s Near West Side, is open to visitors Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm. through March 28, 2008., field_56ba6f8fdb00c