Tuesday 10 December at 7.15pm for 7.30pm  (by Zoom)

The National Library of Scotland Maps Website: Past, Present and Future

Our speaker is Chris Fleet who holds the position of Map Curator at the National Library of Scotland (NLS). Chris set up and still manages the excellent “Map Images” section of the NLS website that many of us use regularly.

The talk  will be in two parts. To start with we will hear briefly about the NLS’s extensive paper map collection of which over 200,000 maps have been digitised and are now online. The target is to eventually have a staggering half a million maps online and we will hear about the processes and highly specialised equipment they use. A number of groups are using the resource in a wide variety of projects and a few of these will be mentioned.

The final part of the talk will be a live demonstration of some of the key features of the website. This will be followed by a chance to put any questions to Chris that you might have. It should be a very interesting and informative evening.

The link to the talk will be sent out to Members on Monday 9 December.  Please note that we are opening up the meeting to members of groups that belong to the Gloucestershire Local History Association. To give priority to our members we will be advising you login in 7.10pm onwards whereas the other groups will be given a time.nearer 7.30pm

We also have a Summer Programme