Cartographic Users Advisory Council (CUAC) 2004/2005.

This article reports that the Cartographic Users Advisory Council (CUAC) held its regular meeting from May 6, 2004 to May 7, 2004 at the Suitland, Maryland offices of the U.S. Bureau of the Census. At the 2004 meeting, John Ebert, Head of the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress (LC) offered LC as a venue for a 2005 conference on map and geospatial issues, to be planned by CUAC. It is informed that the Map and Geographic Information Collections in Transition conference was held from May 12, 2005 to May 13, 2005, in the Library of Congress' Mumford Room. Approximately 190 registrants, vendors and speakers attended the conference. Speakers from commercial agencies, academic institutions, and government agency offices presented sessions ranging from "The Future of the Paper Map" to "Data, Copyright, and Access Issues." Because the topics were so timely and relevant, and the networking opportunities so plentiful, much interest was voiced in having another conference in five to seven years.