| NAME | JOHN EDWARD ROBERTS |  |
| POSITION | Chief
Cartographer/Map Custodian |
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| PRESENT | Appointed in 1977 as Chief Cartographer/Map Custodian supervising a qualified cartographer assistant. | |
| MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS | 1977-88 Corporate
Member of Australian Institute of Cartographers (AIC) 1988-96 Fellow of Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia (MSIA), formerly the AIC Past Senior-Vice President MSIA NSW Division, Past President of AIC NSW Division and Past Federal Councillor of AIC Member of the Australian Map Circle Presently the AMC representative on the NSW State Mapping Advisory Committee and a past representative on the Standards Australia IT/4 - Geographical Information Systems Member of Australasian Urban Regional Information Systems Association Inc (AURISA) Member of International Map Collectors Society (IMCoS) Member of Council of Australian University of Museums and Collections (CAUMAC) |
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| PUBLICATIONS | BooksRoberts J. E, (ed.) (1983)
Bold Atlas of Australia, Ashton Scholastic, Gosford
Member of the Advisory Board for the Atlas of New South Wales (1987) Central Mapping Authority of NSW, Bathurst Roberts J. E., (ed.) (1989) Australian Resource Atlas, Ashton Scholastic, Gosford Horvath R. H. et al (1989) Sydney A Social Atlas, Sydney University Press, Sydney
Chapter in Books Butler S. R, (ed.) (1990) The Exceptional Child, Case Study Point 5, by Roberts, J. E., Tactual and Bold Print Maps, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Sydney
Journal Articles Roberts J. E., (1985) Mapping in Australia for the Visually Handicapped, The Australian Library Journal, Vol. 34 No.1. Roberts J. E. and Bashford R., (1986) Tactual Mapping in New South Wales, Cartography Vol 15, No.1
Conference Papers Roberts J. E, (1983) Tactual Mapping in Australia, Proceedings of the 2nd National Australian Geographical Research Association Conference, Sydney, Dec., 1982 Roberts J. E, (1987) Preview of the Joint IGU Congress and AIC Conference Meeting to be held in Sydney, August 1988, RMIT, Melbourne Roberts J. E., (1988) Cartographic Presentation Using PC’s 7th Annual Cartographic Conference, Proceedings Australian Institute of Cartographers, Sydney Roberts J. E., (1989) The Technical Aspects of Social Atlas Cartography Using PC’s, Proceedings of "Ausgraph 89" AURISA Conference, Sydney Roberts J. E. and Smith S, (1990) Overview of Tactual Mapping in Australia, Proceedings of the 18th Annual Australian Map Circle Conferences, Bathurst Roberts J. E., (1990) Slide Production for Conferences, "Mapping Topics in the Tropics" Proceedings of Australian Institute of Cartographers Conference, Darwin wining the award for best presentation. Roberts J. E., (1991) My favourite map, Hunter Valley 1823, by Henry Dangar "Unfolding Australia" Joint Conference of the Australian Map Circle (AMC) and the International Map Collectors Society (IMCoS), Sydney Roberts J. E., (1992) Demonstration of Mirage Software "Users Views on Desktop Mapping" Australian Institute of Cartographers Seminar NSW Division, Sydney Roberts J. E., (1994) Geography Map Library, University of Sydney - Problems of Survival: "Is it a beginning, or an end?", Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) 1994 Conference, Sydney Roberts J. E., (1995) Geography Map Library, University of Sydney - Problems of Survival: Is it a beginning, an end or a Continuation of the Status Quo?, The Globe, Proceedings of the Australian Map Circle 1995 AMC Conference, Armidale |
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| CONFERENCE COMMITTEES | Australian
Institute of Cartographers, 7th Annual Conference, Sydney, 1988 Venue Organiser and Liaison officers with Geographers 26th International Geographical Union Congress, Sydney, 1988 Responsible for the National Map Exhibition and Trade Exhibition "Unfolding Australia" Australian Map Circle Convenor representative on a Joint Conference between IMCoS and AMC, Sydney, 1991 Convenor Australian Institute of Cartographers NSW Division Seminars Users Views on Desktop Mapping", Sydney, 1992 Convenor Australian Institute of Cartographers NSW Division Seminars Vendors Views on Desktop Mapping", Sydney, 1993 "Old Themes New Ways", Australian Map Circle Conference, Macquarie University, 1994 Convenor Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia NSW Division Annual Seminar 1995, Sydney |
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