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Building a Library GIS Service from the Ground Up

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dc.creator Houser, Rhonda
dc.date 2006
dc.date 2006-11-13T22:50:06Z
dc.date 2006-11-13T22:50:06Z
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-18T11:39:19Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-18T11:39:19Z
dc.identifier Houser, Rhonda. "Building a Library GIS Service from the Ground Up." Library Trends 55:2 (Fall 2006): 315-326.
dc.identifier 0024-2564
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1808/1113
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/27487
dc.description Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services in academic libraries tend to differ, based on availability of GIS data, software, hardware, and staff expertise. GIS services at the University of Kansas are closely aligned with support for government information, data, maps, and statistics. Thus, our responses to users’ needs are often naturally collaborative, optimizing the expertise of multiple staff members and various types of resources. The GIS and Data Specialist assists campus researchers with spatial data and software, as well as facilitating access to GIS data. Lab space for research and coursework involving spatial data is a core component of GIS services. In addition, various levels and types of GIS workshops are offered each semester, and custom training sessions are also available. “Word of mouth” and hands-on workshops are some of the most effective methods of outreach.
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dc.language en_US
dc.publisher The Johns Hopkins University Press
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Geographic information systems services
dc.subject GIS services
dc.subject Spatial data services
dc.subject Library GIS
dc.title Building a Library GIS Service from the Ground Up
dc.type Article


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