<p>GIS Service & Outreach in an Academic Library</p><p>GIS Service & Outreach in an Academic Library</p><p>What is a GIS?  A method to visualize, manipulate, analyze, and display spatial data . Definition courtesy of ESRI: http://www.gis.com (Many definitions out there, but most refer to the power of visualizing and manipulating data.)</p><p>Why use a GIS?  Can apply geographic information into almost every area of research or endeavor.  Allows user to view data from a different perspective. New patterns and relationships may be seen.</p><p>What can a GIS do? GIS offers a variety of different approaches to analyzing information:  Visualization (Maps)  Data Calculation (Statistics)  Modeling (Projecting “What Ifs”; 3D viewing) </p><p>What does a Library GIS Service offer?</p><p> Data Access and Dissemination (for Academic Use) o Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) o Statistics Canada o Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange o Municipal Data   Technical Support  GIS Outreach and Instruction</p><p> o Contact with faculty. o Lunchtime presentations o Hands-on workshops o Individual Research appointments o GIS Assignments</p><p>Conclusion  Interest in GIS is growing across university campuses.</p><p>OLA Super Conference February 2005 GIS Service & Outreach in an Academic Library</p><p> With access to GIS software and growing amounts of data, the academic library is well placed to support an active GIS service.  A Library GIS service can open a wide variety of instructional opportunities between library and faculty. </p><p>Selected References:</p><p>Argentati, Carolyn D. "Expanding horizons for GIS services in Academic Libraries." Journal of Academic Librarianship 23 no. 6 (1997): 463-9.</p><p>Deckelbaum, David. "GIS in Libraries: An Overview of Concepts and Concerns". Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship 21 (1999): [http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/99-winter/article3.html]</p><p>Demers, Michael. Fundamentals of Geographic Information Science. New York : John Wiley, 2005.</p><p>Gewin, Victoria. “Mapping Opportunities” Nature 427 (2004): 376-377.</p><p>Goodchild, Michael and Donald G.Janelle (eds.). Spatially Integrated Social Science. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.</p><p>Gluck, Myke and Lixin Yu. "Geographic Information Systems: Background, Frameworks, and Uses in Libraries", Advances in Librarianship 23 (1999), 1-38.</p><p>Johnson, Ann and Michael Phoenix. “GIS across the Campus” ArcUser (2003), [http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0403/focus1of2.html]</p><p>Parry R.B. and C.R. Perkins (ed.) The Map Library in the New Millennium. American Library Association: Chicago, 2001.</p><p>Spiegal, Shaun. “Promoting Geographic Information System Usage Across Campus” Computers in Libraries 25 no.5 (2004): 10-16. </p><p>Andrew Nicholson</p><p>OLA Super Conference February 2005 GIS Service & Outreach in an Academic Library</p><p>GIS/Data Librarian UTM Library University of Toronto at Mississauga Phone (905) 828-3886 Email: [email protected]</p><p>OLA Super Conference February 2005</p>