{"title":"Beyond the Map: Engaging Audiences with GIS at the Leventhal Map & Education Center","authors":"Michelle Leblanc, Belle Lipton","doi":"10.1080/15420353.2021.1944949","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Leventhal Map & Education Center (LMEC) at the Boston Public Library (BPL) has expanded its activities in recent years to include educational and technical support for audiences working with geospatial data, tools and concepts. At the K-12 level, LMEC’s Empowering Maptivists initiative engages Boston public high school students in a deep exploration of the uses of geospatial data and mapping in order to help foreground relevant community issues and propose possible solutions. In its role as a partner with the BPL, the LMEC also offers a suite of free, helpful resources for any library visitor, including one-on-one project support and digital guides geared toward decoding and translating the sometimes-complicated intricacies of geospatial data and tools. The LMEC’s recently grant-funded Data Hub project accelerates this momentum by further expanding educational activities, and allowing the LMEC to build out the necessary technical infrastructure to support them, including a searchable and browsable digital library to hold geospatial data, as well as other learning materials for deciphering data.","PeriodicalId":54009,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Map & Geography Libraries","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Map & Geography Libraries","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15420353.2021.1944949","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT The Leventhal Map & Education Center (LMEC) at the Boston Public Library (BPL) has expanded its activities in recent years to include educational and technical support for audiences working with geospatial data, tools and concepts. At the K-12 level, LMEC’s Empowering Maptivists initiative engages Boston public high school students in a deep exploration of the uses of geospatial data and mapping in order to help foreground relevant community issues and propose possible solutions. In its role as a partner with the BPL, the LMEC also offers a suite of free, helpful resources for any library visitor, including one-on-one project support and digital guides geared toward decoding and translating the sometimes-complicated intricacies of geospatial data and tools. The LMEC’s recently grant-funded Data Hub project accelerates this momentum by further expanding educational activities, and allowing the LMEC to build out the necessary technical infrastructure to support them, including a searchable and browsable digital library to hold geospatial data, as well as other learning materials for deciphering data.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Map & Geography Libraries is a multidisciplinary publication that covers international research and information on the production, procurement, processing, and utilization of geographic and cartographic materials and geospatial information. Papers submitted undergo a rigorous peer-review process by professors, researchers, and practicing librarians with a passion for geography, cartographic materials, and the mapping and spatial sciences. The journal accepts original theory-based, case study, and practical papers that substantially advance an understanding of the mapping sciences in all of its forms to support users of map and geospatial collections, archives, and similar institutions.