Pub Date : 2021-06-30DOI: 10.1080/15420353.2021.1921091
R. Grim
Abstract This study, demonstrating that the annotations in many older atlases can provide evidence for unraveling intriguing and historically significant stories related to their provenance, is intended to encourage curators to recognize and preserve such annotations for future historical research. The study is based on the discovery of eight exceptional pre-1900 atlases in the collections of the Boston Public Library. These atlases are noteworthy because they contain prominent annotations or alterations (bookplates, owner’s signatures, acquisition stamps, explanatory notes, the addition or deletion of maps, or the combining of more than one title in the same binding). These clues helped unravel their history, determining who owned them, how they were used, and how the library acquired them. In addition to these exciting stories based on their hidden or unrecorded provenance, this paper serves as a case study of how major American cartographic collections acquired and built strong map and atlas collections during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It also adds to a growing literature that looks at the “social life” or biography of cartographic materials, by addressing how they were used, following compilation, publication, and marketing.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/15420353.2021.1917472
Julie Sweetkind-Singer, Greg March
Abstract At the end of World War II, United States Army officers located large troves of maps in Germany and Japan. These materials were shipped back to the United States and deposited with the Army Map Service (AMS). The AMS created a repository service to distribute the captured maps to libraries across the United States eventually sending them to a subset of thirty-five geographically dispersed institutions. While numerous libraries processed these materials, many did not, including the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who made the decision to donate their maps to Stanford University for cataloging and scanning. The majority of the maps were duplicative, but twenty percent of the corpus were either new sets or missing sheets from existing sets. Analyzing these collections allows librarians and scholars to understand the scope of the mapping carried out by the Germans and Japanese prior to and during the war. It also provides a framework to decide if a library should allocate processing, cataloging, and digitization resources for such unprocessed collections.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/15420353.2022.2041529
Bruce Godfrey
Abstract Academic libraries have managed print-based aerial photography collections for many years. Some have spent substantial time and effort digitizing items in those collections. Additionally, some libraries have taken on the task of georeferencing these digital images. In recent decades, libraries have begun to receive and manage born-digital georeferenced orthorectified aerial imagery collections, as this acquisition format has superseded print-based photographs. There are significant challenges associated with this shift to managing born-digital imagery. This article describes one academic library’s approach, over the past two decades, of managing a collection of digital georeferenced aerial imagery used in teaching, research, university operations, and all-purpose inquiry by the public. The management activities detailed in here aim to provide helpful information for other libraries having interest in maintaining similar collections.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/15420353.2022.2070370
Ifigenia Vardakosta, B. Bishop, N. Piekielek
The Best Paper of the Year Award selection committee of the Journal of Map & Geography Libraries was comprised of three current members of the editorial board who unanimously selected a winner based on specific indicators (methodological soundness and overall quality of the research, originality, significance to the field of map and geography libraries, and quality of writing). Many articles from volume 16 1 deserved recognition due to their high quality and importance in their respective areas. That is why the committee recognized that two articles, equally graded, should share the Best Paper Award.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/15420353.2022.2025988
Kimberly A. Plassche
Abstract The traditional map library full of map drawers, aerial photographs, atlases and globes has evolved to include computer terminals and data collection equipment. Library patrons are accessing maps and geospatial data digitally. As the library has changed, so has the role of the map librarian. Historically, specialized coursework for map librarianship has been minimal in graduate library science programs. To effectively support library users of geographic information system (GIS), education is needed in this field, as well. A survey was distributed to map librarians via email listserv with a goal of observing trends in job duties and educational backgrounds of today’s map librarians. The views of 67 responding map librarians regarding training, professional development and the direction of map librarianship as a profession were also collected. The resulting data show a strong need for training opportunities for work with paper maps as well as GIS data and software.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/15420353.2022.2068108
Erik Radio, Kathryn Gregonis, Sarah Werling, Philip White, Kayla Crosbie
Abstract The ability to designate locations as they pertain to information resources is important for documenting both provenance and subject matter. However, the naming of places is a complex matter. This article presents an overview of several common geographic vocabularies in use by libraries and cultural heritage institutions and evaluates them according to criteria corresponding to various user groups. To better understand how these geographic vocabularies are used in practice, it presents the results of survey that assesses the state of geographic vocabulary usage in the field. Finally, a discussion on the current state of geographic vocabularies and emerging challenges is presented as a source for future discussion.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/15420353.2022.2047134
Lauren H. Mandel
Abstract During the Covid-19 pandemic, libraries closed their physical facilities, offered shorter hours, rearranged and removed furniture, shifted to distance service provision, and used geographic information systems to support information sharing. For several decades, library and information studies have used geographic information systems for multiple purposes, and this occurred more than ever during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research investigated different ways libraries and library agencies have been using geographic information systems to support information and resource sharing during the Covid-19 pandemic. The overarching goal was to demonstrate how libraries provide value to local communities and society. Interview research identified multiple mapping projects undertaken either in relation to or during the Covid-19 pandemic, including maps depicting public access to Wi-Fi Internet, library building status, inter-library loan receiving and sending status of libraries, and library usage data, as well as a state Covid-19 data dashboard. Interviewees reported using geographic information systems for ease of use, interactive data displays, comparing multiple data points, increasing engagement and awareness, tailoring services, and currency of reporting. Now that they have made some maps and seen how helpful the maps are for access, interviewees had many ideas for expansion of new mapping projects going forward.
{"title":"Library Adoption and Use of GIS as an Information Sharing Tool during the Covid-19 Pandemic","authors":"Lauren H. Mandel","doi":"10.1080/15420353.2022.2047134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15420353.2022.2047134","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract During the Covid-19 pandemic, libraries closed their physical facilities, offered shorter hours, rearranged and removed furniture, shifted to distance service provision, and used geographic information systems to support information sharing. For several decades, library and information studies have used geographic information systems for multiple purposes, and this occurred more than ever during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research investigated different ways libraries and library agencies have been using geographic information systems to support information and resource sharing during the Covid-19 pandemic. The overarching goal was to demonstrate how libraries provide value to local communities and society. Interview research identified multiple mapping projects undertaken either in relation to or during the Covid-19 pandemic, including maps depicting public access to Wi-Fi Internet, library building status, inter-library loan receiving and sending status of libraries, and library usage data, as well as a state Covid-19 data dashboard. Interviewees reported using geographic information systems for ease of use, interactive data displays, comparing multiple data points, increasing engagement and awareness, tailoring services, and currency of reporting. Now that they have made some maps and seen how helpful the maps are for access, interviewees had many ideas for expansion of new mapping projects going forward.","PeriodicalId":54009,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Map & Geography Libraries","volume":"17 1","pages":"24 - 38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59923441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-04DOI: 10.1080/15420353.2020.1790284
Joshua W. Sadvari, Theresa Quill, Ifigenia Vardakosta
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Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1080/15420353.2021.1935399
Sarah Zhang
ABSTRACT The past two decades witnessed the flourishing of GeoWeb, a web infused with geospatial services and applications, which has given rise to a trend that non-experts are increasingly involved in creating digital maps, collecting spatial data, and developing mapping mashups or applications, known as neogeography. In light of that, the general public and researchers/students in higher education institutions are becoming increasingly interested in these technologies. However, a gap exists between the GIS educational programs offered by public/academic libraries in Canada and the fast developing web mapping technologies as well as the shifting needs of users. This article describes two web mapping workshop initiatives at a public library and an academic library, arguing web mapping technologies provides new opportunities to adapt ACRL Information Literacy to GIS education, and advocating academic and public libraries’ involvement in web mapping instruction in the age of neogeography.
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Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1080/15420353.2021.1964673
E. Slayton, Jessica G. Benner
Abstract Libraries have been supporting instruction on GIS and spatial literacy for some time, but the proliferation of digital and spatial technologies and the increasing number of disciplines interested in using them is changing the demands on libraries. One of these tools is digital storytelling - when combined with maps it can be a powerful way to share research and advocate for change. To tell a good story is human, but to build a story with evidence that is convincing takes practice. This paper discusses our efforts to use storytelling as a base for building spatial literacy and GIS understanding in an academic library context. We present two cases, an event series including informal one-shot workshops, and a half semester course taught at a university, and offer a few suggestions to implement this on your own campus.
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