Integrating geographic information systems into library services a guide for academic libraries /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Abresch, John.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.
• Subjects: Libraries > Special collections > Geographic information systems.; Geographic information systems.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

This book integrates traditional map librarianship and contemporary issues in digital librarianship within a framework of a global embedded information infrastructure, addressing technical, legal, and institutional factors such as collection development, reference and research services, and catalogi...

Table of Contents:

• I. Geography and librarianship / John Abresch, Ardis Hanson, Susan Heron, Peter Reehling
• II. Information economy and geospatial information / John Abresch, Peter Reehling, Ardis Hanson
• III. Spatial databases and data infrastructure / John Abresch, Peter Reehling, Ardis Hanson
• IV. Describing geospatial information / Ardis Hanson, Susan Heron
• V. From print formats to digital / Ardis Hanson, Susan Heron
• VI. Accessibility / Ardis Hanson
• VII. Reference services / Ardis Hanson
• VIII. Collection management issues with geospatial information / John Abresch, Ardis Hanson, Peter Rheeling
• IX. Geographic information and library education / John Abresch, Ardis Hanson, Peter Rheeling
• X. What the future holds / John Abresch, Ardis Hanson, Susan Heron, Peter Rheeling.