With the onslaught of emergent technology in academia, libraries are privy to many innovative techniques to recognize and classify geospatial data—above and beyond the traditional map librarianship. As librarians become more involved in the development and provision of GIS services and resources, they encounter both problems and solutions.

Integrating Geographic Information Systems into Library Services: A Guide for Academic Libraries 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 cataloging/metadata, as well as issues in accessibility and standards.

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The authors exhibit forward thinking about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. While many libraries may find themselves only at the beginning stages of building foundational GIS resources and services, the field is rapidly evolving… As the authors point out, libraries have the opportunity to play a pivotal role in the academic arena, since they can provide the physical space, the collection material, the expertise, and the computer applications needed to advance their institutional engagement in this promising field.

– Michael C. Page, Emory University Library, Atlanta, Georgia

The reader will be intrigued, provoked, and reflective as he or she works their way through this attempt to tie geographic information science and library science, theory and practice, together in a coherent being, with applications in the real world for practitioners, students, educators, and those individuals fascinated with the world of maps and landscapes, real or imagined.

– John Abresch, University of South Florida, USA

With its authoritative coverage of an important, cutting-edge topic in computer science and information technology managment, Integrating Geographic Information Systems into Library Services is essential to academic libraries in the U.S. and abroad and is also suitable for advanced undergraduate or graduate students.

– SirReadaLog.org

This book describes the new means of working with geospatial information, including facilitating research strategies for integrating geographic information systems.

– Book News Inc. (June 2008)

The range of topics makes this a very useful point for those who must address the issue of integrating library services.

– The Electronic Library, Vol.26, No. 6

The book is well written and covers a diverse range of topics ranging from the basics of cartography through a discussion of how digital libraries may optimally compliment the goals of their surrounding organizations through the use of geospatial information.

– Dr. William D. Kearns, University of South Florida, USA

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John Abresch has a Masters of Arts degrees in Geography and in Library and Information Science. He has worked as a Geographic Information Systems analyst in both the private and public sectors on many research projects, using both urban and environmental applications of GIS. Currently employed as an Instructor Librarian, Research Services and Collections, in the Tampa Library of the University of South Florida, Mr. Abresch is responsible for providing specialised research and reference services to social sciences faculty and graduate students. He also has collection development responsibility that encompasses geographic and GIS resources.

Ardis Hanson is the director of the research library at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida (USF). Interested in the use of technology to enhance research, she has presented at the USF Symposium on 21st Century Teaching Technologies and Internet2 showcasing innovative software applications. She is an adjunct instructor in the School of Library and Information Science and the College of Public Health at USF. Ms. Hanson was a member of the Virtual Library Planning Committee, the Implementation Team, the Interface Design Project Group, and the Metadata Team.

Susan Jane Heron, MLS, is the Associate Director of the Collection Analysis and Technical Services Department at the University of South Florida Libraries (USF). Previously, Ms. Heron was Head of Technical Services at the University of San Diego, Head of Cataloging at San Diego State University, Project Coordinator for Database Conversion at Temple University, and a Library Liaison with the Research Libraries Group. Ms. Heron was a member of the USF Virtual Library Implementation Team as well as the Metadata, Digitization, Thesis and Dissertation, and Electronic Reserve Teams. Currently, Ms. Heron is on the State University System Technical Services Policy Committee, which is implementing ALEPH v.18 and examining metadata issues for geographic data and electronic resources.

Peter J. Reehling received a Master’s of Arts in Geography from Ball State University and a second Master’s in Library and Information Science from Indiana University. He is currently Geographic Information Librarian at the University of South Florida. His duties range from the provision of GIS Services to managing the ESRI Site License and coordinating the GIS Help Desk Coordinator. His collection development duties include the Geography Department and the Military Sciences. Previously, Mr. Reehling served as a geo-spatial analyst for the National Imagery and Mapping Agency and a geographer for the U.S. Census Bureau. Mr. Reehling is currently the Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect chair of MAGERT (Map and Geography Round Table of the American Library Association).

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