TY - JOUR
T1 - Digital curation and the GeoWeb
T2 - An emerging role for geographic information librarians
AU - Bishop, Bradley Wade
AU - Grubesic, Tony H.
AU - Prasertong, Sonya
N1 - Funding Information:
© Bradley Wade Bishop, Tony H. Grubesic, and Sonya Prasertong The authors would like to acknowledge funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and museums. Through grant making, policy development, and research, IMLS helps communities and individuals thrive through broad public access to knowledge, cultural heritage, and lifelong learning.
PY - 2013/9/1
Y1 - 2013/9/1
N2 - The rise of the GeoWeb and the proliferation of volunteered geographic information (VGI) have permanently changed the volume and types of geospatial data available for consumption. This has simultaneously altered the role of data curation and information provision roles of geographic information librarians (GILs). The purpose of this paper is to provide a succinct history of geospatial data services in libraries and a discussion of current challenges encountered by information professionals with the GeoWeb. The paper concludes with an overview of the importance of incorporating the GeoWeb into future geospatial data curation training.
AB - The rise of the GeoWeb and the proliferation of volunteered geographic information (VGI) have permanently changed the volume and types of geospatial data available for consumption. This has simultaneously altered the role of data curation and information provision roles of geographic information librarians (GILs). The purpose of this paper is to provide a succinct history of geospatial data services in libraries and a discussion of current challenges encountered by information professionals with the GeoWeb. The paper concludes with an overview of the importance of incorporating the GeoWeb into future geospatial data curation training.
KW - GeoWeb
KW - data curation
KW - digital curation training
KW - geographic information librarianship
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U2 - 10.1080/15420353.2013.817367
DO - 10.1080/15420353.2013.817367
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84884606740
SN - 1542-0353
VL - 9
SP - 296
EP - 312
JO - Journal of Map and Geography Libraries
JF - Journal of Map and Geography Libraries
IS - 3
ER -