Map Librarianship: A Guide to Geoliteracy, Map and GIS Resources and Services

Map Librarianship identifies basic geoliteracy concepts and enhances reference and instruction skills by providing details on finding,...
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Author: Susan Elizabeth Ward Aber
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Map Librarianship: A Guide to Geoliteracy, Map and GIS Resources and Services by Aber, Susan Elizabeth Ward

Map Librarianship: A Guide to Geoliteracy, Map and GIS Resources and Services

$1,521.44

Map Librarianship: A Guide to Geoliteracy, Map and GIS Resources and Services

$1,521.44
Author: Susan Elizabeth Ward Aber
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Map Librarianship identifies basic geoliteracy concepts and enhances reference and instruction skills by providing details on finding, downloading, delivering, and assessing maps, remotely sensed imagery, and other geospatial resources and services, primarily from trusted government sources. By offering descriptions of traditional maps, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, and other geospatial technologies, the book provides a timely and practical guide for the map and geospatial librarian to blend confidence in traditional library skill sets.



Author: Susan Elizabeth Ward Aber, Jeremy Aber
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Published: 11/04/2016
Pages: 294
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780081000212

About the Author
Aber, Susan Elizabeth Ward: - Dr. Susan W. Aber is the Director of the Science and Math Education Center and Peterson Planetarium at Emporia State University (ESU), Emporia, Kansas USA. She is a geologist, graduate gemologist, map librarian, and university teacher. She taught in the Earth Science Department at ESU and was Federal Depository Map Librarian. She has taught LIS courses via distance education at San José State University and North Carolina Central University. Her LIS dissertation focused on the information needs and information-seeking behaviors of geoscience educators in the academic community. Her research interests are in information use and user studies, amber fossil resin, as well as the scientific visualization of information using kite aerial photography.Aber, Jeremy: - Dr. Jeremy W. Aber is an assistant professor of Geography at Middle Tennessee State University. He teaches GIS and elements of remote sensing and cartography at both the undergraduate and graduate levels involving the theory and applied practice of GIS, along with aesthetic components related to the cartographic process. With a B.F.A. in art and both M.A. and PhD in Geography, he has done work in the areas of GIS, cartography, geographic visualization techniques, small-format aerial photography, virtual geographies and video games, cognitive geography, and sense of place and place attachment.

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