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, 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.

Includes rarely discussed concepts of citing and referencing maps and geospatial data, fair use and copyrightCreates an awareness and appreciation of existing print map collections, while building digital stewardship with surrogate map and aerial imagery collectionsProvides an introduction to the theory and applications of GIS, remote sensing, participatory neogeography and neocartography practices, and other geospatial technologiesIncludes a list of geospatial resources with descriptions and illustrations of commonly used map types and formats, online geospatial data sources, and an introduction to the most commonly used geospatial software packages available, on both desktop and mobile platforms

Chapter 1: Introduction to Maps and Librarians

Chapter 2: Spatial Thinking and Geo-Literacy

Chapter 3: Basic Map Concepts—The Science of Cartography

Chapter 4: Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

Chapter 5: Terrain Mapping Meets Digital Data

Chapter 6: Map and Geospatial Librarianship

Chapter 7: Geospatial Resources and Instruction Services

Chapter 8: Reference Desk

Chapter 9: Collection Development

Chapter 10: Cataloging and Classifying

Chapter 11: Promotion and Summary of Map and GIS Resources and Services