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Subject:        Re: MAPS-L: Faculty survey on maps collection
Date:   Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:21:37 -0500
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>





Kirsten:

A helpful article to read for background is:

Olsen, John A. "Library-based GIS Labs: a Case Study-Syracuse University."
IN Journal of Map & Geography Libraries: Advances in Geospatial Informtion,
Collections & Archives, Vo. 1, no. 1 (2004). pp. 75-88.

Sincerely,

Paige

At 01:44 PM 2/21/2006, you wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kirsten Clark [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 10:43 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Cc: kclark
>Subject: Faculty survey on maps collection
>
>
>New Mexico State University Library is in the process of developing a
>Map/GIS Research Room. Because there are many GIS initiatives already on
>campus, I would like to survey the faculty about their GIS uses and
>needs, and how the library could fill a role in supporting their work.
>This Research Room will include our tangible map collection, so I am
>also interested in how faculty view the use of these maps.
>
>Has anyone surveyed their faculty about these topics?  I am particularly
>interested in specific questions asked and how the survey information
>was used.
>
>Thanks--
>
>Kirsten
>
>--------------------------------------
>Kirsten Clark
>Government Documents Librarian
>University Library, MSC 3475
>New Mexico State University
>Las Cruces, NM  88003-8006
>Phone: 505-646-4385
>Fax: 505-646-7477
>
>This is a place of mystery, Daniel, a sanctuary.  Every book, every
>volume
>you see here, has a soul.  The soul of the person who wrote it and of
>those
>who read it and lived and dreamed within it.  Every time a book changes
>hands,
>every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and
>strengthens.
>     -----  The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon