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Subject:        Guidance needed re Map Library staffing
Date:   Wed, 12 May 2010 09:41:36 -0500
From:   Harry Davis <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Issues connected to a GIS staff retirement and to budget constraints are
prompting questions at my library about how to staff a “Geospatial
Resources” unit that incorporates traditional paper map library
resources and services with GIS resources and services.

It would be helpful for us to know prevailing practice and trends in
professional and paraprofessional staffing for such services

I may be missing an obvious source for such info (apologies, if so), but
can someone direct me to data for:

1. Libraries with a map librarian only

2. Libraries with a GIS librarian only

3. Libraries with one person acting as a combined map and GIS librarian

4. Libraries with two librarians, one for maps and one for GIS

5. Libraries with a map or GIS librarian who has shared responsibilities
with another library area (govdocs, business, numeric data, science, a
specific subject area… etc.)

6. Libraries where the “map person” is a professional librarian, but the
“GIS person” is not – or /vice versa/.

Failing any collective data source, please feel free to respond to
MAPS-L or e-mail me directly to indicate the situation at your library
–or what you see as a preference or as a trend.

With thanks in advance,

Harry Davis / Map Librarian / Morris Library / Southern Illinois
University Carbondale / Carbondale, IL 62901-6632

Phone: 618~453~2372 or 618-453-2705

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