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Subject:        Invitation to participate in the online survey: The Status of
Geospatial Literacy Instruction of Undergraduates in Canada and United
States.
Date:   Wed, 7 Apr 2010 11:09:19 -0400
From:   Rosa Orlandini <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
CC:     Erik Dessureault <[log in to unmask]>



This message is sent on behalf of Rosa Orlandini

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Invitation to participate in the online survey:

*/The Status of Geospatial Literacy Instruction of Undergraduates in
Canada and United States: a qualitative survey of Professors,
Instructors, Librarians, and Technicians who provides geospatial
literacy instruction./*



This confidential study is open to any professor, instructor, librarian,
or technician who provides geospatial information instruction to
Undergraduates in Canada and the United States.  Geospatial information
instruction includes teaching of cartography, map reading/analysis
skills, Geographic Information Systems courses, and the locating,
selection, and analysis of geospatial information (maps, GIS data etc.).



The purpose of this research study is to: evaluate and summarize the
current status of geospatial information instruction, to understand the
barriers faced by geospatial information instructors, and evaluate how
experts perceive the level of geospatial information literacy of their
undergraduate students.   The analyzed results of this study may be
published, and the finding can be used towards the establishment of a
benchmark of Geospatial Information literacy instruction.



This survey has been authorized by the Ethics committees of the
Université de Montréal, and Concordia University. The survey will be
available online until May 7, 2010.  This online survey, hosted on
Survey Monkey, will only take 10 minutes of your time.  If you prefer to
do the survey in print, please contact the researchers directly.



To access the survey, click on the following link:
 https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6JBHWKT



For additional information about the survey, please contact Rosa
Orlandini at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 514-848-2424 ext. 7769.



Please feel free to forward this email to your colleagues that do not
subscribe to this listserv.



Thank you in advance for your participation in this survey!



Regards,



Rosa Orlandini

Reference and Instruction Librarian

Concordia University Library



Erik Dessureault, MLIS Candidate

Université de Montréal