From: Kollen, Christine E - (kollen) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 3:11 PM
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Subject: MAGIRT LibGuide Data Sources tab
Hi everyone:
A subset of the GeoTech Committee (Cynthia Dietz, Angie Lee, John Olson,
Matt Parsons, Wangyal Shawa and I), and Matt Parsons from the University of
Washington are working on adding a tab to the MAGIRT LibGuide for data
sources. Last summer at the GeoTech Committee we reviewed the Geospatial
Technologies tab on the MAGIRT LibGuide
(http://magirt.ala.libguides.com/resources) and thought that one area that
folks have problems finding geospatial data for is state and local data.
We've divided the U.S. into regions (and Canada) and will be working on a
list of geospatial data sources for the states, counties and major cities in
those regions.
Our criteria for inclusion:
* State portal whether hosted at a state institutions (universities
and colleges) or a state agency (in some states, an official state portal
may only include basic data such as county boundaries, city boundaries,
roads etc.)
* Other state portals if they cover specific categories, such as
environmental, demographic, etc. that are maintained by state agencies
* Local agencies (counties and major cities)
* Data included must be:
o Freely available
o Downloadable
o Metadata available (doesn't necessarily need to be FGDC compliant)
* May include:
o Ability to preview data, such as with map services
In general, we have a pretty good handle on what's available in our state,
but not necessarily in the other states that are in our region.
That's where you can help us! If you have any recommendations, please send
them to the regional editor, listed in the table below:
Region
Regional Editor
Email
Southwest
Chris Kollen
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Southeast
Joy Suh
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Northwest
Matt Parsons
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Northeast
John Olson
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Wangyal Shawa
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Midwest
Angie Lee
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Canada
Cynthia Dietz
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Our plan is to have at least a preliminary Data Sources tab ready by ALA.
Thanks
Chris
Chris Kollen
Data Curation Librarian
University of Arizona Library
P.O. Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
(520) 305-0495
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