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Subject:        Archiving geospatial datasets
Date:   Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:33:26 -0700
From:   Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]>
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Organization:   UCSB Map & Imagery Lab, Library
To:     Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>

Glad you asked the questions, Dawn:-)

The work being done for the NDIIPP contract
that the University of California, Santa Barbara, and
Stanford map libraries are involved with -
National Geospatial Digital Archive, http://www.ngda.org -
has made us deal with these questions
and come up with what we find
to be reasonable answers, or at least
reasonable places from which to
start our efforts.

A key part of this work has been
a collection development policy (cdp)
for collections of geospatial data in digital form:
http://www.ngda.org/reports/NGDA%20Reports/CDP_Draft.doc
The "we" writing this cdp are Julie
Sweetkind-Singer, Tracey Erwin,
and me, Mary Larsgaard.

The goal of NGDA is geospatial datasets
of the United States; the general policies
in the cdp may be extrapolated to
datasets of other geographic area.
The most important point to start with
is that the datasets collected must be
of geographic areas/thematic content
that the map library would normally
collect in hard copy.

As we progress on this - the end
of the 2d year of this 3-year contract
is the end of September - we'll
be reporting back to you.

Mary

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Mary Lynette Larsgaard
Director, Map Library
Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara CA 93106-9010
USA
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Subject:        Archiving geospatial datasets -- the Map Library's Role
Date:   Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:38:33 -0500
From:   Youngblood, Dawn <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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Dear Colleagues;

I would like to put forward the following for consideration:

*/1. /**/As we transition to an increasingly digital world, what is the
Map Library's role in archiving geospatial datasets? /*

*/ /*

*/2. /**/Have some libraries developed policies and procedures to serve
this need, and if so what are they?/*

NOTE: Below are some documents produced and available on the web
regarding documenting spatial data:

*1. **Archiving Spatial Data (pdf):*

*http://www.sdsc.edu/TR/TR-2001-06.doc.pdf#search=%22archiving%20spatial%20data%22*


* *

*2. **Guide to managing geospatial electronic records (pdf):*

*http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/ger/GuideToManagingGERv1Final.pdf*

Currently, we archive unique geospatial datasets only if they are part
of a dissertation produced here in which case they are placed on cd-rom.

THANK YOU in advance for your input ­ I look forward to learining from you.

If you would like to respond offline, I could aggregate/ summarize
responses for the list.

Dawn Youngblood, PhD

Curator, Edwin J. Foscue Map Library

Southern Methodist University

6425 North Ownby Drive

Box 750375

Dallas TX 75275-0375

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