Carto would be a good online option as they have tools to do this:
https://carto.com/learn/guides/analysis/connect-with-lines
The “builder” tools are fairly new and I’m not sure what is included with a free account.
You would need addresses or lat/long of the libraries and the attributes you want to map in the same table. If there is a GIS department at your school they should be able to help with this.
Jennie
Jennie Murack
Geospatial Data Librarian and Statistics Specialist
MIT Libraries, 7-238
617-258-6680
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QGIS is an option, though it is a heavy duty option.
It is open source and free.
If you go that way I can help you get started.
Mike
On 2/28/2017 11:00 PM, MAPS-L automatic digest system wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering if any of you are aware of any software or web application that could assist me in a project. I’d like to create a map of the U.S. that is akin to what you see with
flight route maps for airlines—except the lines would all originate from Pasadena and would venture out to cities (really libraries in those cities) where we borrow the most. The thicker the line would mean the heavier the borrowing. Basically, I want
to show an image of our reach through ILL and could do variations with borrowing and lending or article and books.
I thought about Simply Map but I don’t believe we have a subscription to that. Scribblemaps.com could possibly work. Are there any others that you are aware of?
Tony Diaz
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA