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Location! Location! Location! Finding Region-Specific Data with
Geographical Information Systems
Thursday, 7 May 1998 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Starr Auditorium, JFK School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA.
Locating information about a particular local or geographic region has been
a mainstay of library reference work for years. In the past, multiple,
print-only resources had to be used, such as geographical dictionaries,
maps (political, topographic, geological, etc.), statistical reference
sources (e.g. census data), and topical descriptions (as from books and
journal articles). With the advent of geographic information systems
(GIS), the librarian and user now have a powerful, multimedia,
single-approach resource.
GIS is more than just old resources accessed via a new medium. GIS systems
allow users to manipulate data in new, dramatic ways which were unavailable
even a decade ago. For instance, a GIS user could research a zip code
region in an urban setting, pulling up demographic data on the populace,
political data on voting districts and trends of past elections, geologic
information regarding soils and bedrock, architectural information on new
construction and the best ways to drive from point A to point B, all from
one workstation. As GIS systems incorporate more data and the software and
hardware become more versatile, this new information resource will become
even more valuable to academic, special, and public libraries and their
users. Join us as we look at some of these GIS systems in depth.
A partial list of speakers includes:
Arlene Olivero and David Cobb, Harvard University; Peggy Harper,
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI); Patrick McGlamery and John
Gwinnell, University of Connecticut; Peter Hernon, Simmons College; Joseph
Ferreira, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
HOW TO REGISTER
Registration is $45.00 for ASIS Members; $55 for non-members; $25 for
students/Retirees/Between jobs. Space is limited. Registrations will be
processed on a first come, first served basis. A check payable to ?NEASIS?
must accompany the registration form and must be received by Monday, May 4,
1998. Please include a SASE if a receipt is required, otherwise
registration confirmation will be by email only. Telephone or email
registrations cannot be accepted. For further details contact Leslie
Donnell: [log in to unmask] or 617 496-1773.
Name: _____________________________________________________________
Affiliation (for name badge) ____________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________
Telephone: __________________________________________________________
Email: _____________________________________________________________
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Mail the completed registration form with check to: Leslie Donnell, John
F. Kennedy School of Government Library, Harvard University, 79 JFK St.,
Cambridge, MA 02138.
8:30 - 9:00 Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 Introduction to GIS, Peter Hernon
9:30 - 10:30 Arlene Olivero & David Cobb, The Massachusetts Electronic
Atlas
10:45 - 11:45 Peggy Harper, ESRI - GIS software demonstration
11:30 - 12:15 Joseph Ferreira, Current GIS projects at M.I.T.
12:15 - 1:30 Lunch (your choice in Harvard Square)
1:30 - 2:30 Patrick McGlamery & John Gwinnell, MAGIC
2:45 - 3:30 Panel, Peter Hernon, Moderator. Practical Approaches and
Technological Solutions
3:30 - 4:00 Questions & answers
Local Travel Directions: Starr Auditorium is located in the Belfer
Building at the JFK School of Government. Belfer is on the corner of Eliot
and JFK Sts. There is a parking garage on Eliot St., across from the
courtyard entrance to the JFK School.
Red Line - Harvard Station: Exit station by ?out of Town News? stand. Head
left down JFK St. towards the Charles River. The JFK School is located on
the right at the corner of JFK and Eliot Sts.
>From the North: Take Route 93 South into Boston. Take the exit for
Storrow Drive-Cambridge. Follow Storrow Drive, keeping to the right (along
the Charles River), until the exit marked Harvard Square/Cambridge. Take
this short exit to the traffic light, go right over the bridge (Charles
River). Continue straight on JFK St. through the 1st traffic light (at
Memorial Drive). Continue through 2nd light, take immediate left onto
Eliot St. There is a large parking garage on Eliot St., which is located
across the street from the courtyard entrance to the JFK School of
Government.
>From the South: Take Route 3 (Southeast expressway) north from the
intersection with Route 128 (I-95). In Boston, take the exit for Storrow
Drive and follow directions from above starting with ?Follow Storrow Drive
...?
>From the West: Take Route 90 (Mass. Turnpike) east. Take the
Cambridge/Allston turnoff, which is exit #18 ... a left hand exit. After
the toll, follow the Cambridge signs until you reach the Charles River.
The Guest Quarters Hotel will be on your right. Take a left at the light
(just before going over the river) on to Soldiers Field Rd. Take a right
at the exit marked ?Harvard Square - Cambridge? and follow it across the
Charles River. Go straight through the first traffic light and you will now
be on JFK St. At the next light take a left on to Eliot St. There is a
parking garage on Eliot St., which is located across the street from the
courtyard entrance to the JFK School of Government.