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BL
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| Record Number
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948860
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b703230
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| Title & Author
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Integrating geographic information systems into library services : : a guide for academic libraries /\ John Abresch [and others].
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| Publication Statement
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Hershey, PA ;New York :: Information Science Pub.,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xv, 301 pages) :: color illustrations
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| ISBN
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1599047268
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: 1599047284
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: 9781599047263
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: 9781599047287
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| Notes
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Also available in print version.
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Title from PDF title page (viewed Dec. 22, 2008).
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Geography and librarianship -- Information economy and geospatial information -- Spatial databases and data infrastructure -- Describing geospatial information -- From print formats to digital : describing GIS data standards -- Accessibility : critical GIS, ontologies, and semantics -- Reference services -- Collection management issues with geospatial information -- Geographic information and library education -- What the future holds : trends in GIS and academic libraries.
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| Abstract
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"This book integrates traditional map librarianship and contemporary issues in digital librarianship within a framework of a global embedded information infrastructure, addressing technical, legal, and institutional factors such as collection development, reference and research services, and cataloging/metadata, as well as issues in accessibility and standards"--Provided by publisher.
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| Subject
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Geographic information systems.
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Libraries-- Special collections-- Geographic information systems.
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Geographic information systems.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Library Information Science-- General.
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Libraries-- Special collections.
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| Dewey Classification
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025.06/91
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| LC Classification
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Z688.G33I58 2008eb
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| Added Entry
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Abresch, John.
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