A news article by Lori Bronars and Miriam Olivares may be of interest to ACRL DSS Numeric and Geospatial Data Services Discussion Group Members. The article, Mapping natural history field guide coverage for discoverability, discusses embedding web mapping into LibGuides. It highlights an interesting way to apply GIS to collection discovery.
News article:
https://acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/crl-news-july-august-2021/ [acrl.ala.org]
https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/25037/32923 [crln.acrl.org]
SLA Session: Mapping Natural History Field Guide Coverage for Discoverability (Thursday, August 12, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM EDT)
https://sla2021.pathable.co/meetings/ztpkZcsKH6iPctDbP [sla2021.pathable.co]
The LibGuides outlined in the article at
https://guides.library.yale.edu/botany/fieldguides [guides.library.yale.edu]
https://guides.library.yale.edu/zoology/fieldguides [guides.library.yale.edu]
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Cecilia Smith
GIS & Maps Librarian
University of Chicago
She/Her/Hers
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