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Geographic Information Librarianship 2023
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Bradley Wade Bishop, University of Tennessee
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Project Citation:
Bishop, Bradley Wade. Geographic Information Librarianship 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-02-20. https://doi.org/10.3886/E198506V1
Project Description
Summary:
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The data are from a survey of current workers to inform the understanding of map and GIS librarianship (Geographic Information Librarianship). The survey is 21 questions to validate the competencies with current professionals in map and geospatial data roles to rank the importance of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform job tasks. Survey validation findings indicate the most important knowledge needed for these jobs are service oriented responsibilities like research support, reference services, outreach, and forms of instruction along with general cartographic and geospatial competencies.
Participants were recruited via email to the following listservs; MAPS-L, a discussion list for map librarians, librarians dealing with cartographic information, cartographers, people working with remote sensing, geographers, and other people interested in cartographic materials and GIS4LIB, a discussion list related to geographic information systems (GIS) in libraries. The consent form told participants that the data will be openly available via the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).
Participants were recruited via email to the following listservs; MAPS-L, a discussion list for map librarians, librarians dealing with cartographic information, cartographers, people working with remote sensing, geographers, and other people interested in cartographic materials and GIS4LIB, a discussion list related to geographic information systems (GIS) in libraries. The consent form told participants that the data will be openly available via the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).
Methodology
Response Rate:
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MAPS-L is a discussion list for map librarians, librarians dealing with cartographic information, cartographers, people working with remote sensing, geographers, and a longtail of other people interested in cartographic materials (1,101 subscribers September 1 and 917 subscribers September 18, 2023). GIS4LIB is a discussion list related to geographic information systems (GIS) in libraries (308 both September 1 and 18, 2023). This distribution potentially reached 1,000 information professionals working with or interested in maps and GIS in libraries
70 quality responses
70 quality responses
Sampling:
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Participants were recruited via email to the following listservs; MAPS-L, a discussion list for map librarians, librarians dealing with cartographic information, cartographers, people working with remote sensing, geographers, and other people interested in cartographic materials and GIS4LIB, a discussion list related to geographic information systems (GIS) in libraries. The consent form told participants that the data will be openly available via the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).
Collection Mode(s):
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web-based survey
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