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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1997
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ559818 |
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Table of Contents:
- An Overview of Geographic Information Systems. Cox, Allan B. Gifford, Fred Computer Software Databases Information Management Information Technology Library Automation Library Services Maps Nonprint Media Reference Materials Visual Aids Geographic information system (GIS) technology is a rapidly growing and powerful method for managing and analyzing spatial data and information for libraries. This article introduces GIS basic concepts, reviews GIS usage in libraries, and presents some challenges, strengths, and opportunities for libraries and GIS. Six figures illustrate the article. (Author/AEF)