November 12th 2009

Maps and mapping: from sheet to electronic

This one day seminar will look at the operation of two contrasting map collections, both within UCD Library: the Architecture & Planning Library and Special Collections. We will cover maps’ acquisition, organisation, service development, referral to other map collections and users of map collections. Following this there will be an exploration of freely available Irish web-based resources in key thematic areas (historical, environmental, geological, aerial). We will then look at the area of geographical information systems (GIS), starting with a look at the planning and implementation of two library-based geospatial information services: in Harvard University and Arizona State University. The day will finish with a demonstration of a variety of GIS applications.

09.30 Registration and tea/coffee

10.00 Welcome and introduction

10.10 Operating a maps service: UCD’s Architecture & Planning Library (Julia Barrett)

10.50 Tea/coffee

11.10 Maps in Special Collections (Evelyn Flanagan)

Freely available web-based resources

11.40 Historical (Susan Hussein)

12.00 Environmental (Jane Nolan)

12.25 Lunch

Freely available web-based resources

13.10 Geological (Josh Clark)

13.30 Aerial (Andrew Clinch)

13.55 Geographical Information Systems (GIS): an introduction (Daniel McInerney)

14.10 Planning and realising library-based geospatial information services: Harvard University and Arizona State University (Dr. John

Howard)

15.00 Tea/coffee

GIS applications in UCD’s Urban Institute

15.20 Public participatory GIS (Prof. Piotr Jankowski)

15.40 Analysing the spatial distribution of mental health (Dr. Daniel McInerney)

16.00 TBC

16.20 Finish