Abstract
As academic education and research increasingly take advantage of geospatial data and methodologies, we see a corresponding exponential growth in the number of available geospatial resources in the form of GIS datasets and scanned historical maps. However, users can experience difficulty finding these resources due to the unconnected multitude of platforms and clearinghouses that host them. Additionally, the resources are not always well described with web semantic metadata that facilitates discovery. In response to this challenge, The Big Ten Academic Alliance Geospatial Data Project began in 2015 to provide discoverability, facilitate access, and connect scholars to geospatial resources. Our project leverages a multi-institutional collaboration and open source technologies to improve discovery for users of geospatial data and scanned maps. We outline collaborative workflows and strategies for a successful multi-institution collaboration.
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Recommended Citation
Blake, Mara; Majewicz, Karen; Mattke, Ryan; and Weessies, Kathleen W.
(2017)
"A Spatial Collaboration: Building a Multi-Institution Geospatial Data Discovery Portal,"
Collaborative Librarianship: Vol. 9:
Iss.
3, Article 7.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/collaborativelibrarianship/vol9/iss3/7
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