Existing literature on Geographic Information (GI) and libraries points out that American and Canadian librarians have long been aware of the intimate relationship between geospatial data and libraries. In Europe, though, ...

The aim of this paper is to explore whether in today's changing landscape libraries institutional repositories are used, in order to develop collections of locally produced geospatial data. Furthermore, this study will ...

The proliferation of geospatial data demands the engagement of information organizations, such as academic libraries, for their management and diffusion. The purpose of this paper is to reveal issues related to the development ...

Οι αλλαγές στην ποιότητα και στην ποσότητα των υπηρεσιών που προσφέρουν οι Ακαδημαϊκές Βιβλιοθήκες προκύπτουν ως αποτέλεσμα των απαιτήσεων των χρηστών. Οι βιβλιοθήκες είτε θα βρουν τρόπους να παρέχουν επιπρόσθετες υπηρεσίες ...

Οι βιβλιοθήκες στο πλαίσιο του ρόλου και της αποστολής τους χρησιμοποιούν τα γεωγραφικά πληροφοριακά συστήματα (GIS) προκειμένου να προσφέρουν υπηρεσίες προστιθέμενης αξίας για τις οργανωμένες γεωγραφικές συλλογές τους. ...

The widespread applications of GIS have challenged librarians worldwide to provide geospatial collections and services to their users. Despite the fact that collection development policies in digital environment have derived ...

The paper aims at exploring the existence of geospatial collections and the GIS services in Greek academic libraries through a research in their websites. The initial hypothesis is that Greek academic libraries are not ...

Οι βιβλιοθήκες βάσει των πολιτικών ανάπτυξης συλλογών που έχουν προσδιορίσει και ακολουθούν, συλλέγουν γεωγραφική πληροφορία και οργανώνουν γεωγραφικές συλλογές προσφέροντας πρόσβαση σε αυτές μέσω υπηρεσιών GIS, τις οποίες ...

The use and diffusion of geographic information is continuously increasing in the areas of education and research since considered significant for everyday life. As the greatest challenge for libraries is to provide users ...

Today, that the access in a wide variety of data and services is possible more than ever, GIS patrons need libraries’ further engaged with them, meeting their increasingly diverse education/research needs. Patrons are the ...