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 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 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 ...

Management and analysis of geospatial data evolved into a rapid developmental field nowadays. Scientific researches debate that 80% of economic and political decisions internationally, include indirect or direct geographic ...