Map Librarianship

Dr. Susan W. Aber is the Director of the Science and Math Education Center and Peterson Planetarium at Emporia State University (ESU), Emporia, Kansas USA. She is a geologist, graduate gemologist, map librarian, and university teacher. She taught in the Earth Science Department at ESU and was Federal Depository Map Librarian. She has taught LIS courses via distance education at San José State University and North Carolina Central University. Her LIS dissertation focused on the information needs and information-seeking behaviors of geoscience educators in the academic community. Her research interests are in information use and user studies, amber fossil resin, as well as the scientific visualization of information using kite aerial photography. Dr. Jeremy W. Aber is an Associate Professor of Geography at Middle Tennessee State University. He teaches GIS and elements of remote sensing and cartography at both the undergraduate and graduate levels involving the theory and applied practice of GIS, along with aesthetic components related to the cartographic process. With a B.F.A. in art and both M.A. and PhD in Geography, he has done work in the areas of GIS, cartography, geographic visualization techniques, small-format aerial photography, virtual geographies and video games, cognitive geography, and sense of place and place attachment.

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Maps and LibrariansChapter 2: Spatial Thinking and Geo-LiteracyChapter 3: Basic Map Concepts—The Science of CartographyChapter 4: Geographic Information Systems and Remote SensingChapter 5: Terrain Mapping Meets Digital DataChapter 6: Map and Geospatial LibrarianshipChapter 7: Geospatial Resources and Instruction ServicesChapter 8: Reference DeskChapter 9: Collection DevelopmentChapter 10: Cataloging and ClassifyingChapter 11: Promotion and Summary of Map and GIS Resources and Services