Targeting Disciplines for GIS Outreach Using Bibliometric Analysis

Fish, Carolyn S.; Piekielek, Nathan

doi:10.1080/15420353.2016.1221870

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“…According to Youngblood [6] and Fish et al [7] map users come from a diverse disciplines, it ranges from social scientists and researchers, through anthropologists to historians. Each of these sub-groups uses maps in a different way and for different purposes, depending on their main fields of academic interest, from analyzing cultural phenomena to studying battles or invasions.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluation of metadata describing topographic maps in a National Library

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Mościcka

2020

Herit Sci

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Nowadays, map users come from a diverse disciplines and use maps for different purposes, but they all are confronted with the same task: finding the maps they need. Searching systems, used by museums or archives collecting maps, rely on metadata. However, the scope and method of saving map data in metadata are not often connected with the way in which users search for maps and therefore they are often unable to find the maps necessary for their research. Moreover, the ways of describing maps in metadata are different in each institution, what hinders the interoperability and wide using of data. In this context, the key questions are: what scope of metadata can provide a proper description of maps and how to evaluate if metadata from concerned institution fulfill these needs and give user the chance to find necessary maps. Therefore, the aim of our research was to evaluate topographic maps metadata in the context of the possibility to evaluate their usability of specific users’ needs in the National Library of Poland (NLP). The area of interest are topographic maps because they are the most heavily used for research and other purposes. To assess metadata for the purposes of evaluating the usability of topographic maps, a two-stage procedure was used. It covers the evaluation of topographic maps metadata, followed by their assessment in terms of whether maps found on their basis might be useful in our research. The research was carried out on 35,092 topographic maps issued in the years 1608–2017, in scales ranging from 1:10,000 to 1:500,000 from the National Library of Poland. These maps mainly cover the current territories of Poland, Belarus, Germany, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Russia. The conducted analysis of topographic maps in the National Library of Poland revealed that the collected data are very interesting and match the users’ needs.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They are presented in Table 9. For this purpose, the degree of usability of maps was calculated based on the formulas: (6), (7) and (8). Table 10 presents the results of the degree of usability of maps on the basis of which E 2 , E ui and E u were calculated.…”

Section: The Evaluation Of the Usability Of Topographic Mapsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of metadata describing topographic maps in a National Library

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2020

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Evaluation of Metadata Describing Topographic Maps in a National Library

Kuźma

Mościcka

2020

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Nowadays, map users come from a diverse disciplines and use maps for different purposes, but they all are confronted with the same task: finding the maps they need. Searching systems, used by museums or archives collecting maps, rely on metadata. However, the scope and method of saving map data in metadata are not often connected with the way in which users search for maps and therefore they are often unable to find the maps necessary for their research. Moreover, the ways of describing maps in metadata are different in each institution, what hinders the interoperability and wide using of data. In this context, the key questions are: what scope of metadata can provide a proper description of maps and how to evaluate if metadata from concerned institution fulfill these needs and give user the chance to find necessary maps. Therefore, the aim of our research was to evaluate topographic maps metadata in the context of the possibility to evaluate their usability of specific users’ needs in the National Library of Poland (NLP. The area of interest are topographic maps because they are the most heavily used for research and other purposes. To assess metadata for the purposes of evaluating the usability of topographic maps, a two-stage procedure was used. It covers the evaluation of topographic maps metadata, followed by their assessment in terms of whether maps found on their basis might be useful in our research. The research was carried out on 35,092 topographic maps issued in the years 1608-2017, in scales ranging from 1:10,000 to 1:500,000 from the National Library of Poland. These maps mainly cover the current territories of Poland, Belarus, Germany, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Russia. The conducted analysis of topographic maps in the National Library of Poland revealed that the collected data are very interesting and match the users’ needs.

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“…Boxall's quote sums up the third paradigm shift. Technological advances have brought us to a place where our digital collections are now being used in ways we could never have imagined; mapping tools are being used by scholars in disciplines where mapping has not been a traditional research tool (Fish and Piekielek 2016); open access is changing how libraries and data producers work together to provide access to geospatial data resources; collaborations with new partners are developing and we are seeing suites of services rolled out in libraries around the world. We can now see the work of the first two paradigm shifts coming to fruition.…”

Section: Third Paradigm Shift-the Future Of the Professionmentioning

confidence: 99%