A Map Collection on the Internet

The map department of the Württemberg State Library in Stuttgart started a new development for the representation of its collection. When the Internet became increasingly important as an additional means for libraries and librarians to collect and distribute information, we wanted to include our map collection. However, we not only wished to bring attention to its existence but also to create the possibility of presenting the main information about the maps

GOKaRT: Graphical Online Search Tool for Maps

The map department of the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen together with the Berlin State Library propose a project to develop a web-based graphic cataloguing and search system for maps, to be funded by the German Research Foundation. This tool shall be made available to all map holdings in archives, libraries, university departments and museums in Germany as a comfortable means for the administration of map holdings and as a search tool. Sheets belonging to map series as well as single maps (old and new) will be registered cooperatively by the participants with simple tools. This cooperation in data maintenance will facilitate the work especially for understaffed map holdings. Depending on the type of map there are four different mechanisms for map reference. For map series electronic index sheets are used which will show information regarding the various issues of the map sheets. Due to the intuitive graphic search entry GOKaRT-users will easily find the required maps of a certain region available in a chosen holding. User administration modules ensure comfortable handling. GOKaRT is being developed on the basis of licence-free open source programmes. In case financing is provided by the German Research Foundation, GOKaRT can be used free of charge internationally. This would require a contract stipulating data exchange between the partners as well as permanent storage and usability of the data

Map ‘Webucation’: Using the World Wide Web for the Continuing Education of Map Librarians

This paper introduces the Working Group for Education of the Groupe des Cartothécaires (GdC) de LIBER and gives a progress report of the Group’s activities from 1998 to the present. It also discusses the impact of the Working Group’s decision to put up an Internet platform in terms of the opportunities, achievements, and difficulties encountered when using this particular information platform

Neue (nicht nur) digitale Angebote auch für die Geographie: Karten, Texte, Daten

Beschreibung des FID GEO (Fachinformationsdienst Geowissenschaften der festen Erde) und des FID Karten (Fachinformationsdienst Kartographie und Geobasisdaten).repor

Fachsession Geowissenschaften, Kartographie und Geobasisdaten

Die beiden von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft geförderten Fachinformationsdienste Geowissenschaften (FID GEO) und Kartographie und Geobasisdaten (FID Karten) stellen ihre Dienstleistungen vor. Im Zentrum der FID-Dienste stehen Beratungsangebote und Services zum elektronischen Publizieren, zur Digitalisierung von Texten und Karten, zur Publikation von Forschungsdaten, Beratung beim Erwerb von Geobasisdaten sowie Erwerbung von Karten und Bereitstellung von Werkzeugen zur fachspezifischen Literaturrecherche. Wir geben Gelegenheit, diese Dienste genauer kennenzulernen, damit Sie diese Angebote für Ihre Wissenschaftler*innen vor Ort nutzen bzw. bei Ihren Forschenden bekannt machen können. Die Bibliotheken in den Forschungseinrichtungen sind für die Fachinformationsdienste wichtige Partner für den fachlichen Austausch, deshalb möchten wir mit Ihnen auch über Anforderungen und Herausforderungen bei Informationsinfrastrukturen, Openness und Beratung/Kommunikation sprechen.abstrac

Common Sense Geography and Ancient Geographical Texts

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