Many of our readers will be aware of efforts to “save” data. Data rescue events have cropped up at libraries across the US and Canada. Through these events, libraries are working to actively store federal data. These events also serve to create awareness of the fragile nature of data, and the roles that libraries have to obtain, organize, and preserve data of all types. Numerous collaborations have been created that seek near term and long term solutions, among them, Data Refuge1, Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe (LOCKSS)2, Preservation of Electronic Government information (PEGI)3, and Libraries + Network4. We encourage our readers to learn more, reach out to these and other like-minded groups, and to work together toward long term data preservation solutions. While the current issue isn’t about data rescue efforts directly, it is about continuing to grow scholarship centered on geospatial data and information. Issue two contains a range of diverse geospatial topics and from a wide range of locations as well. These international perspectives are among the strengths of the Journal of Map & Geography Libraries. Another strength is in the diversity of research that is presented, in this case from working with access to aerial photograph collections to descriptive cataloging to learning ways in which to help protect sensitive natural and cultural sites in our daily work. In Protected Places: A Survey of Laws on Archaeological Site and Cave Location Confidentiality and Their Potential Impact on Library Reference Policies and Services, Linda Zellmer shares her experiences with this littlediscussed but ethically driven aspect to map librarianship. This detailed article includes information about a range of federal and state laws in the United States pertaining to locations of natural and civilization resources and archaeological sites of historical and research value. Zellmer provides a set of recommendations for library staff that assist researchers who seek information about these special locations. This compilation of the legal history and present laws in this regard and their implications in a library setting may be the first of its kind. We hope that this research stimulates thought and action across the library community to everyone’s benefit. Another intriguing article in this issue is from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, focusing on discovery and access to aerial photographs. Tamar Ganor’s An Integrated Spatial Search Engine for Maps and Aerial Photographs on a Google Maps API Platform provides details into a unique spatial search application. This article also highlights a partnership between

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我们的许多读者都会意识到“保存”数据的努力。美国和加拿大各地的图书馆都涌现了数据救援事件。通过这些活动，图书馆正在积极地存储联邦数据。这些事件还有助于提高人们对数据易碎性的认识，以及图书馆在获取，组织和保存所有类型数据中所扮演的角色。已经建立了许多寻求短期和长期解决方案的合作，其中包括数据保护区1，大量副本以确保材料安全（LOCKSS）2，电子政务信息的保存（PEGI）3和图书馆+网络4。我们鼓励读者学习更多，接触到这些以及其他志趣相投的团体，并共同努力以寻求长期的数据保存解决方案。尽管当前的问题不是直接涉及数据救援工作，它是关于继续增加以地理空间数据和信息为中心的奖学金。第二期包含一系列不同的地理空间主题，并且涉及的位置也广泛。这些国际视野是《地图与地理图书馆杂志》的强项。另一项优势是所呈现的研究的多样性，在这种情况下，包括从获取航空照片集到描述性分类的工作，到在日常工作中帮助保护敏感的自然和文化遗址的学习方式。在《受保护的地方：考古遗址和洞穴位置保密性法律及其对图书馆参考政策和服务的潜在影响的调查》中，琳达·策尔默（Linda Zellmer）分享了她在讨论图书馆员工作时鲜为人知但出于道德考虑的方面的经验。这篇详细的文章包括有关美国一系列联邦和州法律的信息，这些法律涉及自然和文明资源的位置以及具有历史和研究价值的考古遗址。Zellmer为图书馆工作人员提供了一系列建议，以帮助寻求有关这些特殊地点信息的研究人员。有关这方面的法律历史和现行法律及其在图书馆中的含义的汇编可能是首次。我们希望这项研究能够激发整个图书馆界的思想和行动，使所有人受益。本期的另一篇引人入胜的文章来自以色列耶路撒冷希伯来大学，着重于航空照片的发现和获取。Tamar Ganor的Google Maps API平台上用于地图和航拍照片的集成空间搜索引擎将细节提供给独特的空间搜索应用程序。本文还重点介绍了