ABSTRACT

GIS Day is an annual, international celebration of geographic information systems (GIS) and geospatial technologies that provides organizations with an opportunity to help others learn about the real-world applications and positive societal impacts of geography and GIS, highlight services, and celebrate accomplishments. Many academic libraries participate in GIS Day programs, using this well-known event to engage with their campus and local communities. In this article, we build on earlier research conducted by Weimer, Olivares, and Bedenbaugh to reassess the landscape of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member involvement in GIS Day programs and, in particular, how these events demonstrate the educational and collaborative aspects of geospatial information services in libraries. For our web content analysis, we specifically focus on gathering information about GIS Day programs in 2019 and 2020, allowing for an examination of how libraries participating in GIS Day responded to the operational challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as new opportunities that may have emerged during this period. Finally, we offer our own 2020 GIS Day program as a brief example highlighting how it led to our first cross-institutional collaboration and fostered new opportunities for promoting and partnering on digital scholarship projects at our institutions.

摘要

GIS 日是地理信息系统 (GIS) 和地理空间技术的年度国际庆祝活动，它为组织提供机会帮助其他人了解地理和 GIS 的实际应用和积极的社会影响，突出服务并庆祝成就。许多学术图书馆都参与了 GIS Day 计划，利用这一著名的活动与校园和当地社区互动。在本文中，我们以 Weimer、Olivares 和 Bedenbaugh 进行的早期研究为基础，重新评估了研究图书馆协会 (ARL) 成员参与 GIS 日计划的前景，特别是这些活动如何展示了图书馆的地理空间信息服务。对于我们的网络内容分析，我们特别关注收集有关 2019 年和 2020 年 GIS 日计划的信息，以便检查参与 GIS 日的图书馆如何应对 COVID-19 大流行带来的运营挑战，以及在此期间可能出现的新机遇时期。最后，我们提供了我们自己的 2020 GIS Day 计划作为一个简短的例子，强调它如何导致我们的第一次跨机构合作，并为我们机构的数字奖学金项目的推广和合作创造了新的机会。