GIS in Digital Repositories

Workshop at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

Workshops and Tutorials

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) produce a plethora of spatially referenced data that are in high demand by the research community. Libraries’ ability to identify, deliver, and preserve such scientific data, however, has fallen behind their ability to manage other forms of complex digital objects (e.g., audio/video). Rather than create “GIS content” silos, many libraries want to manage researcher-generated geospatial datasets as durable digital objects in keeping with core digital library practice. Moreover, they also want to manage assets with some geographic association (e.g., a place name or postcode) and to integrate gazetteer services, controlled vocabularies, or other GIS tools. This workshop will discuss solutions, strategies, and best practices that should be applicable to anyone with GIS or georeferenced assets to manage in a repository. We will draw from expertise in managing spatial data assets within a repository environment with a view to informing and refining current practice.