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Peer reviewedLamont, Melissa – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1997
Geographic information systems (GIS) are commonly misconceived as expensive and complicated map makers. Although GISs do create maps, they manipulate, organize, and display information, and aid in data documentation and accessibility. Managing GIS services involves not just hardware and software issues but managing digital data. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Information Management, Information Services
Peer reviewedHunt, Leta (Li); Ethington, Philip J. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1997
Discusses the concept of a digital library and the utility of space/time referencing. Describes the unified space/time/keyword/format search and retrieval and indexing system of the ISLA (Information System for Los Angeles) at the University of Southern California. Focuses on the practical application of space/time referencing and methods of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Higher Education, Indexes
