Sharing geodata through university libraries: the case of Politecnico di Milano

Muratori, Ilaria and Samakovlija, Marcella Sharing geodata through university libraries: the case of Politecnico di Milano., 2015 . In FOSS4G Europe, Como (Italy), 14-17 July 2015. [Conference paper]

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English abstract

University libraries often have huge collections of cartographic documentation,both in traditional paper format and in complex digital format. It’s not only a matter of images or vectors, but also a problem of dealing with complete databases with thematic attributes and details. In Italy, the libraries’ systems of classification and research of these resources are still far to be well developed. TeDOC, that has a large collection of historical and actual maps, both on paper and on digital format, and is responsible of the distribution of these resources to professors and students within teaching and research institutional activities of Politecnico di Milano, is developing a new approach to make these resources more accessible and easier available through the implementation of a geoportal. The goal is to build a geolibrary, a library that puts at users disposal geoinformation and documents for which the primary search mechanism is place. The issues faced within this project are related to metadata creation for different geospatial information, technical policy to assure protected access to resources with particular use constraints (e.g. resources available only for specific categories of users such as students), the opportunity to share resources within federated catalog both Italian and foreigners, and lastly to develop monitoring techniques to get statistical data about users.

Item type:	Conference paper
Keywords:	Metadata standard, sharing geodata, university geolibraries, geoportal
Subjects:	D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries. F. Management. > FA. Co-operation. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HZ. None of these, but in this section. I. Information treatment for information services > IE. Data and metadata structures. L. Information technology and library technology > LS. Search engines.
Depositing user:	Mrs Marcella Samakovlija
Date deposited:	22 Sep 2015 08:01
Last modified:	22 Sep 2015 08:01
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/27995

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