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Libraries as Distributors of Geospatial Data: Data Management Policies as Tools for Managing Partnerships
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| Title: | Libraries as Distributors of Geospatial Data: Data Management Policies as Tools for Managing Partnerships |
| Author(s): | Steinhart, Gail |
| Subject(s): |
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Data management |
| Abstract: | Libraries can bring substantial expertise to bear on the collection, curation, and distribution of digital geospatial information, making them trusted and competent partners for organizations that wish to distribute geospatial data. By developing a well-thought-out data management and distribution policy, libraries can define the parameters of a data distribution partnership and reinforce a data provider’s confidence in the library’s role as a data custodian and distributor. In developing a policy, data distributors are advised to consider such issues as intellectual property rights, liability issues, distribution methods and services, data and metadata management practices, security risks posed by geospatial data, and user limitations. This article describes the most common elements of data sharing and distribution agreements and describes the development of a data management policy for the Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository (CUGIR). |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Publisher: | Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Citation Info: | In Library Trends 55 (2) Fall 2006: 264–284. |
| Genre: | Article |
| Type: | Text |
| Language: | English |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/3689 |
| ISSN: | 0024-2594 |
| Publication Status: | published or submitted for publication |
| Rights Information: | Copyright 2006 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois |
| Date Available in IDEALS: | 2008-02-22 |
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Library Trends 55 (2) Fall 2006: Geographic Information Systems and Libraries. Edited by Jaime Stoltenberg and Abraham Parrish.
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