Using management software for geographic information systems (GIS)

Geographic information systems (GIS) are the most complex of several systems available for manipulating and mapping spatially referenced data, but it requires a lot of training and user assistance. Through adapting GIS to the desktop environment, software companies have created many options for mapping data which can be incorporated into library services. As the formatting of information, especially government information, becomes more electronic, these mapping services will become increasingly important to library services, library staff training and managing library users.