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Volume 16, Issue 3-4
1 December 1998
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Case Report| December 01 1998

Geographic information systems and the New York State Library: mapping new pathways for library service

Theresa C. Strasser
Theresa C. Strasser
Senior librarian, in reference services, and the coordinator of the GIS Reference Service at the New York State Library
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-166X
Print ISSN: 0737-8831
© MCB UP Limited
1998
Library Hi Tech (1998) 16 (3-4): 43–50.
https://doi.org/10.1108/07378839810305819

The New York State Library in Albany hosts the New York State GIS Clearinghouse, and employs hands‐on geographic information systems technology as an enhancement to its reference services. Both GIS initiatives involve new social alliances in bringing the benefits of spatial data use to New Yorkers. This article describes both operations, with an emphasis on the person‐to‐person services of librarians to our user communities.

Keywords: Geographical information systems, Public libraries, Databases
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