Towards a New Paradigm in Map and Spatial Information Librarianship.

Participants were often government documents librarians because they were already familiar with digital data that could be used in GIS software. The ARL project did not dictate how GIS services[3] should be implemented at any given institution and each library was able to develop GIS services as they felt best fit their needs. At some institutions libraries became the central point of contact on campus for all things related to GIS government documents librarians software licensing, training, and data services. 3 We make a subtle distinction between "GIS services" mentioned here that refers to historical services that were mostly limited to access to GIS software and a limited set of digital geospatial data primarily produced and distributed by the U.S. Government. [Extracted from the article]