Author: Robert B. Parry
Publisher: Facet Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Introduction / Bob Parry and Chris Perkins -- The changing profile of the map user / Carol Marley -- Organizational change / Nick Millea -- The changing role of GIS in the map room / Jennifer Stone Muilenburg -- Offline digital maps / Bob Parry -- Maps and the Internet / Michael P. Peterson -- Web resources and the map library / Menno-Jan Kraak -- Metadata and standards: confusion or convergence? / Jan Smits -- Old maps in a modern world / Christopher Baruth -- Spatial data and intelle ctual property rights / Robert Barr -- Taking care of business: map libraries and the new 'mapping' industry / Pip Forer -- A map user's perspective / Alan Godfrey -- Perspectives on map use and map users in the digital era / David Fairbairn -- The map dealer / Russell Guy -- Is there a future for the map library? / Chris Perkins and Bob Parry.
The Map Library in the New Millennium
Author: Robert B. Parry
Publisher: Facet Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Introduction / Bob Parry and Chris Perkins -- The changing profile of the map user / Carol Marley -- Organizational change / Nick Millea -- The changing role of GIS in the map room / Jennifer Stone Muilenburg -- Offline digital maps / Bob Parry -- Maps and the Internet / Michael P. Peterson -- Web resources and the map library / Menno-Jan Kraak -- Metadata and standards: confusion or convergence? / Jan Smits -- Old maps in a modern world / Christopher Baruth -- Spatial data and intelle ctual property rights / Robert Barr -- Taking care of business: map libraries and the new 'mapping' industry / Pip Forer -- A map user's perspective / Alan Godfrey -- Perspectives on map use and map users in the digital era / David Fairbairn -- The map dealer / Russell Guy -- Is there a future for the map library? / Chris Perkins and Bob Parry.
Publisher: Facet Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Introduction / Bob Parry and Chris Perkins -- The changing profile of the map user / Carol Marley -- Organizational change / Nick Millea -- The changing role of GIS in the map room / Jennifer Stone Muilenburg -- Offline digital maps / Bob Parry -- Maps and the Internet / Michael P. Peterson -- Web resources and the map library / Menno-Jan Kraak -- Metadata and standards: confusion or convergence? / Jan Smits -- Old maps in a modern world / Christopher Baruth -- Spatial data and intelle ctual property rights / Robert Barr -- Taking care of business: map libraries and the new 'mapping' industry / Pip Forer -- A map user's perspective / Alan Godfrey -- Perspectives on map use and map users in the digital era / David Fairbairn -- The map dealer / Russell Guy -- Is there a future for the map library? / Chris Perkins and Bob Parry.
Central America in the New Millennium
Author: Jennifer L. Burrell
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 0857457527
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Most non-Central Americans think of the narrow neck between Mexico and Colombia in terms of dramatic past revolutions and lauded peace agreements, or sensational problems of gang violence and natural disasters. In this volume, the contributors examine regional circumstances within frames of democratization and neoliberalism, as they shape lived experiences of transition. The authors--anthropologists and social scientists from the United States, Europe, and Central America--argue that the process of regions and nations "disappearing" (being erased from geopolitical notice) is integral to upholding a new, post-Cold War world order--and that a new framework for examining political processes must be accessible, socially collaborative, and in dialogue with the lived processes of suffering and struggle engaged by people in Central America and the world in the name of democracy.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 0857457527
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Most non-Central Americans think of the narrow neck between Mexico and Colombia in terms of dramatic past revolutions and lauded peace agreements, or sensational problems of gang violence and natural disasters. In this volume, the contributors examine regional circumstances within frames of democratization and neoliberalism, as they shape lived experiences of transition. The authors--anthropologists and social scientists from the United States, Europe, and Central America--argue that the process of regions and nations "disappearing" (being erased from geopolitical notice) is integral to upholding a new, post-Cold War world order--and that a new framework for examining political processes must be accessible, socially collaborative, and in dialogue with the lived processes of suffering and struggle engaged by people in Central America and the world in the name of democracy.
Libraries for the New Millennium
Author: David I. Raitt
Publisher: Library Association Publishing (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Managers and administrators from several countries offer ten studies exploring how and why libraries and information centers are finding it necessary to change direction and diversify in order to adapt to the threats and challenges posed by the Internet, online consumer and interactive television services, and other elements of the emerging Information Society. They consider not so much the technological changes as the organizational framework, policies, strategies, staff and users, and the social and economic milieu. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Library Association Publishing (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Managers and administrators from several countries offer ten studies exploring how and why libraries and information centers are finding it necessary to change direction and diversify in order to adapt to the threats and challenges posed by the Internet, online consumer and interactive television services, and other elements of the emerging Information Society. They consider not so much the technological changes as the organizational framework, policies, strategies, staff and users, and the social and economic milieu. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Cartography
Author: Menno-Jan Kraak
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317903110
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
This revised and updated edition integrates the latest in modern technology with traditional cartographic principles. While providing a solid conceptual foundation in cartographic methodology, the text also introduces the very latest advances that have greatly influenced cartographic techniques. The new edition reflects the increasing importance of cartography as the basis for further geographical study, the text has been updated throughout and chapters on the latest developments in cartography have been integrated. There is also a more widespread emphasis on multimedia and the web.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317903110
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
This revised and updated edition integrates the latest in modern technology with traditional cartographic principles. While providing a solid conceptual foundation in cartographic methodology, the text also introduces the very latest advances that have greatly influenced cartographic techniques. The new edition reflects the increasing importance of cartography as the basis for further geographical study, the text has been updated throughout and chapters on the latest developments in cartography have been integrated. There is also a more widespread emphasis on multimedia and the web.
Integrating Geographic Information Systems into Library Services: A Guide for Academic Libraries
Author: Abresch, John
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1599047284
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
With the onslaught of emergent technology in academia, libraries are privy to many innovative techniques to recognize and classify geospatial data?above and beyond the traditional map librarianship. As librarians become more involved in the development and provision of GIS services and resources, they encounter both problems and solutions. Integrating Geographic Information Systems into Library Services: A Guide for Academic Libraries integrates traditional map librarianship and contemporary issues in digital librarianship within a framework of a global embedded information infrastructure, addressing technical, legal, and institutional factors such as collection development, reference and research services, and cataloging/metadata, as well as issues in accessibility and standards.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1599047284
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
With the onslaught of emergent technology in academia, libraries are privy to many innovative techniques to recognize and classify geospatial data?above and beyond the traditional map librarianship. As librarians become more involved in the development and provision of GIS services and resources, they encounter both problems and solutions. Integrating Geographic Information Systems into Library Services: A Guide for Academic Libraries integrates traditional map librarianship and contemporary issues in digital librarianship within a framework of a global embedded information infrastructure, addressing technical, legal, and institutional factors such as collection development, reference and research services, and cataloging/metadata, as well as issues in accessibility and standards.
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Author:
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0081022964
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 7278
Book Description
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition, Fourteen Volume Set embraces diversity by design and captures the ways in which humans share places and view differences based on gender, race, nationality, location and other factors—in other words, the things that make people and places different. Questions of, for example, politics, economics, race relations and migration are introduced and discussed through a geographical lens. This updated edition will assist readers in their research by providing factual information, historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, reviews of literature, and provocative topical discussions that will stimulate creative thinking. Presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage on the topic of human geography Contains extensive scope and depth of coverage Emphasizes how geographers interact with, understand and contribute to problem-solving in the contemporary world Places an emphasis on how geography is relevant in a social and interdisciplinary context
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0081022964
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 7278
Book Description
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition, Fourteen Volume Set embraces diversity by design and captures the ways in which humans share places and view differences based on gender, race, nationality, location and other factors—in other words, the things that make people and places different. Questions of, for example, politics, economics, race relations and migration are introduced and discussed through a geographical lens. This updated edition will assist readers in their research by providing factual information, historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, reviews of literature, and provocative topical discussions that will stimulate creative thinking. Presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage on the topic of human geography Contains extensive scope and depth of coverage Emphasizes how geographers interact with, understand and contribute to problem-solving in the contemporary world Places an emphasis on how geography is relevant in a social and interdisciplinary context
Ancient Perspectives
Author: Richard J. A. Talbert
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226789373
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Ancient Perspectives encompasses a vast arc of space and time—Western Asia to North Africa and Europe from the third millennium BCE to the fifth century CE—to explore mapmaking and worldviews in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In each society, maps served as critical economic, political, and personal tools, but there was little consistency in how and why they were made. Much like today, maps in antiquity meant very different things to different people. Ancient Perspectives presents an ambitious, fresh overview of cartography and its uses. The seven chapters range from broad-based analyses of mapping in Mesopotamia and Egypt to a close focus on Ptolemy’s ideas for drawing a world map based on the theories of his Greek predecessors at Alexandria. The remarkable accuracy of Mesopotamian city-plans is revealed, as is the creation of maps by Romans to support the proud claim that their emperor’s rule was global in its reach. By probing the instruments and techniques of both Greek and Roman surveyors, one chapter seeks to uncover how their extraordinary planning of roads, aqueducts, and tunnels was achieved. Even though none of these civilizations devised the means to measure time or distance with precision, they still conceptualized their surroundings, natural and man-made, near and far, and felt the urge to record them by inventive means that this absorbing volume reinterprets and compares.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226789373
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Ancient Perspectives encompasses a vast arc of space and time—Western Asia to North Africa and Europe from the third millennium BCE to the fifth century CE—to explore mapmaking and worldviews in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In each society, maps served as critical economic, political, and personal tools, but there was little consistency in how and why they were made. Much like today, maps in antiquity meant very different things to different people. Ancient Perspectives presents an ambitious, fresh overview of cartography and its uses. The seven chapters range from broad-based analyses of mapping in Mesopotamia and Egypt to a close focus on Ptolemy’s ideas for drawing a world map based on the theories of his Greek predecessors at Alexandria. The remarkable accuracy of Mesopotamian city-plans is revealed, as is the creation of maps by Romans to support the proud claim that their emperor’s rule was global in its reach. By probing the instruments and techniques of both Greek and Roman surveyors, one chapter seeks to uncover how their extraordinary planning of roads, aqueducts, and tunnels was achieved. Even though none of these civilizations devised the means to measure time or distance with precision, they still conceptualized their surroundings, natural and man-made, near and far, and felt the urge to record them by inventive means that this absorbing volume reinterprets and compares.
Information Modeling in the New Millennium
Author: Rossi, Matti
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1930708858
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
This book reviews the state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice of modeling methods and methodologies in information systems development. The book has sections on foundations of information modeling, extended object-oriented modeling and Web information systems modeling. Information Modeling in the New Millennium addresses the gap between technical and business-oriented modeling approaches by providing an integrative view of modeling different of facets of ICT and organizations.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1930708858
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
This book reviews the state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice of modeling methods and methodologies in information systems development. The book has sections on foundations of information modeling, extended object-oriented modeling and Web information systems modeling. Information Modeling in the New Millennium addresses the gap between technical and business-oriented modeling approaches by providing an integrative view of modeling different of facets of ICT and organizations.
Art Appreciation
Author: Deborah Gustlin
Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9781516503438
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Creative Art: Methods and Materials educates readers about a variety of art methods and the ways different civilizations have used them in artistic expression. Each of the fourteen chapters is designed around a specific art method and material, and includes examples of art works and the artists who created them. Students learn about bronze casting, stone carving, clay sculpture, woodcuts and posters, glass work, and installation art. Each method is matched to artists both ancient and modern. Rather than adhering to a standard approach that focuses on white, male, European artists, the book broadens the student's perspective by including often overlooked female artists. Global in approach and comprehensive in coverage of arts forms, representations, and styles throughout history, Creative Art has been developed for sixteen-week courses in art appreciation, or introductory survey courses in art history.
Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9781516503438
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Creative Art: Methods and Materials educates readers about a variety of art methods and the ways different civilizations have used them in artistic expression. Each of the fourteen chapters is designed around a specific art method and material, and includes examples of art works and the artists who created them. Students learn about bronze casting, stone carving, clay sculpture, woodcuts and posters, glass work, and installation art. Each method is matched to artists both ancient and modern. Rather than adhering to a standard approach that focuses on white, male, European artists, the book broadens the student's perspective by including often overlooked female artists. Global in approach and comprehensive in coverage of arts forms, representations, and styles throughout history, Creative Art has been developed for sixteen-week courses in art appreciation, or introductory survey courses in art history.
Information Management in the New Millennium
Author:
Publisher: Allied Publishers
ISBN: 9788177641707
Category : Computer network resources
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Papers presented at the Nineteenth Annual Convention of the Society for Information Science and Conference on Information Management in the New Millennium, held at New Delhi during 27-29 January 2000; with special reference to India.
Publisher: Allied Publishers
ISBN: 9788177641707
Category : Computer network resources
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Papers presented at the Nineteenth Annual Convention of the Society for Information Science and Conference on Information Management in the New Millennium, held at New Delhi during 27-29 January 2000; with special reference to India.