CIC Geospatial Data Discovery Project

Ryan Mattke
John R. Borchert Map Library
University of Minnesota
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1. CIC Geospatial Data Discovery Project
   Ryan Mattke
   John R. Borchert Map Library
   University of Minnesota
   

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2. CIC Geospatial Data Discovery Project
   Background
   2012 CIC Center for Library Initiatives Conference
   Finding Our Way: Collaborative Strategies for
   Developing Geospatial Services
   Initial proposal: November 2014
   Proposed to involve four institutions, but 10-11
   expressed possible interest
   Revised proposal: February 2015
   Participating institutions: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland,
   Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota (host), Penn
   State, Purdue, and Wisconsin
   

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3. CIC Geospatial Data Discovery Project
   Project Goals
   Provide discoverability, facilitate access, and connect
   scholars across the CIC to geospatial data resources
   Launch and populate a geoportal instance for
   (participating) CIC institutions
   Support the creation and guide the aggregation of
   discovery-focused metadata describing geospatial data
   resources relevant to researchers at participating
   institutions
   Provide the technology project staffing and infrastructure
   to host the services
   

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4. CIC Geospatial Data Discovery Project
   Current Activities
   CIC Geospatial Task Force
   18 people from nine institutions
   Map Librarians, GIS Specialists, Metadata Specialists
   Hiring new position
   CIC Geospatial Project Metadata Coordinator
   Project officially began on July 1
   Two-year pilot phase
   Optional third year (and beyond?)
   

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5. CIC Geospatial Data Discovery Project
   Current Activities
   Kick-off summit
   Early November
   In-person meeting for the entire group
   Project logistics, directions, and priorities
   Metadata training and template creation
   Project site: http://z.umn.edu/cicgddp
   Proposal and Project Documentation
   Meeting notes
   

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6. CIC Geospatial Data Discovery Project
   Geoportal Example: Spatial Data @ UMN (Open Geoportal)
   

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7. CIC Geospatial Data Discovery Project
   Geoportal Example: Stanford EarthWorks (GeoBlacklight)
   

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