Student-learning outcomes (SLOs) identified by a two-year Geographic Information Librarianship (GIL) project by Drs. Wade Bishop and Tony Grubesic as described in Chapter 6 (Bishop, Cadle, & Grubesic, 2015). In order to design the GIL courses, researchers surveyed practicing GIS and map librarians to determine the most important MAGIRT competencies. Out of 75 core competencies, 23 were identified as most important, which led to these 13 SLOs. This appendix is modified from Bishop’s webinar (2014).
Course section | SLO |
1. Geography and cartography | 1.1 Students will demonstrate principles such as scale, projection, grids, and coordinate systems |
2. Collection development/Records appraisal/Collection maintenance | 2.1 Students will demonstrate understanding of local to international mapping agencies and publishers as well as the Federal Depository Library Program; in addition, students will recognize gazetteers, data, and volunteered geographic information and aspects of the FDLP 2.2. Students will demonstrate ability to access maps, imagery, and additional geospatial data 2.3 Students will describe proper copyright principals and licensing agreements for geographic collections and databases 2.4 Students will explain how assessment and user needs inform collection development 2.5 Students will describe care and preservation methods for rare and fragile materials |
3. Reference and instruction | 3.1 Students will demonstrate how to locate geospatial data and subsequent software support 3.2 Students will locate GIS tutorials and training 3.3 Students will demonstrate knowledge for geographic information consultations |
4. Metadata/Cataloging | 4.1 Students will describe standards for metadata 4.2 Students will demonstrate knowledge of metadata in geospatial records 4.3 Students will define physical characteristics needed to create metadata for cartographic items 4.4 Students will explain cartographic scale |