Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Robarts Revitalization


On February 28th, the Ontario Government announced a $15 million investment to revitalize the University of Toronto's Robarts library. With the current merger of the Data, Map, and Government Information Services (DMGIS), and Research and Reference Services, staff hope some of the funds will be available for developing a bigger and better GIS facility on the library's fifth floor.

On the left is a photo of Robarts nearing completion in 1972. Below an air photo from the late 1960's of the future site of the Robarts Library.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

GIS in Libraries


Yes, there are indeed Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services in libraries. This blog will hopefully fill in the blanks for anyone interested in what's going on in GIS at the University of Toronto. I guess this is a long sentence for a test post!