Abbott, 'Geographic Information System Training Session', NCSU Libraries Newsletter v20n08 (April 1993)
 
_The NCSU Libraries Newsletter_
Volume 20 no. 8
April 1993
Abbott, Lisa
"Geographic Information System Training Session"


Do you know what a Geographic Information System (GIS) is?  
Are you aware that researchers on campus, in the local 
community, and nationally are using GIS for a variety of 
applications including urban and disaster planning, managing 
natural resources, and education?

During the 1992-1993 academic year, the NCSU Libraries is 
participating in the "GIS Literacy Project," cosponsored by the 
Association of Research Libraries and the Environmental 
Systems Research Institute (ESRI).  ESRI has donated to 
participating libraries copies of ArcView, their desktop 
computing software application, and of the prepackaged 
databases ArcUSA and ArcWorld.  While ArcView does not 
provide the full functionality of a GIS, it does provide the 
capabilities of querying, visualizing, and displaying data 
whether it is on a computer or on a network.

To learn more about GIS and specifically how to use the 
ArcView software, please plan to attend an ArcView training 
session.  Reservations are required.  To register for one of the 
two remaining sessions listed below, please call Sharon 
Webster, Reference Department, ext. 5-2936.  All sessions 
will be held in the Information Technologies Teaching Center 
(ITTC) on the East Wing's second floor in the D. H. Hill Library.

April 20, 1993           2:00-4:00 p.m.
April 22, 1993           9:00-11:00 a.m.

If you have questions about the GIS Literacy Project or about 
the ArcView training sessions, please call Lisa T. Abbott, 
Reference Department at ext. 5-2936 or send an e-mail to:

Lisa_Abbott@ncsu.edu