A Celebration of Achievementfor the

Government Documents Department

Every faculty member and one staff member in the department has a grant to their credit.

The Documents Department staff have been awarded three of the eight mini-grants available to all faculty and staff in the past two years.

Given the size of the department, this is quite amazing and deserves to be recognized!

Developing an Online GIS Interface for the Topographic Map Collection

Grant Team:Jennifer Farrington

Hesham MonsefKen Solomon

Kenny HernimanJorge Gonzales

The goal of the “Topo Index Web-GIS Interface” mini-grant is to increase patron

accessibility to the Map & Imagery Library materials

by constructing an online, user-friendly GIS interface for

topographic maps in the collection.

Library Mini-Grant 2007-2008

Why Topo Index Web-GIS Interface is Important

Up-to-date, accurate and reliable information for Map & Imagery Library’s topographic map collection will be available online for remote and local users.

To assist in collection management by reducing the effort and time required to determine map coverage for a specific area, thereby promoting better use of Map Library resources.

All map data will be integrated into a single shared, distributed database.

Library Mini-Grant 2007-2008

Why Topo Index Web-GIS Interface is Important

To facilitate communication between the Map Librarian and faculty from other departments to determine what data is required by researchers for their current and future projects.

To provide better service to all of our remote users, whether they are on campus, elsewhere in Florida, or even other states.

The interface will be linked to the library catalog and provide more information to our users in the format they desire.

Library Mini-Grant 2007-2008

Accessing our Cartographic PastTo increase access to the Map & Imagery Library’s

collection of antique maps with the creation of accurate and complete catalog records. To

provide training and resources for library staff to continue cataloging antique maps.

Library Mini-Grant 2006-2007

P.I. – Carol McAuliffe

Let's Talk About It:

Awarded by ALA and NextbookChelsea Dinsmore, Documents Department

In collaboration with Dr. Andrew Gordon, UF English Department

With the support of Hillel at UF, UF Center for Jewish Studies,

and the Alachua County Public Library District

Jewish Literature Grants

A Mind of Her Own: Fathers and Daughters in a Changing World (2006) Demons, Golems, and Dybbuks: Monsters of the Jewish Imagination (2008)

Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel (2009)

Digitizing Hansard's British Parliamentary Debates

2nd Series (1820-1830, 25 volumes)

Library Mini-Grant 2007-2008

Chelsea Dinsmore (P.I.) and Christy Shorey The Debates are records of

what is said in Parliament, and are published in series. These series are roughly equivalent to the U.S.'s Congressional

Record. The debate series can be divided into three eras,

according to what's covered and how the debates are

recorded and published. The debates are further divided

into different series, depending on who published

them.

From the Air: Creating a GIS and Web

Interface to Historical Aerial Photography

A Collaborative preservation, distribution and education LSTA grants led by UF’s Digital Library Center and supported by the Documents Department, Systems, and FCLA.

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Federal Library Services and Technology Act Grant

• 2 Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants 2002-2004• 160,000+ Well Used and Aging SCS and DOT Aerial Photographs• Freely Used State-Wide by Faculty, Staff, Students, Public, and Private

Consultants • Created an archival copy of UF’s historical aerial photography Collection• Created a Web-based, spatially referenced index to the collection.• Provides Remote Access to Digital Air Photos

Federal Library Services and Technology Act Grant

Project Management: Tom Minton

Jan Swanbeck     

GIS Design & Programming:Joe Aufmuth

Aleta Mitchell-TappingTom Minton

    Site Design & HTML Coding:Trish RuwellJody Hewitt

Paige HarperLaura Seijo

Gurpreet SinghTom Minton    

Federal Library Services and Technology Act grant by the Florida State Library

This website is an effort of the Government Documents

Department to provide indexing of and access to

government information on the World Wide Web.

http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/fefdl/

Congratulations!

Bravo to all grant recipients and committee members for a job well done!

Thank you to the Employee Recognition Committee

for recognizing excellence and celebrating accomplishments

at the Libraries.

Betsy Simpson (Chair) Paul LightcapPeter McKay

Barbara GundersenLaurie Brennan

Ben Walker Lourdes Santamaria-WheelerDebra FetzerBrian KeithBarbara Hood