nevada geographic information society presentation. october 12, 2015
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GIS Education @UNR
Erich PurpurGIS LibrarianDeLaMare Science & Engineering LibraryUniversity of Nevada, [email protected]
What I do-Serve the users of the DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library and the UNR Campus community
-GIS is only part of my job-Care for the Makerspace-Supervise students-Liaison to various engineering departments-Day to day library stuff
More Pics
My Own Experience-I am an end user
-Land Use/Land Cover Management projects
-@UNR-I don’t have my own GIS projects-helping inexperienced users
GIS ServicesI wanted to provide technical GIS support for users on campus
-Daily: Walk-In availability in a public computer lab-with me or another dedicated tutor-an addition to existing tutoring services in the DeLaMare Library
-Monthly: Intro to GIS sessions available to anyone
Fall 2014 Spring 2015 Fall 20150
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GIS Consultations by Semester
GIS Use is on the rise @ UNR
John Snow – Original GIS Map
New Users New User Groups
Data Visualization
Governor Sandoval enjoying our data visualization wall
Augmented Reality Sandbox
Thank youQuestions?
Erich PurpurDeLaMare Science & Engineering Library775 682 [email protected]