Our collection of maps and atlases includes maps as physical objects as well as digitized versions of same, with corresponding datasets which can be interactively applied to the digital versions to produce specific representations. Bibliographic information is also included. The collection is searchable per criteria such as geographic coordinates and names, time periods, and type of cartographic character traits such as city streets, roads and highways, property boundaries, transportation throughways, and physical geographic features.
The collection will be used as research and reference, by scholars, people studying genealogy, developers, utility companies, geologists, realtors, and more. The collection is available to the public and to professionals and their research establishments, public authorities, private companies, organizations, as well as to scholars and faculty.
The information-seeking needs of the collection's users require the collection to conveniently deliver the information sought. The method of delivery will be comprised of a searchable database which will lead to selectable thumbnail images and bibliographic information of the digitized map renderings. The images will be viewable with a user-driven zoom feature.
Convenience is a foremost priority in usability concerns in delivery of our collection content. The delivery method must encompass different needs and capabilities of users, from novices to experienced researchers. Navigating the collection must be time-saving and the search retrieval information relevant to users. Functionality of searches will be via user-specified criteria in terms from broad to specific, starting either from a choice of user-input field or from pre-determined subject-content starting points provided.
The price list and rights and reproduction information will be accessible on our website for users to reference, explaining the nature of different usages and the ramifications and restrictions of each. Librarians will be available via online chat interface to answer collection-related inquiries regarding use of our electronic resources.
The collection will be a resource for discovering regional historic geologic earthquake zone activity information, or to research locations of coal mines, or for geologists to review earth features and changes over time. Faculty and students will use the collection to learn how to interact with these maps; classes may include urban development planning, land use analysis, property rights (i.e., for tax status), general geographical reference, studying water supplies. Users may consult the collection for reference and research in terms of navigation to determine coordinates, measure distances and angles between points, measure areas, or track positions using a GPS device for either contemporary or historical purposes. Genealogists will make use of the collection resources to virtually visit past landscapes and settlements. Images of certain maps will be available for purchase as decoration, per the relevant rights and reproduction clauses.
References:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/reports/2010/digitalinformationseekerreport.pdf The Digital Information-Seeker
http://liber.library.uu.nl/publish/articles/000395/article.pdf Servicing Map Users at Aalborg
http://nationalmap.gov/ustopo/index.html U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub120/pub120.pdf Use and Users of Electronic Library Resources
http://www.quake.ca.gov/gmaps/ap/ap_maps.htm Earthquake Fault Zone Maps
http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/seismic/catalogs/cat_nm.html Seismic Activity Database
http://www.loc.gov/topics/maps.php Library of Congress Maps and Geography
http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/dis/default.htm User behavior studies
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