Geospatial Thinking of Information Professionals

Autor/inn/en	Bishop, Bradley Wade; Johnston, Melissa P.
Titel	Geospatial Thinking of Information Professionals
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 54 (2013) 1, (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-5786
Schlagwörter	Thinking Skills; Spatial Ability; Information Science Education; Pilot Projects; Professional Development; Capacity Building; Librarians; Skill Development; Technology Education; Technological Literacy; Information Literacy; Geographic Information Systems; Pretests Posttests; Information Skills; Kentucky + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Informationstechnologische Bildung; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Technisches Wissen; Informationskompetenz; Orientierungswissen
Abstract	Geospatial thinking skills inform a host of library decisions including planning and managing facilities, analyzing service area populations, facility site location, library outlet and service point closures, as well as assisting users with their own geospatial needs. Geospatial thinking includes spatial cognition, spatial reasoning, and knowledge discovery. A lack of understanding of librarians' geospatial thinking called for some preliminary investigation into the geospatial thinking skills of information professionals. Findings from this pilot study's performance task indicate geospatial thinking skills improved for ten information professionals tested after some training with geospatial technologies. A summary provides recommendations on how to both improve future study of geospatial thinking and suggestions on ways to incorporate geospatial thinking into library and information science curricula. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01