A Map is worth a A Map is worth a thousand wordsthousand words

Aimee Ellis,Aimee Ellis, Manager, Departmental LibraryManager, Departmental LibraryYukon Energy, Mines and Resources LibraryYukon Energy, Mines and Resources Library

Gerald Burla, Gerald Burla, Technical Services LibrarianTechnical Services LibrarianRegina Public LibraryRegina Public Library

Where is the Yukon Where is the Yukon Territory?Territory?

The TerritoryThe Territory:: Population: 31,600Population: 31,600 Landmass: 483,450 sq kmLandmass: 483,450 sq km Largest city is WhitehorseLargest city is Whitehorse

population 23,500population 23,500 Other 17 communities:Other 17 communities:

Populations vary between 25 Populations vary between 25 to 800to 800

Distance from major cities:Distance from major cities: 2700 km from Vancouver 2700 km from Vancouver 3200 km from Los Angeles3200 km from Los Angeles 1200 km from Anchorage1200 km from Anchorage

Yukon Energy, Mines and Yukon Energy, Mines and Resources LibraryResources Library

Territorial Government Research LibraryTerritorial Government Research Library

Staff: 3.6 FTE Staff: 3.6 FTE

Subjects: Subjects: Mining Engineering, Geology, Oil Mining Engineering, Geology, Oil and Gas, Forestry, Agriculture, Landsand Gas, Forestry, Agriculture, Lands

Collections: Collections: Aerial photographs, Yukon Aerial photographs, Yukon mining, assessment reports, Maps, mining, assessment reports, Maps, Books/reports, JournalsBooks/reports, Journals

Patrons: Yukon government staff, Federal Patrons: Yukon government staff, Federal government staff, consultants, prospectors, government staff, consultants, prospectors, students, publicstudents, public

Why try to link GIS Why try to link GIS with our ILS?with our ILS?

Aerial photograph collection became Aerial photograph collection became our most heavily used collectionour most heavily used collection

Client desire to identify photographs Client desire to identify photographs using geographic information (map using geographic information (map sheet and/or coordinates) onlinesheet and/or coordinates) online

Our paper flight line indices are in poor Our paper flight line indices are in poor shape, cumbersome to use, and must shape, cumbersome to use, and must be used in-housebe used in-house

Geographic dispersal of the Library’s Geographic dispersal of the Library’s clientsclients

……. and, why not try?. and, why not try?

Is graphical searching of Is graphical searching of an ILS possible?an ILS possible?

Has anyone done this before? Has anyone done this before? All we found were examples of GIS libraries, no All we found were examples of GIS libraries, no

examples of a GIS interface with an ILSexamples of a GIS interface with an ILS

Can GIS software communicate with an ILS?Can GIS software communicate with an ILS? Neither our ILS vendor (VTLS) nor ESRI Neither our ILS vendor (VTLS) nor ESRI

(Environmental Systems Research Institute) (Environmental Systems Research Institute) could answer this question, but both expressed could answer this question, but both expressed interest in the idea if we pursued the answerinterest in the idea if we pursued the answer

Over a two year time Over a two year time period we: period we:

Solicited funds and project supportSolicited funds and project support Began digitizing flightlines and photograph points Began digitizing flightlines and photograph points

into ArcGISinto ArcGIS Configured an html link to query our ILS using GIS Configured an html link to query our ILS using GIS

softwaresoftware Catalogued aerial photograph collection by roll Catalogued aerial photograph collection by roll

number into our ILSnumber into our ILS Received basic shapefiles for some flightlines and Received basic shapefiles for some flightlines and

photograph points from the National Air Photo photograph points from the National Air Photo Library of Canada (NAPL) Library of Canada (NAPL)

Worked with departmental informatics staff to Worked with departmental informatics staff to create and configure IMF interfacecreate and configure IMF interface

What we did to What we did to MARC:MARC:

086086 \a [ NTS (National Topographic System) areas]\a [ NTS (National Topographic System) areas]

090 090 \a [Flightlines (as call numbers)]\a [Flightlines (as call numbers)]

245245 \a [common geographic name] \h [cartographic material (aerial photography)]\a [common geographic name] \h [cartographic material (aerial photography)]

255255 \a [scale, as per MARC]\a [scale, as per MARC]

300300 \a [# of remote sensing images] : \b [type of image] ; \c 25.4 x 25.4 cm.\a [# of remote sensing images] : \b [type of image] ; \c 25.4 x 25.4 cm.

440440 \a [series “Aerial Photographs”] \v [flightline]\a [series “Aerial Photographs”] \v [flightline]

500500 \a [filter and altitude information]\a [filter and altitude information]

650650 [as per MARC][as per MARC]

998998 yapyap

Initial IMF screen:Initial IMF screen:

Selecting area of Selecting area of interest and viewing interest and viewing

flightlines:flightlines:

Using the hyperlink to Using the hyperlink to determine which photo determine which photo library owns your desired library owns your desired photo:photo:

Next in line …Next in line …

Investigating and implementing the Investigating and implementing the new MARC standard for the 034 field new MARC standard for the 034 field in authority recordsin authority records

Expanding the options for graphical Expanding the options for graphical searching of the EMR Library’s ILSsearching of the EMR Library’s ILS

Possibilities …Possibilities …

Spatial considerations do not Spatial considerations do not necessarily mean mapsnecessarily mean maps

Areas of interest could vary from atoms Areas of interest could vary from atoms to the human body to cities to planetsto the human body to cities to planets

Searching a medical library’s collection Searching a medical library’s collection could look like this:could look like this:

The possibilities are The possibilities are infinite …infinite …

Aimee Ellis,Aimee Ellis, Manager, Departmental LibraryManager, Departmental LibraryYukon Energy, Mines and Resources Yukon Energy, Mines and Resources LibraryLibraryWeb: Web: www.www.emremr..govgov..ykyk.ca/Library.ca/Library Library: Library: emrlibraryemrlibrary@@govgov..ykyk.ca.ca Personal: Personal: aimeeaimee..ytyt@@gmailgmail.com.com

Gerald Burla, Gerald Burla, Technical Services LibrarianTechnical Services LibrarianRegina Public LibraryRegina Public LibraryPersonal: Personal: burlatgburlatg@@sasktelsasktel.net.net