Richard Ackroyd/Ken Thompson Using GIS to describe library communities: the Gates Foundation experience and beyond			August 9, 1.00-3.30
	Richard Akeroyd, Executive Director, Libraries & Public Access to Information, and Ken Thompson, Research Librarian, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will provide a brief overview of the Foundation's Grant Program for Public Libraries, and will provide an extensive discussion of the Foundation's use of Geographic Information Systems software for describing communities around public libraries. The presentation will include a live demonstration of the ArcView GIS software, an explanation of what GIS is, as well as describing research in this field and other ways of utilizing GIS to aid public library leaders in discovering more about the communities that they serve.
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