MADGIC news

Our GIS Librarian, Laurie Schretlen, will be leaving the U of C at the end of this month. Her last day is Feb 29/08.

Taylor Family Digital Library website

A website has been set up for the Taylor Family Digital Library: www.tfdl.ucalgary.ca/. Check out building plans and construction updates.

NRCan Requests Map Revision Priorities

Natural Resources Canada is responding to concerns about out of date NTS maps, and is seeking input from map users on revision priorities. If you would like to suggest revisions to a map sheet, please contact Heather McAdam at: heather_mcadam@carleton.ca. Heather and other Cartographic Librarians are part of a new working forum to provide feedback to NRCan on NTS maps and mapping program initiatives. More information on this issue is available at the Maps for Canadians website.

Faculty Technology Days

The Library, IT, and TLC will hold the annual Faculty Technology Days May 2 - 4, 2007. All Faculty and Graduate Students are invited to register and attend the free sessions. Check the FTD web page for schedule and registration. All sessions will be held in the Education Block.

NRCan announces free access to GIS data

Click here for the official announcement from Natural Resources Canada regarding free access to GIS databases NTDB, CanImage, CanMatrix, and the new CanVec. These will now be available through GeoGratis.

Natural Resources Canada frees GIS data

Natural Resources Canada is now providing free access to their GIS data via GeoGratis. This includes the databases NTDB, CanImage and CanMatrix. Official announcement to come soon.

New Product - Scopus

The Library has acquired a new product from Elsevier, Scopus. Scopus is an abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources, covering the Social, Natural, Life, and Health Sciences. Read more about it here. Access Scopus through the Library's Research Databases page.

Build your Campus in 3D Competition

Google has announced the Build your Campus in 3D competition. Competitors need to model their campus buildings using Google SketchUp, geo-reference them in Google Earth, then submit entries through the competition website.