By Karen Majewicz
Established in 2020, the BTAA GIS Conference is a virtual event organized by geospatial information users and educators in Big Ten institutions to present their work, exchange information, and develop potential collaborations. It is open to all participants, including those outside the BTAA network.
By Karen Majewicz
We tackled a long standing design wish to utilize full page widths and reduce the white space on item pages. This layout prioritizes item previews, such as a geospatial web service or a IIIF viewer, and provides more options for further adjusting location of the metadata and the access links.
By Karen Majewicz
We redesigned the search results page to emphasize the map and simplify the layout.
By Karen Majewicz
During the September GeoBlacklight (GBL) Community Sprint, we released GeoBlacklight version 4.0 . This version provides full support for the OpenGeoMetadata ‘Aardvark’ metadata schema and represents concerted efforts from many in the GBL community - Read more about the release here.
By Karen Majewicz
The Land Acknowledgement Working Group sunsetted in August after submitting their final report along with an Action Plan.
By Karen Majewicz
Rutgers University-New Brunswick officially joined the BTAA-GIN in July 2022.
By Karen Majewicz
We were recently able to incorporate a long-standing feature request into the BTAA Geoportal interface: multiple downloads per item.
By Karen Majewicz
Cecilia Smith, our program team member from the University of Chicago, led a team that received a successful $348,930 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant in April for the proposal “ Mapping Chicagoland .”
By Karen Majewicz
Our collection development efforts typically focus on geodata and maps that are created and held by institutions located in Big Ten states. However, we also make an effort to meet the research needs of users, particularly in response to current events. In the past, we sought out and added Covid-19 and racial equity resources.
By Karen Majewicz
Last year, the Diverse Collections Working Group assessed the diversity of our collections using a number of different metrics. One effort was around the topic of Language.