Monthly Highlight: Redesigned Search Results Page
By Karen Majewicz
We redesigned the search results page to emphasize the map and simplify the layout.
Program Updates¶
Monthly Highlight: GeoBlacklight version 4.0
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.
Monthly Highlight: Action Plan
By Karen Majewicz
The Land Acknowledgement Working Group sunsetted in August after submitting their final report along with an Action Plan.
Welcome to Rutgers University
By Karen Majewicz
Rutgers University-New Brunswick officially joined the BTAA-GIN in July 2022.
Project Highlight: Multiple Downloads
By Karen Majewicz
We were recently able to incorporate a long-standing feature request into the BTAA Geoportal interface: multiple downloads per item.
Mapping Chicagoland
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 .”
Project Highlight: Adding resources in response to current events in Ukraine
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.
Project Highlight: Revealing each resource’s language
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.
Project Highlight: ‘GeoBlacklight February’
By Karen Majewicz
The month of February always features two big events in the GeoBlacklight community: Geo4LibCamp and the Winter Community Sprint.
Project Highlight: OpenGeoMetadata
By Karen Majewicz
OpenGeoMetadata is a collaborative initiative that began around the same time the GeoBlacklight application was developed(~2015). The primary goal has been to facilitate sharing metadata across institutions that have adopted GeoBlacklight. It uses GitHub as the sharing platform and includes metadata tools, best practices, and the GeoBlacklight schema documentation.