Overview of Our Services

Davis Library Reference Department strives to facilitate the use of GIS by our patrons.
We provide access to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software and spatial data. Our GIS Librarian helps patrons locate, acquire, format and project spatial data. Classroom training and access to online training are also provided.
We continually expand our collection of spatial data from local, state, and federal government sources as well as commercial sources. Our spatial data holdings can be browsed or searched using the GIS Data Finder.

• Individualized assistance is available for the following tasks: locating print or electronic GIS resources, locating and acquiring spatial data, formatting spatial data, and projecting spatial data. Assistance is available in person and over email or telephone.
• Contact Amanda Henley, GIS Librarian, for an appointment:
  amanda.henley@unc.edu or (919) 962-1151.
• Lengthy questions regarding GIS methods (How do I...) and general GIS software questions are beyond the scope of the Library's GIS services.
• Patrons may sign up for time on one of our public GIS computers for a maximum of two hours per day. If no one is signed up, the computers are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
• During busy times, priority may be given to academic work or to UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, or staff.
• When requested, we will create a folder on the hard disk of one of our public GIS computers for patrons to store GIS- related data. This data is not backed up.
• All files on the public GIS machines that are not located in a GIS patron's folder are subject to deletion.
• Software and spatial data may be licensed and subject to restrictions on who can use it and how it can be used. We provide GIS users with public domain data and any other data and software that we can under the terms of the licenses.
• Due to license restrictions, ESRI GIS software (available via North Carolina site license) is for non-commercial uses only.
• We ask that our patrons honor our license agreements with software and data vendors.
• The GIS printers are for printing census maps and maps created using GIS only. There is a charge for using the plotter (see below).

Davis Reference Plotter Policy

• Use of the plotter is restricted to printing census maps and maps created using GIS software.
• Please make an appointment to use the plotter. Appointments are available Monday through Friday, 8am to 4pm. Email Amanda Henley for an appointment.
• Cost of Printing to the Plotter: Plots Up to 5 feet in length: $7.00, Each foot beyond 5 feet: $1.75 (no charge for blank space)
  
• Accepted forms of payment: UNC One Card, cash, check, or University Departmental Charge Account.
  
• Desk Staff will measure your printout and determine the price. Payment is made in Microforms.
• See our GIS Software and Hardware Page for software availability.
  

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For more GIS assistance,
Please contact Amanda C. Henley, GIS Librarian
amanda.henley@unc.edu
(919) 962-1151

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