Open AccessUse of GIS for Presentation of the Map and Pictorial Collection of the National and University Library of Slovenia
Author(s) -
Renata Šolar,
Dalibor Radovan
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
information technology and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2163-5226
pISSN - 0730-9295
DOI - 10.6017/ital.v24i4.3385
Subject(s) - hyperlink , presentation (obstetrics) , world wide web , computer science , geographic information system , digital library , data collection , national library , digital mapping , library science , web page , cartography , geography , sociology , medicine , art , social science , poetry , literature , radiology
The Map and Pictorial Collection of the National and University Library of Slovenia encompasses map and pictorial documents that are part of the national collection. New technologies such as geographic information systems (GIS) provide a novel way to display, access, and research the valuable, interdisciplinary holdings of an institution. This paper discusses a pilot, Web-based application that explores the possibilities of GIS by creating a virtual collection of diverse materials. Spatial data are the basis for this digital archive on which other pictorial elements, such as views and portrait images, are connected by hyperlinks