GIS Public Library User Study: Where are your library users dude 2005 CAL Conference November, 11, 2

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GIS Public Library User Study Where are your
library users dude?2005 CAL ConferenceNovember,
11, 2005
Janine Reid Weld Library DistrictRichard Tucey
Pueblo City and County Library DistrictSteve
Wrede Colorado State Library
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Project Background How and Why of GIS
LayersWorking with other agencies and
sourcesMechanics of GIS softwareUsing GIS for
Marketing, Governance, and Service Planning and
DeliveryWhere do we go from here?Wrap up
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GIS- Geographic Information SystemsESRI
Environmental Systems Research Institute,
Inc. ArcGIS - software to create ArcIMS
software to publish to webResides _at_ ACLIN
Servers BCRNetworking and Resource Sharing
Unit Colorado State Library
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Legal Services Areas - Colorado Public Libraries
and School Districtshttp//gis.aclin.org/website/
lsanSWIFT users database2003- 2004 -
Lafayette Public library project
Project Background
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- Weld Library District Pueblo City and County
Library DistrictIn progress-Arapahoe Library
District Aurora Public LibraryDouglas County
Libraries
Current projects
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Layers (current standard set)1- County/legal
service area and areas of the surrounding
counties.2 - Municipal boundaries in the
county/legal service area and surrounding area -
May be multiple layers.3 - Library service
points- May be multiple layers.
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Layers (current standard set)4- Locations of
ALL library patrons.5 - Locations of library
patrons within the library service area,
including census tract and census block numbers,
voting district, school district, and
congressional district information.6 -
Roads/streets for the county/legal service area.
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Layers (current standard set)7 - Census
tracts boundaries, information, and patron
count.8 - Census blocks boundaries,
information, and patron count.9 - Zip Code
boundaries within the library service area. 10
- Voting District boundaries within the library
service area.
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Sources of dataUS Census TIGER files
Extract of patron records from Library ILS
pre-processed and geocoded.City/County/State
sources as needed, when available.
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Data is sliced and linked to create layers.
Layers are used to create a project.Project
is available over internet password
protected.ArcIMS tools are used to view and
query the layers
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Selected websites for demographic information
onColorado Counties/Cities/Towns and Zip
Codesand by Census Tracts and Blocks
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City of Pueblo Planning Department Data Book
2004 http//www.pueblo.us/documents/EconData/da
tabook2004.pdfDon Vest, the City of Pueblo
Planning Departments statistician, publishes an
annual data book on the City of Pueblo. The most
recent data book is located on this website. Don
also provided 2015 and 2030 population
projections by Pueblo County census tracts.
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Pueblo County Geographic Information
Systemshttp//www.gis.co.pueblo.co.us/about.htm
Christopher Markuson, GIS Manager, and Robert
De Herrera, GIS Programmer Analyst, produced maps
showing demographic data, population projections,
and patron distribution by census tracts and zip
codes.
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U.S. Census Bureau http//www.census.gov/http
//www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.htmlhttp//fact
finder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_langenFr
om these U.S. Census Bureau websites you can
locate related websites, locate 2000 census
information by inputting a home address, and
access American Fact Finder to obtain census
information and to generate maps by zip code,
census tracts, census blocks, etc.
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State of Colorado Department of Local Affairs
Demography Sectionhttp//dola.colorado.gov/demog
/demog.cfmOn this website, useful demographic
data can be obtained on Colorado counties,
cities, towns, etc. Library Research
Servicehttp//www.lrs.org/index.aspThe
LRS.org website provides online access to
research and statistics about academic, public,
and school libraries in Colorado and beyond. For
each type of library, it provides statistics for
Colorado, other states, and the nation
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Pueblo Patrons Census Tract 3004
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Pueblo Patrons Zip 81069
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Zip Code Tabulation Area Frequently Asked
Questions http//www.census.gov/geo/ZCTA/zcta
faq.htmlQ10This U.S. Bureau of the Census
website explains how the 2000 census data was
tabulated by zip codes.
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Finding Census 2000 Data by Zip Code using
American Fact Finder http//library.csun.edu
/mfinley/zipcen.html California State
University at Northridge website prepared by Mary
Finley. It provides instructions on using
American Fact Finder to obtain Fact Sheets (fast
and easy demographic profiles) and data sets
(more detailed access to census data).
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North Weld Census Tract Population and Borrowers
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WLD Borrowers in NE District
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Borrowers in Surrounding Counties
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Bookmobile Service in Nunn
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Library Service in Southeast District
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Where do we go from here?Questions
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Janine Reid Weld Library District
jreid_at_weld.lib.co.usRichard Tucey Pueblo
City and County Library District
rtucey_at_pueblolibrary.orgSteve Wrede
Colorado State Library wrede_s_at_cde.state.co.us