Abstract
Tufts L-SIMS, Library Spatial Information Management
Track: Using GIS in Libraries and Museums
Author(s): Patrick Florance
The management of interior spaces and resources is a significant concern for university libraries that are continually looking to improve access to their winding labyrinths of hallways, rooms, collections, and computers. Tufts University Information Technology (UIT) partnered with Tisch Library Information Technology (LITS) to create L-SIMS, the Library Spatial Information Management System. L-SIMS is a full-functioning 3D GIS of the interior space of the library that merges databases from LITS, Facilities, and Library Collections. A spatial database was built for each floor that includes such information as rooms, collections, personnel, walls, computer information technology, emergency management resources, etc. that allows users to perform spatial analysis and query the resources within the library.
Patrick Florance
Tufts University
16 Dearborn Rd.
Somerville , Massachusetts 02144
United States
Phone: 617-627-4235
E-mail: patrick.florance@tufts.edu