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Hello Oregon libraries,</div>
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Sharing out this IMLS-funded opportunity from PSU for those of you who have capacity and interest in building GIS and geospatial skills at your library. Please contact Nancee Hunter with questions.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: black;"><i>The GIS-Mapping Exchange</i> is<i> </i>an Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS)-funded partnership between academics, geospatial data professionals, and public libraries. Our goal is to establish an innovative training program and collaborative networking platform between public library staff, geospatial data professionals, and
patrons. More simply, we want to support librarians that want to learn how to create maps, work with geospatial data, and more!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: black;">With the generous funding we received from IMLS, we will directly fund and support
teams of librarians from around the country to partner with geospatial data professionals in their local communities and carry out some sort of geospatial project.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: black;">Libraries
that wish to play a role in this project can apply for up to <b>$5</b></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>,</b></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: black;"><b>000</b> in
funding to partner with local geospatial data professionals. These small awards are aimed to fund projects that increase a library’s capacity as a key participant in their geospatial data community. The grants are intended to be provided to and led by public
libraries in partnership with community geospatial data organizations. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: black;">For more information and to apply for funding, please take a look at our Request for
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nancee Hunter, PhD - Portland State University</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Director, Center for Geography Education in Oregon (C-GEO)</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Assistant Professor, Geography</span></p>
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