Google Earth is a research, mapping, and cultural exploration tool
that puts the whole world in your hands, then hands over the tools
to let you build your own world. The uses of Google Earth in
academia, in libraries, and across disciplines are endless and each
year more innovate research projects are being released. Since its
launch, Google Earth has had an enormous impact on the way people
think, learn, and work with geographic information. With easy
access to spatial and cultural information, and with customizable
map features and dynamic presentation tools, Google Earth is an
attractive option for anyone wishing to host projects and to share
research findings through a common online interface. This
easy-to-read, practical guide: *Demonstrates how Google Earth has
been used as a resource for research *Showcases library path
finders, discovery tools, and collections built with Google Earth
*Discusses how Google Earth can be embedded into various library
services *Highlights effectives uses of Google Earth in
specific-discipline education, and provide step-by-step sample
classroom activities *Introduces Google Earth features, data, and
map making capabilities *Describes Google Earth-related online
resources After reading this guide, librarians will be able to
easily integrate Google Earth's many facets into their services and
help teachers integrate it into their classrooms. Because so many
librarians are educators and subject specialists, they can
customize the learning outcomes for students based on the subject
being studied. This book presents a cross-disciplinary overview of
how Google Earth can be used in research, in teaching and learning,
and in other library services like promotion, outreach, reference
and very importantly collection and resource exploration and
discovery. This comprehensive guide to using Google Earth is for
public, school, academic, and special libraries serving from the
elementary level through adult levels. Although articles have been
written about specific subjects and specific library projects, this
is the first published that offer a one-stop-shop for utilizing
this online product for library-related purposes. Librarians
reading this book will gain the Google Earth skills required to be
able to not only use it themselves, but also teach others in how to
use this online technology.
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