Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be a powerful tool for analyzing and visualizing geospatial data and answering research questions across a wide range of disciplines. The University Libraries’ geospatial information services team offers education and consultations to assist faculty, staff, and student researchers with:
- Finding and creating geospatial data sets
- Cleaning, organizing, and managing geospatial data
- Designing and carrying out spatial analyses based on your research question
- Mapping and visualizing geospatial data
- Identifying appropriate GIS methods, tools, and software for your research project
- Training for a variety of GIS tools and web-based mapping platforms
- Accessing and using software available through Ohio State’s Esri educational site license
Our approach is to empower researchers – at all levels and from any discipline – to learn new skills and successfully complete their own work through consultations and education, all offered for free.
For general questions, or if you are not available during our normal consultation times, email us at geospatial@osu.edu.
Meet the Experts:
Jessica St-Pierre is the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist at The Ohio State University Libraries. In this role, she develops educational support for faculty, students, and researchers using geospatial data, methods, and tools. Jess helps researchers and project teams understand and apply GIS in their research and instruction through consultations and a variety of educational programming. Previously, she served as a GIS Project Manager working on projects across a wide range of industries and research topics.
Joshua Sadvari is the Geospatial Information Librarian at The Ohio State University Libraries. Josh has more than a decade of experience providing geospatial support in an academic library setting. Through his work, Josh aims to save researchers time by connecting them with appropriate geospatial information resources at their point of need, and to support instructors from any discipline seeking to integrate geospatial data literacy concepts into their teaching.