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The Revamped Historical Maps of Singapore - What You Need to Know In-Person
The popular libmaps.nus.edu.sg was recently rebuilt from scratch. Learn how it was done, explore the uses of historical maps in different research areas and how to export the map into QGIS to work on the maps from the Libmaps archive.
- Date:
- Thursday, February 1, 2024
- Time:
- 12:30pm - 1:30pm
- Time Zone:
- China, Singapore (change)
- Location:
- Digital Scholarship Lab Activity Area (MSL)
- Audience:
- NUS Community
- Categories:
- Digital Scholarship Registration Required > Digital Scholarship Tech Central Carnival
Speakers' Bios
Gaetan Boisson, Principal Librarian
Gaetan is the Digital Scholarship Manager at NUS Libraries. He has worked for more than 10 years in libraries around the world. After doing his master's degree in Library and Information Science in Canada and France, he soon found himself managing the library at Alliance Française de Delhi in India, before working as a project manager for BibLibre, a French company dedicated to helping libraries set up Open Source software to manage their mission. This allowed him to serve as a consultant to libraries in Sweden, Iraq, Italy, Denmark, Iran and many other countries. Gaetan has been a longstanding discreet advocate for Open Source technologies and Open Access to data for more than a decade.
Michelle Quak, Librarian
Michelle is an NUS Librarian. With a background in environmental geography and experience in urban planning, Michelle is interested in the different ways in applying geospatial techniques across various disciplines. She enjoys speaking with students and researchers about their projects and helping them with geospatial/data visualisation enquires. She also loves classical music, reading, and hiking.