Earth Sciences & Map Library
- Highlighting a recent acquisition to our collections and honoring Louise E. Jefferson – a Black cartographer, artist, photographer, illustrator, calligrapher, and leader.
- This month, we feature maps that honor the names and languages of native peoples.
- The World of Printed Maps is a regular feature that showcases the physical maps collection in the Earth Sciences & Map Library.
- The Earth Sciences & Map Library will host a panel discussion where explorers, scientists and artists who’ve witnessed climate change in the Arctic will share their stories.
- It’s the latest in a series of student-curated exhibitions hosted by the University Libraries this semester.
- The exhibit invites viewers to contemplate the evolving human relationship with the ice on our planet.
- Join the University Libraries and celebrate GIS Day with a virtual mini-conference on November 13! Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a scientific framework for gathering, analyzing and visualizing geographic data. Geospatial technology
- Sarah Jaffe, a PhD student in CU Boulder’s Environmental Studies program, developed a workflow for the libraries to transform the Earth Sciences & Map Library’s historical aerial photos into a massive collection of geographic information system (GIS) data for researchers.
- The University Libraries are pleased to announce that CU Boulder undergraduate student Ansh Desai has won the 2020 Earth Sciences & Map Library Photo Contest! Desai’s photo Sky Pond was taken in late May 2019 during a sunrise hike to one of
- Buddy Collins, a graduating senior in the Department of Geography and this year’s Friends of the Libraries Fellow, has spent the last few months improving access and discovery to the Earth Sciences & Map Library’s Sanborn Fire Insurance Map