{"id":4269,"date":"2014-12-11T13:17:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T19:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/drp\/?p=4269"},"modified":"2015-05-22T12:28:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T17:28:59","slug":"drp-welcomes-rob-shepard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/2014\/12\/11\/drp-welcomes-rob-shepard\/","title":{"rendered":"DRP welcomes Rob Shepard!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digital Research &amp; Publishing is pleased to announce that <a href=\"http:\/\/unlcms.unl.edu\/cas\/center-for-digital-research-in-the-humanities\/about\/student\/shepard\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Shepard<\/a> has accepted our offer to be the new Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Librarian for the UI Libraries. Rob comes to us from the University of Nebraska &#8211; Lincoln where he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Geography.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4270\" style=\"width: 473px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/ucm\/id\/243\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4270\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2014\/12\/University_of_Iowa_campus_map_ca_1943.jpg\" alt=\"University of Iowa campus map, ca. 1943\" width=\"473\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2014\/12\/University_of_Iowa_campus_map_ca_1943.jpg 473w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2014\/12\/University_of_Iowa_campus_map_ca_1943-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">University of Iowa campus map, ca. 1943<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We at DRP are looking forward to the talents and experience Rob brings that will further enhance the accessibility and usability of <a href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/\" target=\"_blank\">geospatial resources<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/statisticsforhumanities.net\/book1\/index.php?title=Chapter_16:_Everything_happens_somewhere:_Spatial_data\" target=\"_blank\">everything&#8217;s spatial!<\/a>) in the <a href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iowa Digital Library<\/a>.\u00a0 Rob will also be working on cross-campus coordination of GIS and support for faculty research and other Libraries partners.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4271\" style=\"width: 473px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/ictcs\/id\/17720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4271\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2014\/12\/Men_moving_items_into_Main_Library_the_University_of_Iowa_1951.jpg\" alt=\"Moving items into Main Library, the University of Iowa, 1951\" width=\"473\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2014\/12\/Men_moving_items_into_Main_Library_the_University_of_Iowa_1951.jpg 473w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2014\/12\/Men_moving_items_into_Main_Library_the_University_of_Iowa_1951-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moving items into Main Library, the University of Iowa, 1951<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Welcome, Rob!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital Research &amp; Publishing is pleased to announce that Rob Shepard has accepted our offer to be the new Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Librarian for the UI Libraries. 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