IMGIS and Open Repository for GIS Teaching Materials

IMGIS is an open repository for GIS related teaching materials primarily targeted at library GIS educators. The IMGIS OSF page is an informal hub for sharing materials and resources within the GIS and Map Librarian community. The goal of the collection is to enable librarians or GIS practitioners to easily access pedagogical materials, data resources, and other helpful instruction or practice guides. This collection platform was developed in partnership between the IASSIST geospatial interest group and ROLEGGE.

This presentation provides an overview of the repository, describes some of our challenges in developing the repository, and considers the problem of gaining professional credit for and formal evaluation of open educational resources.