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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our first Geospatial/GIS meetup of Spring quarter will be on
<b><span style="color:red">Tuesday</span>, April 11, from 12:00-12:50 pm.</b> That’s right – we’ll have the
<span style="color:red">meetups on Tuesdays</span> <span style="color:red">this quarter</span>, rather than on Thursdays.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The meetup will be in Rivera Library, Room 140 and on Zoom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(To find Rivera 140: turn right after entering Rivera Library. Keep walking until you pass the elevators. Room 140 is on the corner of the hallway
you’ll see to your left.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our presenter for this meetup will be …
<i>me</i>! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We’ll look at several
<b>Online sources for maps and data. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pulling from sources found in the UCR Library guide for
<a href="https://guides.lib.ucr.edu/c.php?g=171041&p=8493968">Maps and GIS</a>, we’ll spend a few minutes with two geoportals from each of the following categories: local sources, general, environmental concerns, social science, and scanned print maps. You
might learn about a data source you hadn’t seen before!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">You are welcome to bring links to share for your own go-to sites for GIS data and maps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We’ll also have time for announcements and discussion.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This meetup will be recorded.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Watch for a reminder email the day before the meetup; it will contain the Zoom information.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Another option: if you register through Eventbrite, you’ll receive an automated email with the Zoom information. (We don’t have the Eventbrite quite
ready yet, but you’ll be able to find it in the Workshops & Events box at <a href="https://library.ucr.edu/">
https://library.ucr.edu/</a> early in Spring quarter.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feel free to forward this invitation to anyone you know who may be interested<span style="color:black">.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please consider joining us!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-Janet Reyes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Geospatial Information Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">UC Riverside Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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