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Kathleen Weessies

Kathleen Weessies
Social Sciences Coordinator / Head, Map Library
Librarian III - Continuing
Map Library
Social Sciences Coordinator / Head, Map Library
Librarian III - Continuing
Social Sciences

Pronouns: she/her

emailweessie2@msu.edu

phone_iphone517-884-0849

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MSU Main Library
366 W. Circle Dr.
Mailstop 11
East Lansing, MI 48824-3700

Bio/About

Social Sciences Coordinator Head, Map Library Geosciences Librarian Michigan State University Main Library E240 weessie2@msu.edu 517-884-0849

Subjects

  • Geography
  • Maps
  • GIS
  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Geology

Publications

  • Blake, Mara; Karen Majewicz; Ryan Mattke; Kathleen W. Weessies. (2017-11-21). A Spatial Collaboration: Building a Multi-Institution Geospatial Data Discovery Portal. Collaborative Librarianship, 9, (3), (pp. 196-214), 2017, https://digitalcommons.du.edu/collaborativelibrarianship/vol9/iss3/7/
  • Weessies, K. (ed).. (n.d.). Geography. 29, Christian Trinidad, Magazines for Libraries
  • Kathleen W. Weessies, Kasey Reed Wilson. (2016-04-15). The Long Road to Map Discovery: Two Multi-institutional Projects. the 11th ICA Conference jointly held with the 20th MAGIC Conference, Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage., Riga, Latvia, Riga, https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:68625/
  • Silver, Breezy and Kathleen W. Weessies. (2014-04-04). Online Mapping Tools for Entrepreneurs. Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship , 19, (2), (pp. 142-154), Taylor & Francis, 2014, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08963568.2014.883883
  • Weessies, Kathleen W. . (2014-07-02). Care of Rare Map Collections in the 21st Century. Journal of Map & Geography Libraries. , 10, (2), Taylor & Francis, 2014, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/15420353.2014.886654
  • Weessies, Kathleen W. and Daniel S. Dotson. (2013-01-01). Mapping for the masses: GIS lite and online mapping tools in academic libraries. . Information Technology and Libraries, 32, (1), (pp. 23-35), Taylor and Francis, 2013, http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/2867
  • Weessies, Kathleen W.. (n.d.). Local History Maps in Full Text Resources. Journal of Map and Geography Libraries, 8, (3 ), (pp. 230-241), 2012, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15420353.2012.700300
  • Shortridge, A. Goldsberry, K., and Weessies, K.. (n.d.). Measuring Research Data Uncertainty in the 2010 NRC Assessment of Geography Graduate Education. . Journal of Geography, 110, (6), (pp. 219-226 ), Taylor & Francis, 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2011.607510
  • Weessies, Kathleen W. . (n.d.). A locational analysis of academic library computer use. Reference Services Review, Vol. 39 Iss: 3, (pp. 465 - 481), Emerald, 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00907321111175868
  • Weessies, Kathleen W.. (2010-07-10). Dr Pepper BBQ Sauce as a Condiment for Chicken. 2010, http://staff.lib.msu.edu/weessie2/staff/drpepperbbqsauce.pdf
  • Holly Flynn, Terri Miller, Kathleen Weessies, and Melissa Yost. (2008-10-02). Managing maternity leave: Nine months and nine tips to prepare your organization to survive your time away. Library Journal (web exclusive), Media Source, 2008, http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6601514.html
  • Weessies, Kathleen W.. (n.d.). Publishing Dynamics of Catastrophic Events. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58, (6), (pp. 856-861), Wiley, 2007, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.20563/abstract
  • Weessies, Kathleen. (2006-03-01). A true geospatial one-stop: What's in it for us?. ImagiNews, (Mar/Apr ), (pp. 1, 3), IMAGIN, 2006, http://www.imagin.org/publications/imaginews/2006_03-04.pdf
    NSDI Ramona System, an early Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) project to document local level GIS data layers. Ramona is described in parallel to OCLC with an emphasis on motivation for participation.
  • Surber, Rob and Kathleen Weessies. (2005-05-01). The state orthoimagery program. ImagiNews, (May/Jun), (pp. 1, 3), 2005, www.imagin.org/publications/imaginews/2005_05-06.pdf‎
    The Michigan Orthoimagery Partnership Program provides a way for local governments to partner with state and federal funding sources to acquire aerial imagery at greater cost and quality than would otherwise be within their means.
  • Weessies, Kathleen W.. (2003-10-01). The $ecret inside your library’s atlases. American Libraries, 49-51.. American Libraries, (pp. 49-51), American Library Association, 2003
  • Weessies, Kathleen W.. (n.d.). Electronic maps: Sources and Techniques. Reference Services Review, 31, (3), (pp. 248-256), Emerald, 2003, http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1455722
  • Weessies, Kathleen W.. (2002-06-14). Local map resources in Michigan . MLA Forum, 1, (2), Michigan Library Association, 2002, http://www.mlaforum.org/volumeI/issue2/landuseMichigan.html
  • Weessies, Kathleen & Wales, Barbara. (n.d.). Internet policies in midsized academic libraries. Reference and User Services Quarterly , 39, (1), (pp. 33-41), Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association, 1999
  • Weessies, Kathleen, Lawson, Mollie. D., Antrim, Patricia., Dorrell, Larry. D., & Lawson, Vertrice. L. . (n.d.). Academic libraries and research: Mastering the maze (2nd ed.). Kendall/Hunt Press, 1997
  • Weessies, Kathleen, Lawson, Mollie. D., Antrim, Patricia., Dorrell, Larry. D., & Lawson, Vertrice. L.. (n.d.). Academic libraries and research: Mastering the maze.. Kendall/Hunt Press, 1996
  • Tygett, Mary., Lawson, Vertrice. L., & Weessies, Kathleen. (n.d.). Using Undergraduate Marketing Students in an Unobtrusive Reference Evaluation.. RQ, 36, (pp. 270-276), American Library Association, 1996