Assistant Director of Geospatial, Cartographic and Scientific Data & Services
Acting Head of the Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
Contact:
Email: sweetkind@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1102
Education:
- MLIS (Library and Information Science): San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
- MBA: University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
- BA (English/History): University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Publications:
- Sweetkind-Singer, J. Herbert Hoover: A Geologist in Training. Journal of Map and Geography Libraries, v.6, no. 2, 2010.
- Sweetkind-Singer, J. Guest Editor, Preservation of Geospatial Materials, Special Issue, Journal of Map and Geography Libraries, v.6, no. 1, 2010.
- Erwin, T. and J. Sweetkind-Singer. The National Geospatial Digital Archive: A Collaborative Project to Archive Geospatial Data.Journal of Map and Geography Libraries, v.6, no. 1, 2010.
- Sweetkind-Singer, J., T. Erwin, and M.L. Larsgaard. Legal Agreements Governing Archiving Partnerships: The NGDA Approach. Archiving 2009, May 4-7, 2009.
- Sweetkind-Singer, J. Uncharted Territory: Building a Network for the Archiving of Geospatial Images and Data. Against the Grain, v. 21, no. 2, April 2009.
- Erwin, T., J. Sweetkind-Singer, and M.L. Larsgaard. The National Geospatial Digital Archive - Collection Development: Lessons Learned. Library Trends, v. 57, n. 3, Winter 2009.
- Sweetkind-Singer, J., M.L. Larsgaard, and T. Erwin. Digital Preservation of Geospatial Data. Library Trends, v. 55, n. 2, Fall 2006.
- Thiry, C. (Ed.) & J. Sweetkind-Singer. (Regional Ed.). Guide to U.S. Map Resources. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
- Erwin, T. and J. Sweetkind-Singer. Integrating the Hoover Map Collection at Branner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections. Information Bulletin, v. 35, no.3, 2004.
- Sweetkind-Singer, J., M. Powers, and C. Derksen. Stanford Geological Survey Access Project. Information Bulletin, v. 34, n.3, 2003.
- Derksen, C. and J. Sweetkind-Singer. Accessing and preserving field maps and notebooks: the Stanford Geological Survey Map and Field Notebook Access Project. Geoscience Information Society Proceedings, 2002.
- Sweetkind-Singer, J., and M.J. Williams. Supporting the Needs of Geographic Information Systems Users in an Academic Library. Science & Technology Libraries, v. 21, issue 3/4, 2001. (Co-published in Information and the Professional Scientist and Engineer.)
- Rumsey, D., P. Hoehn, and J. Sweetkind. The Rumsey Collection Goes Online. Information Bulletin, v. 32, n. 2, 2001.
- Derksen, C.R.M., J.K. Sweetkind-Singer, and M.J. Williams. The Place Of Geographic Information System Services in a Geoscience Information Center. Geoscience Information Society Proceedings, v. 31, 2001.
- Sweetkind, J. State of the Art: David Rumsey's Online Map Collection. Mercator's World, Sept./Oct. 2000.
- Heckrotte, W., ed. and J. Sweetkind, assistant ed. (1999) California 49: Forty-Nine Maps of California from the Sixteenth Century to the Present. San Francisco: California Map Society.
Affiliations:
- Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML), Chair Continuing Education Committee
- American Library Association, Map and Geography Round Table (MAGERT)
- Geoscience Information Society (GSIS)
- North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS)