Department/Program
Claremont Colleges Library
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-15-2019
Abstract
In 2015, The Claremont Colleges Library purchased a drone for its Emerging Technology Loan program. At the time, Federal Aviation Administration regulations were still in their infancy in regards to drone use in public and for teaching and research –lending wasn’t even a consideration. After three years of waiting for the regulations to catch up with the demand, The Claremont Colleges Library GIS Specialist was able to pilot a drone lending program that circulates both the drone and the GIS Specialist for course integration. This paper outlines the history of GIS at The Claremont Colleges Library, its evolution toward drone services, and the successes, challenges, and lessons learned along the way.
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Recommended Citation
Davila Greene, Jessica and Roberts, Warren, "From GIS to UAVs: Emerging Opportunities for Drone Support Services in Academic Libraries" (2019). Library Staff Publications and Research. 72.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/library_staff/72
