Name: Panel: Data Governance and Time: Do you have a roads layer from 2000?
Start: 2026-10-14T10:30:00-0500
End: 2026-10-14T12:00:00-0500

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Panel: Data Governance and Time: Do you have a roads layer from 2000?

Wednesday October 14, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT

Walker, 4th Floor

The panelists in this session will discuss how organizations handle the volume of GIS data and applications that need to be created, maintained and archived over time. The panel brings together map librarians and GIS professionals to discuss concerns, best practices, and possible futures for organizing, documenting, and preserving spatial data for ongoing use.

Keywords: Data Governance, Libraries & Archives, Historical GIS

Panelists
Matt Gerike, PhD, GISP, Virginia 9-1-1 & Geospatial Services, North Chesterfield, VA - USA
Jaime Martindale, Map & Geospatial Data Librarian, Arthur H. Robinson Map Library at UW-Madison, Madison, WI - USA
Karen Majewicz, Associate Director of Technology & Data Curation, BTAA Geospatial Information Network, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN - USA

Speakers

Matt Gerike, PhD, GISP

Geospatial Program Manager, Virginia 9-1-1 & Geospatial Services

Matt Gerike is Geospatial Program Manager for 9-1-1 GIS at the Virginia Geographic Information Network where he supports localities across the commonwealth. He has managed GIS offices and projects in local government, worked with state level GIS clearinghouses and data development... Read More →

Jaime Martindale

Map and Geospatial Data Librarian, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jaime has been the Map & Geospatial Data Librarian at the Arthur H. Robinson Map Library at UW-Madison since 2003. She received her MLIS from UW-Milwaukee. Since 2006 she has curated an archive of Wisconsin geospatial data accessible online via GeoData@Wisconsin and the Big Ten G... Read More →

Karen Majewicz

Associate Director of Technology & Data Curation, BTAA Geospatial Information Network, University of Minnesota

Karen Majewicz is the Associate Director of Technology and Data Curation for the Big Ten Academic Alliance Geospatial Information Network, based at the University of Minnesota Libraries. She holds a Master of Geographic Information Science from the University of Minnesota, a B.A... Read More →

Wednesday October 14, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
Walker, 4th Floor

The GIS Profession

GIS-Pro 2026

Matt Gerike, PhD, GISP

Jaime Martindale

Karen Majewicz

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