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Title: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: An Online Directory
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Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
B. INTRODUCTION
Introduction to Submitting Agency
The Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA) was established in 1985 to provide
technology support to the state university libraries in their mission of providing resources for
learning and scholarship. FCLA is administratively part of the University of Florida, but exists
to serve all ten public universities: Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida
International University in Miami, Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, the University
of Central Florida in Orlando, the University of South Florida in Tampa, the University of North
Florida in Jacksonville, the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida State University and
Florida A & M University in Tallahassee, and the University of Florida in Gainesville. FCLA
directly serves the library staff of the ten universities (960 full time staff, plus students and part-
time employees) and indirectly serves the more than 200,000 students and 15,000 faculty of the
university system. The catalogs and information systems developed and run by FCLA are also
available to the 756,000 members of the community college system, as well as to any interested
individual, with or without academic affiliation. FTE staff at FCLA includes 30 professionals
including 10 librarians and 15 programmers experienced in library applications. The online
library catalogs run by FCLA are heavily used, servicing more than 1.3 million searches a
month.
Most recently, FCLA has assisted academic libraries in managing their collections of digital text,
images and other media. FCLA initiated the PALMM (Publication of Archival, Library and
Museum Materials) program to help make library materials available on the Internet to anyone
with a Web browser. Currently there are fourteen active PALMM projects, covering topics
ranging from herbarium specimens to juvenile literature. The Florida Heritage Collection
(http://palmm.fcla.edu/fh/) is a collaborative project of all public university libraries. Important
texts and still images on Florida's history, culture, arts, literature, and natural environment are
digitized and the images and associated metadata are sent to FCLA. FCLA loads the images on
its own computer servers and provides the software applications that allow users to search
metadata records and display the item.
Metadata records created for some of the unique digital collections have necessitated extending
traditional subject heading fields beyond LC subjects. FCLA has supported the development of
the Florida Environments Online (FEOL) Thesaurus
[http://palm.fcla.edu/lfnh/thesauri/feol2/index.htm] to provide a common set of subject
descriptors for indexing Florida ecological/natural resource information files. Aware of the
growing interest in geographic access to information, FCLA has modified its system to support
records containing the Florida FIPS (county codes) [http://palm.fcla.edu/lfhh/sfiles/Flfips.htm],
Florida Hydrologic Unit Codes [http://palm.fcla.edu/lfnh/sfiles/Flhuc.htm], and the Geographic
Names Information System name hierarchy with associated decimal degree coordinates
[http://palm.fcla.edu/lfnh/sfiles/GNISa.htm]. FCLA is well positioned to take on the activities
outlined in this project.
Recent grant administrative experience within FCLA includes a 2002 IMLS grant, "Central
Digital Archiving Facility," a 2001 LSTA grant, "Enhanced Access to Special Collections in the
Libraries of Florida's State Universities," and collaborative LSTA grants with the University of
Florida ("From the air: the photographic record of Florida's Lands") and Florida International
University ("Milemarkers: Linking Keys History").
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Na.:es: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Introduction to Project
Mapping Florida's historic place names: an online dictionary
From Everglades research to family trees, a sense of place gives meaning to the lives of
Floridians. Your grandfather bought a citrus grove in Eustis; my great grandfather worked in
the pencil factory near Way Key (now Cedar Key). Where we're from, where we're going all
revolves around places with names. Accurate place names allow us to navigate and to find
information relevant to our work and our hobbies. Because libraries assume the responsibility
for providing consistency in subject terms used to identify and retrieve information about places,
the accuracy of the terms they use directly affects the 16 million users served by Florida
libraries. [Florida Public Library Statistical Tables (2000),
http://librarydata.dos.state.fl.us/StatsRankings/2000/datatables/TAB .htm] Dot Hope, who was
responsible for cataloging services for more than 10 years at the University of Florida, wrote
"The integrity, indeed, the basic functionality of online databases depends on continuity of name
forms including place names."
Currently, libraries depend on the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) list of Florida
names that is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. Unfortunately, the last comprehensive
update of Florida names was completed in 1986. Since then towns have been born and lakes
have disappeared, and while some names have been added, many remain undocumented.
Currently there are 33,161 Florida names in the GNIS database (Robin Worcester, GNIS Office,
pers.comm. 2-26-2002). While there is no accurate way to estimate the names missing, Roger
Payne, Head of GNIS, wrote "I'm betting that it might be much more than 20,000 names ..."
Historic Florida names are of equal concern: Gainesville's earlier name Hogtown is nowhere to
be found.
The goal of Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names is to create an online dictionary of
historic named places that will be an accurate and authoritative resource for Floridians at work
and play. This resource will become a key tool for all information managers who use geographic
subject headings in their descriptive metadata, whether it is MARC, Dublin Core, or the Federal
Geographic Data Commission metadata. Four additional objectives will be met by this project:
1) all entries in the dictionary will be made available to the Geographic Names Information
System (GNIS) through the developing CERP Florida Gazetteer, 2) the feature types used by GNIS
to broadly categorize named places will be expanded to accommodate the historic building uses
of the 19th and early 20th century, 3) point coordinates in decimal degrees latitude/longitude will
be defined where possible for historic places, and 4) a map interface to historic place names will
be created using GIS technologies. Hyperlinks from the map will take the user to other place
related digital collections such as Florida Heritage [http://palmm.fcla.edu/fh/].
Historic place names will be mined from benchmark Florida maps from the 18th and 19th
centuries curated in the Floridiana collection of the University of Florida, from existing non-
published lists such as Keynames: Names of the Islands in the Florida Keys compiled by
Islamorada Public Library Branch Manager Jim Clupper, and from indexes to the 6,500 historic
Florida Sanborn maps currently being gathered by the Digital Library Center, University of
Florida.
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Intended as a one year project, the project team will draw on the expertise of librarians and
digital library specialists from the Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA); the Resource
Services, Florida Special Collections, Digital Library Center, and Map and Imagery Departments
of the University of Florida Libraries; and the geospatial/mapping experts from the Documents
Department, University of Florida Libraries and from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE), Jacksonville District.
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LSTA OUTCOMES PLAN
Project Name: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names
Library: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Summary/Program Purpose: This project will create an online searchable dictionary of Florida's historic named places. Record structure will include historic building feature types,
centroid location consisting of latitude/longitude coordinates in decimal degrees, information on source of name, date, and comments. The underlying database structure will seamless integrate with
the Florida GNIS system and with the GIS Map server at UF. Both textual and enhanced map interfaces to the data will be created. Online tools for submitting and updating records by authorized
grant partners and in the future, by the general public will be created.
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INPUTS I ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS OUTCOMES I INDICATORS I SOURCES/METHODS
FCLA staff
University of Florida staff
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Jacksonville District (USACE)
staff
Project staff:
Florida Historic Place Dictionary
Programmer
Geography/GIS Technician
Name Extractor Programmer
Name Input Technician
Hire, train, and
supervise project staff
Identify historic place
name sources.
Select maps, digitize,
and georeference using
GIS. Determine
centroid point for place,
as possible. Create
records for names and
submit to online
dictionary/ CERP
Florida Gazetteer
For existing electronic
and printed name
listings, check against
GNIS legacy records,
identify unique entries.
Create records and
submit to online
dictionary/ CERP
Florida Gazetteer
Create online dictionary
with tools for
submitting records
online, import/export
records, and multiple
interfaces to record
data.
Integrate dictionary
data with GIS napping
linicclionalily.
1. Public uses technology to
access information
(governmental agencies,
industry, students, and the
public use the Web site to
access information on
Florida's historic named
places and to retrieve
georeferenced metadata
records)
2. Public learns to use
technology (Public libraries
and schools are contacted
electronically with
instructional materials on
how to use this site; online
instruction available at site;
presentations on use at
professional meetings)
I a. # hits on dictionary
lb. #hits on map interface
Ic. Inspection of use logs to
determine hits by user
category, e.g. .gov, .cdu, .coin
Id. # e-mail contacts from site
le. Online User Survey
2a. # hits on instructional
pages
2b. # presentations at
meetings
I a,b,c System generated statistics
Id. Begin collecting as soon as
site is publicly available and
continue collecting 6 mos beyond
project termination; periodically
thereafter
Ie. Quantitative/qualitative
analysis
2a. System generated statistics
2b.Attendance counts
Creation of a functional
online dictionary
Creation of map interface to
dictionary data
# new Florida historic names
identified from maps
#new Florida historic names
identified from extant
electronic listings
#records submitted to
dictionary and to Florida
GNIS. Goal: 5,000
#maps cataloged,
georeferenced, and names
indexed. Goal: 35
#fcentroid points determined
for enhancing records
#electronic
instructional/public relations
pieces created on how to use
site. Distributed
electronically and available
on Web site.
#presentations/articles
concerning resource
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D. Statement of Need
Specific need for a dictionary of historic Florida place names
As previously discussed, the most complete place name dataset for Florida is the U.S.
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey and
the Board of Geographic Names [http://geonames.usgs.gov/]. GNIS serves as the official
authority for place names throughout the United States and is used by the Library of Congress
and libraries throughout the world as the first line authority for establishing U.S. geographic
subject headings. It also serves as the core listing for most electronic atlas/geographic dictionary
type resources, e.g., MAPQUEST, Omni Gazetteer, Columbia Gazetteer of North America,
Alexandria Digital Library, and Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.
It is widely acknowledged that the GNIS is not complete. Dr. James Anderson, Director of
Florida Resources and Environmental Sciences Center (FREAC), Florida State University, who
prepared the last update for GNIS in 1986 and Dr. Roger Payne, Head of GNIS estimate that
more than 20,000 current names are yet to be included in the system. Of equal concern is the
limited number of historic names. A test of one 1854 Florida map showed that out of the 233
named places on the map, 105, or 45%, were not listed in GNIS (Attachment B.) A similar test
of the indexed named places on the 1892 Sanbom fire insurance map for Gainesville lists 29
named places only one of which is found in GNIS: East Florida Seminary which later became the
University of Florida.
The ramifications of an incomplete Florida place name authority has significant impacts on
major projects in Florida, as well as individual researcher efforts.
Impact on Everglades restoration
The need to identify and access documents based on geographic names and locations became
critical as information managers attempted to manage the reports, surveys, working papers, field
notes, and images created as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project (CERP).
Many of the locally named areas such as hammocks have never been officially sanctioned.
CERP involves hundreds of federal and state agencies and countless numbers of employees.
Rory Sutton, Regional GIS Technical Specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Jacksonville District wrote "Since CERP will involve so many organizations collaborating on
many different projects over an extended period of time, all those tasked with data management
responsibilities for CERP are convinced that the lack of a competent standard for place names
for CERP will lead to substantial inefficiencies, misunderstanding and redundancy in the
restoration work. GNIS does not currently contain enough detail in Florida to adequately serve
this purpose, though it is the federal standard. In addition, the place names must be tied to the
areas they represent, in order to enable spatial search and retrieval of scientific collections,
reports and other normally non-georeferenced material describing those areas..." Because the
development of a comprehensive Everglades place name listing is mission critical to CERP, they
have allocated $80,000 to development costs and in collaboration with GNIS have already
developed a prototype of the CERP Florida Gazetteer.
Impact on Florida Keys Study
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A second project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Florida Keys and the Florida Department
of Community Affairs also depends on a functioning place name authority. Rory Sutton writes:
"The Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study (FKCCS)
[http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/projects/proj4.htm] is a 3 year $6M study by the Corps of
Engineers and Florida Department of Community Affairs. Part of the Study goal is to
characterize the historic "sense of place" associated with the unique environment of the
Florida Keys. A Florida Gazetteer including a list of the large number of historic and variant
place names in the Keys would save substantial time and effort in research to establish that
information, and also increase the value of the final product."
Impact on state and private consultant restoration work
Mark W. Glisson, Environmental Administrator, Division of State Lands of Florida commented
on the growing emphasis of restoring Florida's natural systems. "More than 8 million acres, or
approximately 25% of Florida's total upland acreage, are managed for conservation purposes.
Included among those responsible for managing these conservation lands are the state agencies
that manage state parks, state forests, wildlife management areas and greenways, federal
agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Park Service and
even the Department of Defense, the five state water management districts, and a growing
number of NGOs and local governments. Common among all of these land managers is an
increasing emphasis on restoring Florida's natural systems to some semblance of their natural
state. For the first time ever, the Florida Forever land acquisition program now includes a focus
on restoration funding, in recognition of the fact that we may now finally be in a position to not
only set aside remaining 'natural' areas, but to proactively pursue the return of these mostly-
altered systems to functioning habitat and wetland systems."
All restoration activities are intrinsically dependent on understanding the historic geographic
attributes of areas including the named centers of human activity.
Paul L. Jones, Vice President, Panamerican Consultants, Inc., Tampa, FL writes: "Panamerican
Consultants is one of the largest cultural resource management firms in the State of Florida. As
part of our ongoing research projects throughout the state, we include with each report a historic
background section. This section places the area or region within a context for evaluation. An
online dictionary of Florida historic place names would allow our staff to complete this task
more easily and more completely.
In many cases, place names and their history are the only remnant of small original settlements.
In addition, accurate listing of place names and their history would help to guide research and
allow us to locate additional reference material concerning an area.
We are excited about the prospect of such a project and would be happy to support such an
endeavor."
Impact on individual graduate researchers
Russell James, a history graduate student at the University of West Florida expresses a similar
need: My master's thesis topic is Florida's presence in the Mexican-American War, 1846-1848.
I am having some trouble locating a few place names in Florida, as to where they are/were and
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what they may be called now: Yellow River, Big Pond, Cotton Mills, Alligator (this seems to be
different than Jacksonville, as some were from both places), Newnansville, New Port (is this
different than New Port Richey?), Oak Ridge, Palatlakaha, Belville, Columbus, Jefferson (may
be Ft. Jefferson, but not sure), Anutliga, Chucochatte. Anyone who can tell me the names of
these places at this time or where these places were, any of them, will win my undying
gratitude." [From Florida-L Archives message (FLORIDA-L(~rootsweb.com) Russell James,
April 28, 2001 URL: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/FLORIDA/2001-04/09884695261
(Also see message from Bill Todd in Attachment E.)
Because so many key activities in Florida depend on geographic information and associated
place names, the current dependency on the outdated and incomplete GNIS database is of
statewide concern.
Uses for an historical place name dictionary in Education
In classrooms across the state, K-12 students and their teachers are investigating the use of maps,
place names, and geographic location to expand their "understanding of the world in spatial
terms" (Sunshine Standard SS.B.1.2.1: the students use geographic tools to gather and interpret
data and to draw conclusions about physical patterns) and "the history of Florida and its people."
(Sunshine Standard SS.A.6.2) Numerous examples of instructional materials based on
geographic information are available from the Florida Geographic Alliance, a program dedicated
to geographic education and technology (http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/). Their website offers nearly
100 related lesson plans developed by Florida educators.
Iona Malanchuk, former Head of the Mead Library at P.K.Young, Gainesville comments on the
broad range of activities that could be supported by an historic name dictionary:
Each and every one of Florida's famous and not so famous places of interest to the young
and old alike can be found in this one database. Every elementary, middle and high school
student interested in researching Florida's geographic history... will find this resource
invaluable. With the added feature of providing links to other relevant websites, library and
museum collections the serious student will use this database frequently."
Speaking from her work at the University of Florida, Dot Hope comments:
"Researchers' ability to clearly and specifically identify (target) the geographic location
involved enhances study in disciplines ranging from the social sciences to the sciences.
What natives, plant and animal life did William Bartram document when he visited Florida
during the 1770s? And exactly where did he find them? Where did bison roam in Florida?
When was the same area populated with people? What plant life in the area contributed to
the diets of the animals and people? Where and why were historical forts,
stores/commissaries and cow pens located? Validity of research in the social sciences and
sciences areas requires geographic specificity."
The ability to more closely pinpoint Florida's historic names is a key element of this project.
Uses for an historical place name dictionary in natural history research
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The need for a standardized source for Florida place names is also evidenced in research
collections in museums. Kent Perkins, Manager of the UF Herbarium Collection writes:
"Locality designations in the label data associated with museum biological specimens are
highly inconsistent. This hampers search capabilities and yields inaccurate, skewed and
misleading results. A standardized place names gazetteer for Florida will provide a
foundation for consistency and better quality search results...
It will aid the resolution of particular georeferencing problems such as:
-consolidation of variant and commonly misspelled forms of
locality names (e.g., Kanapaha Botanic Garden, Kanapaha Botanical Garden,
Kanapaha Botanic Gardens, etc.);
-determination of the locality and information on little-known and historic places;
-correlation of geographical coordinate designations (section, township and range;
latitude and longitude) with place names;
-mapping and geographic representation (plotting).
A standardized locality referencing system for Florida will facilitate data
set coordination and sharing across research disciplines. The use of consistent place name
terms for cataloging bibliographic references, in specimen records, and other metadata will
strengthen research studies. It will allow for broader data analysis and collaboration, leading
to a more accurate understanding of the Florida environment."
Similar interest was expressed by Karen Bjordahl, Director of the Archie Carr Center for Sea
Turtle Research, UF: "Alan Bolten and I, and our graduate students, would be very interested in
such a dictionary. We are increasing our efforts to reconstruct past distribution and abundances
of marine megavertebrates, particularly sea turtles and Caribbean monk seals. Historic place
names are very valuable clues to past distributions (Cay Lobos, for example). Scanning maps for
such location names is time-consuming and tough on the eyes! A searchable dictionary would
be a great tool for us!"
Paul Moler, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission writes: "Count me in. I've spent
countless hours poring over sundry maps trying to find localities for museum specimens that
came from places that nobody today has ever heard of. The Norwalks and Wacahootas are still
out there, but I've had no luck finding Ramsey, Liberty County."
Uses for an historical place name dictionary-responses from general survey
A brief survey to assess general interest was sent to several list serves by Stephanie Haas. Digital
Library Center, UF. Twenty-five individuals including genealogists, researchers, and librarians
enthusiastically supported the development of the online dictionary. A sample of these responses
may be found in Attachment E: Letters/Email in Support of Grant. One very interesting aspect
of this survey was the fact that individuals from Fairbanks, AK; Spartanburg, SC; Huntsville,
AL; and Friendswood, TX took the time to respond.
Summarily, the Florida Center for Library Automation serves a primary role in facilitating the
development of information management tools throughout the state university system. The need
for an appropriate historic place name authority has been evidenced in the state-wide projects, in
individual researcher projects, in the information management endeavors of federal, state, and
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local agencies, and in educational settings. Administratively part of the University of Florida,
FCLA recognizes that the development of this tool supports the ubiquitous missions of all state
universities to educate students, to perform research, and to render service to society. The
historic place names dictionary will be a unique information resource that supports research,
planning, decision-making, education and leisure activities throughout Florida's communities.
Library catalogers and other metadata creators will use the dictionary to index geographic
information resources relating to Florida. Florida's governmental agencies, educational
institutions, businesses and citizens will use the dictionary as a reliable source of information
about historic geographic names. And information searchers from both public and private sectors
will use the dictionary as a tool for improving and integrating the retrieval of geographic
information.
Relationship of this project to the CERP Florida Gazetteer
The need for a Florida place name dictionary/gazetteer was first articulated in September 2000 at
a "Georeferencing Florida" ad-hoc meeting of librarians, GIS specialists, museum scientists, data
managers, and end-users representing agencies, universities, research organizations, and user
communities from across the state. The focus of that meeting was to discuss the major challenges
in retrieving and using Florida's geographic information. The basic conundrum is that libraries,
museums, and archives identify their objects using place names as access points rather than the
more exact measurements of latitude or longitude required in the work of Geographic
Information System (GIS) managers.
Because both place names and geospatial attributes were identified as mission critical to the
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). Rory Sutton, Regional GIS Technical
Specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville and his staff took on the task of
designing a CERP Florida Gazetteer that focuses on identifying names relating to the Everglades.
The design phase is close to completion and Rory has asked that this project on historic names
serve as a beta testing of the record importing functionality. (Please see letter to Priscilla Caplan
in Appendix B.) While the Gazetteer will incorporate the names discovered in this project, the
online dictionary proposed by this grant will provide greater granularity in searching and display
options. By building in GIS functionality, the dictionary will offer such options as displaying all
the named towns existing in 1854, or towns existing between 1850-1860. The project developers
do not believe that this type of integration has not been done before. Additionally, the names
that were identified through maps will have hyperlinks back to the map so researchers can
visually inspect the cartographer's placement.
Essentially, the database of names resulting from this project can be used for multiple purposes,
but the design of the dictionary will provide value added functionality significantly beyond that
initially proposed for the CERP Florida Gazetteer.
The intrinsic value of the collaboration is that all entries submitted to the gazetteer project will
automatically be integrated into the federal Geographic Names Information System and thus
become part of the national authorized listing for domestic place names.
E. INPUTS
Partner Responsibilities and Staff Allocated to Project
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
The accounts below summarize the responsibilities of each agency/institution and the staff they
will commit to this project. Staff time reflected as salaries is used as the 1/3 matching for the
grant. The specific responsibilities to be performed by staff hired for this project are listed under
Project Staff.
Florida Center for Library Automation, University of Florida
Responsibilities: Coordinate all aspects of dictionary development and grant management
including administrative and budgetary oversight; generate statistics and reports; create Web
interface; provide technical support concerning the functionality of the site; provide technical
information on the site for all interested parties; and coordinate evaluation activities.
Staff Allocation:
The Assistant Director for Digital Library Services will administer the grant, lead design and
specification efforts, and oversee the Online Dictionary Programmer.
The Web Interface Designer will work with the Assistant Director, the Online Dictionary
Programmer, and other project participants to help design a useful interface to the Web based
forms and supporting documentation.
University of Florida Libraries, University of Florida
Responsibilities: Provide historic maps for cataloging, digitizing, georeferencing, and name
indexing; extract names from extant historic name electronic listings; coordinate the
identification of new names to be incorporated into the dictionary; create records to be submitted
to FCLA including centroid point (lat/long coordinates); define new manmade structure feature
types to be used in the dictionary; use GIS functionality to create an appropriate historic place
names thematic layer(s)s; and serve the thematic layer(s) from the UF libraries map server.
Staff Allocation:
The University of Florida Libraries will contribute a technical team of a Project
coordinator, Florida History Collection Curator, Map Cataloger, Map & Digital Imagery
Librarian, and a GIS Coordinator. Specific duties for each individual are given below.
Project coordinator: provides administrative and budgetary oversight to all UF activities;
coordinates all activities that are the responsibility of departments of the University of
Florida; generates statistics and reports as needed by FCLA and grant requirements; and
works on instructional/ evaluative activities.
Florida History Collection Curator: identifies landmark Florida maps from the 18th and 19th
centuries that benchmark developing cartography of Florida including the first time use of
place names.
Map Cataloger: will catalog the 35 maps selected by the Curator.
Map & Imagery Librarian: will assist in identifying appropriate sources for name mining in
both print and electronic sources.
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Large Format Camera Operatior: will scan the maps using a ZBE Satellite large format
stationary camera equipped with a PowerPhase ARI cameraback.
GIS Coordinator: will supervise the scanning and georectifying of the benchmark maps; will
hire, train, and supervise the Geography/GIS technician (hired by grant) who will create the
dictionary entries including centroid points; will develop and/or supervise the development
of the historic name thematic layer(s); will serve the layers from the UF Libraries Map
server; and is responsible for all GIS functionality related to the dictionary.
The Project Staff (Attachment C: Job Descriptions) that will be hired specifically for this project
include:
Online Dictionary Programmer: hired 1.0 FTE by FCLA and under the direct supervision of
Priscilla Caplan, Assistant Director for Digital Library Services, FCLA, the programmer will be
responsible for programming, testing, and serving the historical place name dictionary and
interfacing it with the FLGNIS project and assisting in the development of the thematic map
layers at the University of Florida. All aspects of this project will be fully documented and
made available to the public at the project web site.
One Geography/GIS technician: hired .88FTE by UF; under the direct supervision of the GIS
Coordinator; will create historic place name records including determining appropriate centroid
points.
One Name Extractor Programmer hired 8 weeks at 30 hours/wk by UF; under the direct
supervision of the Project coordinator will create historic place name records by manipulating
extant electronic place name files, comparing them against the electronic GNIS legacy files, and
extracting unique entries for submittal to the online dictionary.
One Name Input Technician hired 35 weeks at 20/wk by UF, under the direct supervision of the
Project coordinator will review name sources to extract names for inclusion, compare against
GNIS legacy records, create records, and submit to online dictionary.
Partnerships
Please see partnership agreements in Attachment D.
F. Action Plan
The three main lines of action and lead agencies related to the successful completion of Florida
historical place name dictionary are outlined below.
Product 1: Create the online Florida historic named places dictionary
Lead Agency: Florida Center for Library Automation
Working with other project members, FCLA will design, develop, and bring online the historic
place name dictionary. Components of this project will include:
1) develop an appropriate dictionary architecture that will permit functionality outlined in this
proposal including: a) metadata structure that will support expanded feature types, centroid
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
spatial location consisting of latitude/longitude coordinates in decimal degrees, and comments
about and/or linkages to source of name, e.g., direct link to digitized map from which name is
taken; b) underlying database structure that can integrate seamlessly with the Florida GNIS
system and with the GIS Map server at UF; c) Web based searching interface to the data; and d)
tools for submitting records either singularly or in batch mode by authorized grant partners and
in the future, by the general public.
2) in collaboration with the staff at the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District (FLGNIS) develop tools for inputting
historic name entries into the dictionary that are compliant with GNIS standards.
3) develop guidelines for database construction to permit batch loading of records.
4) develop protocols to transfer records to the Florida GNIS project.,
5) draft documentation of all aspects of this project, and
6) provide online technical support for users of this resource.
Product 2. Identify sources of historic place names. Mine sources for entries. Create records
for submittal to the historic place names dictionary. Goal is to complete 5,000 records in the
1st year.
Lead Agency: University of Florida Libraries
Responsible Parties: Project Coordinator; Florida History Collection Curator; Map
Cataloger; Map & Imagery Librarian, University of Florida; GIS Coordinator, UF Libraries;
Geography/GIS Technician (hired) and Name Input Technician (hired)
Selection and Processing of Florida Place Name Sources
18th and 19' century benchmark maps
The Florida History Collection Curator, UF will select benchmark Florida 18th and 19th
century maps. The UF Map Cataloger will catalog the maps and submit records into the state
university libraries online catalog WebLUIS and into the national union catalog OCLC.
Maps selected will be scanned and quality controlled using the best available technologies
available through the Digital Library Center, University of Florida. Master uncompressed
TIFF files (ITU6.0) will be created at 100% scale (the current de facto standard for electronic
image archives) and archived at both DLC and FCLA.
Derivative compressed SID images will be added to the existing Florida map collection
[http://palmm.fcla.edu/map/mapfl.html] served by FCLA. These viewable images will be
referenced in the online dictionary entries, allowing users to examine the primary sources
from which historic names were extracted.
UF Libraries will use mapping tools available with ERDAS Imagine 8.5 software to identify
points on the historic maps that can be aligned to a real-world coordinate system; thereby
creating historic map images that can be used in a GIS system. Under the supervision of the
GIS Coordinator, the Geography/GIS technician will create the place name records for
submittal to the dictionary.
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Extant electronic name listings
Unpublished electronic lists such as Keynames: Names of the Islands in the Florida Keys
(compiled by Islamorada Public Library Branch Manager Jim Clupper) and the place names
indexed from 6,500 Florida Sanborn maps will also be electronically mined for names. The
Name Extractor programmer (hired by the grant) will automate the checking of these lists
against the developing online dictionary and the GNIS legacy database. Missing names will
be formatted and submitted to the online dictionary database.
Product 3: Create the map interface to the dictionary database
Lead agency: UF Libraries
Responsible parties: GIS Coordinator, UF Libraries; FCLA
Using existing GIS software, the UF Map server, and the data in the online dictionary, the
GIS Coordinator will create and serve appropriate thematic layers related to historic named
places. The map interface will contain hyperlinks that permit the user to access remote
digital collections relating to places of interest.
As an example, a user can click on a map site labeled Fort Picolata and an additional
browser window will open displaying information on the Fort.Picolata.
Publicity
Because the Florida historic place name dictionary is potentially useful to thousands of
individuals in the state, extensive use will be made of electronic mailing lists for geographers,
teachers, libraries, local, state, and federal agencies, and the GIS community. Each of the
partners in the grant is expected to present this project at appropriate professional meetings and
submit written notices to appropriate newsletters, journals, and electronic mailing lists. The Map
Cataloging Project at the Florida State Library will be informed of this effort.
Librlry Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Numes: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Timeline for Action
Quarter 1 quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4
SOct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Ap May June July Aug Sept
1. Hire/train starf and
purchase equipment______ -_____
2. Identify, catalog,
digitize and georectify
maps
3*. Identify centroid
points, populate
place name records,
submit to FCLA
4. Develop online
historic place name
dictionary
5. Create GIS map
interface to place
names
6. Develop interface
with CERP Florida
Gazetteer
7. Develop electronic
instructional
materials, publicity
and distribute
* From the test run on the 1854 map, it is estimated that checking and creating place name
records from one map will take between 20-40 hours. The 1854 map took 16 hours to verify that
105 of 233 names did not have GNIS records.
Sustainability
As noted, the lack of a suitable Florida place name authority is hampering projects at all levels:
individual research, state agencies and private firms, and national projects. Because this project
focuses on historic place names, it is a subset of a much larger population of names but will
provide a critical resource for all work that is being done in restorative land management
projects. As noted, both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Geological Survey
(Please see letter from Roger Payne in Attachment B.) have a vested interest in assuring the long
term development of the CERP Florida Gazetteer projects and associated projects such as the
online dictionary.
While this project is intended to create a core set of historic place names for Florida, much
additional work will be needed to make the dictionary comprehensive. In the future, the record
submittal form will be available for direct citizen input. For the first year following the grant,
the following individuals have agreed to provide a cursory review of new names submitted: Dr.
Helen Jane Armstrong, Director of the Map & Imagery Library and Dr. Mil Willis, Special
Collections, University of Florida Libraries; and Carol Armstrong, Librarian at the Florida
Geological Survey, Tallahassee, FL. This review is done to assure that all mandated fields are
completed and that the submission is not a duplicate. During that year, a permanent review body
will be sought. Discussion is currently underway with the Florida Geological Survey, and Walt
Schmidt, State Geologist & Chief of the Florida Geological Survey, has indicated the Survey's
willing to participate. Guidelines and agreements will be discussed over the next year.
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
G. Budget page and Narrative
BUDGET
(Round all amounts to nearest dollar. Add additional lines if needed to include all information in a section.)
LOCAL/STATE
LSTA MATCH
SALARIES & BENEFITS (All salaries to be paid
from federal or local sources)
POSITION TITLE F.T.E.
UF staff
Project Coordinator .10 $6,572
Florida History Collection Curator .01 620
Map Cataloger .04 1,768
Map & Imagery Librarian .01 794
GIS Coordinator, UF Libraries .10 4,445
Large Format Camera Operator .04 1,778
FCLA staff
Assistant Director, Digital Library Services .08 7,674
Web Interface Designer .04 1,829
Project Staff
1-Florida Historical Place Dictionary Programmer 1 $45,720
(.83 FTE @ $44,245 = $36,870 + 8,849 benefits) (FCLA)
1-Geography/GIS technician)(UF) .88 13,230
(.88 FTE x 10.50/hr x 30/wk x 42wks)
1-Name extractor programmer to verify, structure non-map 2,520
records and submit to FCLA (UF)
(10.50/hr x 30/wk x 8 wks)
1-Name input technician (UF) .5 7,350
(10.50/hr x 20/wk x 35 wks)
TOTAL SALARIES $68.820 $25.480
CONTRACTUAL SERVICES (List each vendor)
LIBRARY MATERIALS (Include types of materials to be purchased)
NA
SUPPLIES
NA
TRAVEL
EQUIPMENT (Equipment and furniture with a useful life of
at least one year and a unit cost of $1,000 or more)
2 computer workstations .............. $3,000
TOTAL EQUIPMENT .............. $3,000
OTHER (Specify)
1 tape for TIFF image storage at FCLA@$80 80
10 platinum based CDs @ ($2.20/CD) 22
TOTAL ........... $71,820 + S25.582= $ 97402
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
BUDGETNARRA TIVE
Salaries and benefits
The salaries funded through this grant include:
1- Florida Historic Place Names Dictionary Programmer (.83 FTE) This assumes it will take the
first two months of the grant period to advertise for and hire a programmer, who will work the
remaining 10 months of the grant period.
1-Geography/GIS Technician (.88FTE)
1-Name Extractor Programmer
1- Name Input technician
The time of all other project participants will be contributed as a match to grant funds. Benefits
are calculated according to State of Florida rates of 21.8% of salary for those making $55,000
and above, 24% for salaries between $40,000 and $55,000, and 27% for salaries up to $40,000.
Equipment
Two workstations are being requested. One for the full time Dictionary Programmer (FCLA)
and one to be used by the Name Extractor Programmer and the Name Input Technician.(UF)
The cost is based on a computer configuration of 2.0 Ghz P4, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive,
17" flat monitor and up to a 64 MB video.
Other
The TIFF images created for each of the maps will be burned on platinum-based CDs for storage
at UF. Each 650MB will hold approximately 4 maps. To accommodate possible CD bur
errors, 10 CDs will be needed and will be purchased by UF.
1 tape for FCLA storage of TIFF images will be provided by FCLA.
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Attachment A: Letters from Rory Sutton and Roger Payne
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P. O. BOX 4970
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32232-0019
REY TO March 4, 2003
ATTENTION OF
Information Integration
Implementation Branch
Information Management
Ms. Priscilla Caplan
Assistant Director, Digital Library Services
Florida Center for Library Automation
5830 NW 39 Ave.
Gainesville, FL 32606
Dear Ms. Caplan:
As you are aware, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville Office has taken on the task of
creating a Florida Gazetteer for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. The purpose of the
Gazetteer is to facilitate the collection of Florida place names and their corresponding spatial footprints
with the ultimate goal of achieving an integrative system for the management of information products
developed by the hundreds of agencies and individuals involved in the Comprehensive Everglades
Restoration project. While our primary focus is the Everglades, this system will work for any named
place in Florida.
The system we are developing is fully compatible with the federal Geographic Names
Information System but is more fully enhanced to serve the needs we have identified in our own work.
It is my understanding that you are applying for an LSTA grant to concentrate on identifying and
collecting Florida historic place names and that you will also be exploring the possibility of capturing a
centroid spatial footprint for those places. It would be of great benefit to us, as we develop our system, to
attempt to ingest the new records you are creating into the Florida Gazetteer. Therefore, please consider
this letter our formal request to partner with you for beta testing our input mechanisms and protocols. We
will provide any technical support you might need for this activity.
We are extremely pleased to be able to cooperate with you. on this project knowing t t~tthe -',-
you do will be used for multiple purposes both at the state and national level.
Please do not hesitate to contact me, if you believe we can be of any specific assistance in your
project development.
Sincerely ours,,,
tto
Jackson ille District
Information Management Office
Regional GIS Technical Specialist
Copy Furnished: Ms. Stephanie Haas, Digital Library Center, University of Florida Libraries, Library
East, Gainesville Florida 32611-7007
UNITED STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES
In reply please use this address:
U. S. Geological Survey
523 National Center
Reston, Virginia 20192-0523 March 3, 2003
Ms. Priscilla Caplan
Assistant Director, Digital Library Services
Florida Center for Library Automation
5830 NW 39th Avenue
Gainesville, Florida 32606
Dear Ms. Caplan:
I understand that you have submitted a grant "Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names"
that will lead to an online dictionary of names mined from historic 18th and 19th century
maps, from the Sanbom maps for Florida, and from other unpublished sources. As part
of the grant, you will be submitting the place names to the Florida Geographic Names
Information System that is being developed as a Florida node into our own Geographic
Names Information System (GNIS), the nation's official geographic names repository.
We are extremely pleased that you will be beta testing the developing Florida system.
The names that are forwarded from your collection via the Florida node will be
incorporated into our official, national domestic place name file. We anticipate that
many will be variant names of established modem names as well as names of places that
no longer exist. Your efforts will greatly enhance the utility of the national listing for
Florida.
We will continue working with Rory Sutton, of the Jacksonville Office USACE, on the
development of the Florida node and foresee no difficulties in the transfer of records
between the systems.
Local efforts such as yours help us create a resource that serves citizens not only in
Florida, but also the nation and the world. Because we know that the GNIS database
serves library catalogers as the authority for domestic place names, we are extremely
pleased with the collaborative aspect of your grant. We hope that your work will prove a
model for other state efforts.
Please keep us posted on the developments, and please contact us if we may be of
assistance.
Sincere y ours,
'Roger EPa e
Executive Secretary /
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Attachment B. Historic Florida Place Names Identified on 1854 Map
(n=233; 105 not found in GNIS)
What
County
State GNIS
Entry
Alapaha
Alaqua (has bayou, church...)
Alligator Pt.
Amaxura I.
Amelia
Anastatia I. (Anastasia I.)
Anclote Keys
Anderson (Has school)
Appalachee Bay
Appalachincola (Apalachicola River)
Arredondos Grant (1)
Arredondos Grant (2)
Aspalaga
Asternal
Bambridge (Bainbridge)
Barnes Sound
Bay Carlos
Bear Cut
Big Cr. (Big Creek)
Black C.
Black Coesar Cr
Black Water
Bleach Yard
Boca Captive
Boca Sarazota (Sarasota)
Boca Seca
C. Florida (Have Cape Florida light house...)
Cape Canaveral
Cape Roman (Romano, Cape)
Cape Sable
Cape St. Blas (Cape San Bias Lighthouse)
Cape St Joseph (Saint Joseph Peninsula and
Saint Joseph Point)
Captive I. (Island)
Casparilla I. (Gasparilla Island)
Castor I.
Caximbas (Caxambas?)
Caximbas Bay (Caxambas Bay)
Cayo de Boca
Cayo Largo
Cedar Cr. (Creek)
Cedar Keys
Charlotte (Charlotte Pond??)
Charlotte Har (Harbor)
Chatahoochee (Chattahoochee River)
Chatham Bay
Chersonese Pt.
Chichuchaty
Chipola (and Chipola Terrace)
Chipola (River)
Choctawhatchee B (Bay)
Choctawhatchee (River)
Clam I.
Cocoa Nut Pt (Coconut Point).
Colerain
Coolasahatchie (Caloosahatchee River)
Cumberland I.
River/Creek
Populated place
Cape
Island
Island
Island
Island
Populated place
Bay
River
Land tract
Land tract
Populated place
Stream
Town
Bay
Bay
Channel
Stream
Stream
Looks like Island
Stream
9
9
Cape?
Not as cape; as
populated place
Cape
Cape
Cape
Cape
Island
Island
Island
Stream
Bay
Island
Island
Stream
Island
Lake??
Bay
Stream
Bay
Point
Stream
Populated area
Stream
Bay
Stream
Island
Cape
Polulated place
Stream
Island
Hamilton/Charlton?
Walton
Madison/Gulf
Dade
Nassau
Duval
Dade/Gulf
Escambia
Jeff./Leon/Mad./Gulf
Franklin
Alachua
Monroe
Gadsden
Hillsboro
Decatur
Monroe/Florida Keys
Monroe (S of Charlotte)
Monroe SE near Cape FL
Columbia/Nassau
Duval
Monroe SE near Cape FL
Escambia
Mosquito
Gulf/Hillsboro/Monroe
Gulf/Hillsboro
Gulf/Monroe
Monroe?
Brevard
FL GA
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL GA
FL
FL
FL
FL
GA
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
AL FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
Monroe/Collier/Gallivans Bay FL
Monroe FL
Franklin/Gulf FL
Gulf FL
Lee FL Yes
Lee FL Yes?
Dade/Hillsboro/Tampa Bay FL No
Monroe SW/Chatham Bay FL No
Monroe/Collier/Gallivans Bay FL Yes
Florida Keys FL No
Monroe/Florida Keys FL Yes
Baker/Duval FL Yes
Gulf/Levy/ FL Yes
Monroe!Herando FL No?
Hillsboro/Monroe/Charlotte FL Yes
Lots AL FL GA Yes
Monroe FL No
Monroe FL No
Indian Reserve FL No
Calhoun/Jackson FL Yes?
Gulf/Washington/Jackson, FL Yes
Walton FL Yes
Walton AL FL Yes
Hillsboro FL No
Monroe/Brevard FL Yes
Camden GA Yes
Monroe NW/Lee FL Yes
Camden GA Yes
18
Place/Feature
57 Cumberland So.
58 Delespines Grant
59 Dell's P. O.
60 Dog I. (Island)
61 Dunnis? L. (Might be Crescent Lake)
62 Econfina C (Creek)
63 Econfena (Econfina River)
64 Ellis I. (Island?)
65 Escambia B (Bay)
66 Escambia (Escambia River)
67 The Everglades
68 Fenaholoway (Fenholloway River)
69 Fernandina (Entrance)
70 Flemings Grant
71 Flint (River)
72 Florida
73 Florida Keys
74 Florida Reefs
75 Fort Drane (historical)
76 Fort Gadsden
77 Fort Izard
78 Fort King (historical)
79 Fort Scott (historical)
80 Gadsden
81 Gallivans
82 Gallivans Bay
83 Great Ponds
84 Halifax (River)
85 Helley I.
86 Helley's Keys
87 Hickory Hill (Has a summit)
88 Hickstown
89 High Hills
90 Hitchipucsasy (Hitchapukasse (historical)
91 Holmes Valley
92 lamony L. (lamonia Lake)
93 Indian (Indian Bay, Indian Bayou)
94 Indian Boundary Line
95 Indian Cow Pens
96 Irwins
97 Jacksonville
98 James I.
99 Jupiter In.
100 Jykill I. (Jekyll Island)
101 Lake Macaco (Lake Okeechobee)
102 Lake Wimico (Wimico)
103 Little (Little Creek)
104 Little Bar (Little Bare Beach)
105 Long Boat Inlet
106 Long I. (1) Longboat Key?)
107 Long I. (2)
108 Long Swamp
109 Lowr Crossing
110 Holmes Cr
I11 Lake George(George, Lake)
112 L. Jackson (Jackson, Lake)
113 Last Mans Key? (Lostmans Key)
114 Lit. St. Johns
115 LloydsL.
116 Mt. Vemon
117 Mangrove I. (1)
118 Mangrove I. (2) (Mangrove Key)
119 Marianna
120 Matanzas Inlet
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Bay Nassau/Camden FL/GA Yes
Tract Mosquito FL No
Populated place? Alachua FL No
Island Franklin FL Yes
Lake Mosquito FL No
Stream Washington/Bay FL Yes
River/Creek Madison/Taylor FL Yes
Island Florida Reef/Monroe SE FL No
Bay Santa Rosa/Escambia FL Yes
Stream Escambia AL FL Yes
Swamp Broward FL Yes
Stream Madison/Taylor FL Yes
Channel Nassau FL Yes?
Tract Mosquito FL No
Stream Decatur GA Yes
Populated place Escambia FL No
Island Monroe FL Yes
Reef Monroe FL No
Military Marion/Alachua? FL Yes
Populated place Franklin FL Yes
Military Indian Reserve FL No
Military Marion/Alachua FL Yes
Military Decatur GA Yes
Populated place Leon FL No
Stream Monroe FL No
Bay Collier/Monroe FL Yes
Cluster of lakes Alachua FL No
Stream Volusia/Mosquito FL Yes
Island Dade FL No
Key Dade FL No
Populated place Jackson FL No
Populated palce Madison FL No
? Indian Reserve (north) FL No
Populated place Polk FL Yes
Populted place Washington FL Yes
Lake Jefferson FL GA Yes
Bay? Mosquito FL Yes
No
? FL No
River/Creek Hamilton/Charlton? FL GA No
Populated place Duval FL Yes
Gadsden FL No
gut Palm Beach/Mosquito FL Yes
Island Glynn GA Yes
Lake Monroe FL Yes
Lake Gulf FL Yes
Stream Columbia FL GA Yes
locale Palm Beach/Mosquito FL Yes
Inlet Hillsboro FL No
Island or Key Hillsboro FL ?
Island Florida Keys/Reefs/Miami FL Yes
Swamp
9
Stream
Lake
Lake
Island
River/Creek
Lake
Island
Island
Populated place
channel
Dade
Indian Reserve/Putnam
Mosquito
Jackson/Washington
Mosquito/Alachua/Volusia
Leon
Monroe
Columbia/Hamilton
Jackson/Gadsdcn
Mosquito/St. Lucie
Florida Keys/Miami Dade
Jackson
Duval/St. Johns
FL
FL
AL FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
Mecanopy (Micanopy)
Mecosukie L.
Miccot
Mirandas Grant
Monticello
Mosquito Bar
Mosquito Lagoon
Mount Tucker
Mullet Key
Nassau (River)
Nassau Inlet
New Inlet
New Matacomb
New River
N. East Br.
N. W. Branch
North (River)
North C. (Creek)
Ocilla
Ocklawaha (River)
Oclockonnee (Sp.?)
Oclockonnee B (Sp.?)
Okihamky (Okahumpka)
Old Matacomb
Opilacloy
Opossum C.
Orange L. (Lake)
Oyster Bars
Palm (River)
Palm Island
Parrots C (Parrot Creek)
Pavillion Key
Pea (River)
Pease Cr.
Pellicers
Pensacola
Pensacola Bay
Perdido B (Perdido Bay)
Perdido (Perdido River)
Perdido En (Perdido Pass)
Picolatti (Picolata)
Pilaklikaha (Pilaklakha (historical))
Pine I.
Pine Islands
Pithlachuca L.
Potomac
Quincy
Richardson
Rio Ratones
Rk. Haven
Rocky (Creek??)
Rocky Spring
Ross
Salubrity
Santa Rosa Bay (Santa Rosa Sound)
Santa Rosa Inlet
Santa Rosa Island
Santafee (Santa Fe River)
Sanybel 1. (Sanibel Island)
Santilla (Satilla River)
St. Andrews Bay (Saint Andrew Bay)
St. Andrews Inlet
St. Andrew's I. (Saint Andrew -pop.pl)
St. Andrews So. (Sound)
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Populated place
Lake
Tract
Populated place
Lake?
9
Island
Stream
Bay
Island
Stream
Stream
Stream
River/Creek
Stream
Stream
Stream
Stream
Bay
Stream
Island
Stream
Lake
?
Stream
Island
Stream
Island
Stream
Stream
Populated place
Populated place
Bay
Bay
River/Creek ?
Channel
Populated place
Populated place
Island
Island
Stream
Populated palace
River/Creek
Populated place
River/Creek?
Lake
Populated place
Populated place
Bay
Inlet/channel
Island
Stream
Island
River
Bay
Bay
Bay
Alachua
Jefferson
Hillsboro/Dade
Jefferson
Mosquito
Mosquito/Volusia
Mosquito
Dade/Pinellas
Nassau
Nassau/Duval
Monroe
Florida Keys
Monroe//Broward
Monroe/Everglades
Monroe (SE)/Indian River
Alachua
Gadsden/Leon
Leon/Jefferson
Indian Reserve/Lake
Florida Keys
Alachua/Marion
Appalachee Bay
Hillsboro
Hillsboro/Hemando
Jackson/Holmes
Monroe/Chatham Bay
Walton/Geneva
Hillsboro/Monroe/Indian
Reserve
Duval
Escambia
Santa Rosa/Escambia
Escambia
Escambia
Escambia
Duval/St. Johns
Indian Reserve/Sumter
Hillsboro/Monroe
Florida Keys
Alachua
Monroe/Everglades (east)
Gadsden
Monroe/Everglades (east)
Leon
Hillsboro
Mosquito
Gadsden
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Alachua/Gilchrist
Monroe/Lee
Camden
Bay
Washington
Camden/Glenn
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
F
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
AL FL
FL
AL FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
AL FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
GA
FL
FL
FL
GA
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes??
No
No
No
Yes??
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
20
185 St. Augustine (Saint)
185 St. Clements C.
186 St. Clements I.
187 St. Clements Port
188 St. Georges Islands
189 St. George's Sound
190 St. Josephs B (Saint Joseph Bay)
191 St. Joseph's Island (Saint Joseph Peninsula)
192 St. Lucie (River)
193 St. Lucie Rocks (Shoal)
194 St. Marks (Saint Marks)
195 St. Martins Keys (Saint Martins Keys)
196 St. Marys (Saint Marys)
197 St. Marys (Siant Marys River)
198 St. Simons I. (Saint Simons Island)
199 St. Simons Sound (Saint Simons Sound)
200 Salano
201 Sharks (Shark River)
202 Shoal
203 Smyrna
204 Spring
205 Spring Garden
206 Staffords
207 Stinhatchee (Steinhatchee River)
208 Store
209 Suwanee (Suwannee? River)
210 S.W.Cap
211 Sytaky'sT.
212 Talbot Inlet
213 Tallahassee
214 Tampa B.
215 The Bulls
216 The Gap
217 Thompson's I. (Thompson Island)
218 Tolosa
219 Tietie Cr (Titi Creek?)
220 Trackofthe Indians
221 Uppr Crossing
222 U.S. Cantonnent?
223 Vacassa B.
224 Vincent's I.
225 Volusia
226 Wares L.
227 Webbville
228 Wimico
229 Witamky
230 Withlacoochee
231 Withlacoshee (Withlacoochee River)
232 Yellow Water (River)
233 Youngs
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Populated place FL Yes
Cape? Dade FL
Island Dade FL No
Dade FL No
Islands Franklin FL No
Bay Franklin FL No
Bay Gulf FL Yes
Gulf FL No? Yes
Stream Martin FL
Bar Martin FL Yes
Populated place Leon/Wakulla FL No?
Island Alachua/Citrus FL Yes
Populated place Camden GA Yes
Stream Nassau GA Yes
Island Glynn GA Yes
Bay Glynn GA Yes
FL Yes
Stream Monroe FL No?
FL Yes
FL No?
Stream ?? GA No?
Populated place Mosquito/Volusia FL ??
Populated place Duval FL Yes
Stream Madison/Dixie FL No?
FL Yes
River Madison.Alachua... FL No?
FL Yes
? Alachua FL No
Inlet? Duval FL No
Populated place Leon FL No
Bay Hillsboro FL Yes
Shoals? Mosquito FL Yes
? Strait FL No
Island Monroe/Florida Keys FL No
FL Yes
Stream Walton FL No
Road Indian Reserve FL ??
? Mosquito/Indian Reserve FL No
? Hillsboro FL No
Bay Alachua FL No
Island Franklin/Gulf FL No
Populated place Volusia FL No
Lake Indian Reserve F Yes
Populated place Jackson FL No
Stream Franklin FL No
FL No
Stream Dade FL No
Stream Madison FL GA ??
Stream Santa Rosa/Walton FL GA Yes
Stream FL Yes
Environmental Protection. This was a collaborative grant with the University of Florida Herbarium to digitize
and make available over the Web, University of Florida herbarium specimens of Category II invasive exotics.
"Linking Florida's Natural Heritage: Science and Citizenry" (http://www.fcla.edullinkfl) will
create a virtual library of Florida ecological information from a set of disparate and
heterogeneous databases located on computers throughout Florida. This is a model
program of cooperation between the Florida Museum of Natural History; the
libraries of the University of Florida, Florida International University, and Florida
Atlantic University; and the Florida Center for Library Automation. The networking
technologies used will conform to the latest national and international standards
applicable to information system design including the Z39.50 protocol. (Funded by
the Institute for Museum and Library Studies, October 1998)
Selected Publications
2000 "Linking Florida's Natural Heritage: Science & Citizenry" Co-authored with
Priscilla Caplan. Published in FirstMonday: Peer-reviewed journal on the Internet.
URL: http://firstmonday.orglissueslissue5_6/haas/index.html#h1
1999 "Ecology and Ecosystem Management: Core Journals and Indexes" Co-
authored with Catherine W. Lee and Anita L. Battiste. Science &
Technology Libraries, v.18, no.1, p.3-24
1998 Florida's Environmental Mosaic: Balancing the Everglades and
Disneyworld" Florida Libraries, v.41, no.4, p.88-89
1998 "Metadata Mania: An Overview" in Proceedings of the 23rd Annual
Conference of IAMSLIC, Charleston, South Carolina, October 1997
1997 "Scientific Research on the Natural History of the Bahamas: An Overview
of the Published Literature" in Bahamas Biodiversity Data Management
(BDM) Report-95, Final Report, October 1997. p.96-107
1997 "Holes in the Dike: Is Cambridge Scientific Losing Water?" in Proceedings of the 22nd
Annual Conference of IAMSLIC, Monterey Bay, California, October 13-18, 1996.
Selected Presentations
"Of Deserts, Springs, and Plants: a Freshwater Mosaic" presented at the 26th Annual
Conference of the International Association of Marine and Aquatic Science Libraries
and Information Center by Stephanie Haas, Digital Library Center, Univ. of Florida,
Karen Brown, Aquatic Plants Information Center, Univ. of Florida, and Paula Wolfe,
Univ. of Arizona, Victoria, B.C. 2000
"Linking Florida's Natural Heritage" presented at the Institute for Museum and Library Services
Web-Wise Conference, Washington, March 2000
"Linking Florida's Natural Heritage: Science & Citizenry: A Case Study in Crossing Information
Boundaries" at the session Museum Collection and Natural History Data on the World
Wide Web for Special Libraries Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, June 2000.
"Research Metadata on the Web" presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the
International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and
Information Centers, 1998.
"Florida Ecosystem Management: The Metadata Factor" poster presented at the
Natural Resources Forum, 1998
"Metamania: An Overview of Metadata" presented at the 23d Annual Conference
of the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries
and Information Centers, 1997.
"Holes in the Dike: Is Cambridge Scientific Losing Water?" presented at 22nd
Annual Conference of the International Association of Aquatic and Marine
Science Libraries and Information Centers, 1996
"Florida Biotic Information Consortium," presented at the 6th Annual
Meeting of the Natural Resources Information Council, 5-8 August 1996.
"Florida Biotic Information Consortium," presented at the Organization of
Fish and Wildlife Information Managers meeting, 15 July 1996.
"Serious Science on the Web," presented at the Florida and Caribbean Chapter, Special Libraries
Association meeting "Riding the Internet Waves, 2 February 1996, Gainesville, FL
"The Agriculture/Environment Interface: Locating the Relevant Literature." Presented at the
Second Environmentally Sound Agriculture Conference, Orlando, FL, March 20-22, 1994.
PRISCILA C PI..AN
http://www.fclk. :dL.'-pcaplan
pcaplan( ufl.edu
EMPLOYMENT
FLORIDA CENTER FOR LIBRARY AUTOMATION. Assistant Director for Digital Library
Services. 8/99-
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LIBRARY. Assistant Director for Library Systems. 8/93-7/99.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, Office for Information Systems. Cambridge, MA. Head,
Systems Development Division, 7/85-7/93. Systems Librarian, 8/79-7/85.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Co-chair, OCLC/RLG PREMIS (Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies) Working
Group, 2003-
Member, IMLS Digital Collections and Content Steering Committee, 2003-
Contributing Editor, Smart Libraries Newsletter (formerly Library Systems Newsletter), 2002-
Co-chair, NISO/EDItEUR Joint Working Party on the Exchange of Serials Subscription
Information, 2002-
Member, CrossRef Library Advisory Board, 2001-
Chair, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Digital Library Forum, 2001-
Member, ALCTS Task Force on the Library of Congress Action Plan for Bibliographic Control of
Web Resources, 2001-
Chair, National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Standards Development Committee,
1997-; Member, NISO Board of Directors, 1998-.
Member, Dublin Core Advisory Committee, 1998-2000. Co-Chair, Dublin Core Standardization
Working Group, 1999-2000.
Lecturer, Dominican University, School of Library and Information Science. 7/98-7/99.
Director, CUIP Digital Library, Chicago Public Schools/University of Chicago Internet Project,
11/97- 7/99.
Member, Digital Library Federation, Architecture Committee, 1998-1999.
ALCTS/LITA/RASD Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee (MARBI). Member
1991-1993, 1993-1995 terms. Chair 1995-1996.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Metadata Fundamentals forAll Librarians. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.
"A Lesson in Linking", Library Journal NetConnect, Fall 2001.
"Linking to the Appropriate Copy: Report of a DOI-based Prototype", D-Lib Magazine, v. 7, no. 9
(September 2001). With 9 co-authors.
'Taking Stock of the Virtual Library: Services and Standards", Information Standards Quarterly, v.
13, no. 3 (July 2001).
"Reference Linking for Journal Articles: Promise, Progress and Perils." portal: Libraries and
the Academy, v. 1, no. 3 (July, 2001).
"International Metadata Initiatives: Lessons in Bibliographic Control." Paper prepared for the
Library of Congress Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control, 2000.
http://Icweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/caplan_paper.html
"Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave: Opportunities and Challenges for Standards Development
in the Digital Library Arena." First Monday 5:6 (June 5, 2000).
"Linking Florida's Natural Heritage: Science & Citizenry." First Monday 5:6 (June 5, 2000). Co-
authored with Stephanie Haas.
"Metadata 101: a primer" in The Cybrarian's Manual 2. Pat Ensor, ed. Chicago: American Library
Association, 2000.
"Reference Linking for Journal Articles." D-Lib Magazine 5:7/8 (July/August 1999). Co-authored
with William Yeo Arms.
"Casting the Net." Various columns for Public Access Computer Systems Review, 1992-1998.
(http://info.lib.uh.edu/pacsrev.html)
"Metadata for Internet Resources: The Dublin Core Metadata Elements Set and Its Mapping to
USMARC." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly (The Haworth Press, Inc.) 22:3/4 (1996) 43-58.
Co-authored with Rebecca Guenther.
"U-R-Stars: Standards for Controlling Internet Resources." The Serials Librarian (The Haworth
Press, Inc.) 28:3/4 (1996) 239-246.
"Controlling E-Journals: The Internet Resources Project, Cataloging Guidelines, and USMARC."
The Serials Librarian (The Haworth Press, Inc.) 24:3/4 (1994) 103-111.
"Local Systems." In Format Integration and Its Effect on Cataloging, Training, and Systems.
Karen Coyle, ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1993.
"Implementation of the USMARC Format for Holdings and Locations at the Harvard University
Library." In USMARC Format for Holdings and Locations: Implementation and Use. Barry B.
Baker, ed. NY: Haworth Press, 1988.
"A Technique for Evaluating Automatic Term Clustering." Journal of the American Society for
Information Science. 31:2 (1978) 89-96. Co-authored with Martin Dillon.
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Attachment D: Job Descriptions for Hired Project Staff
1. Florida Historic Place Names Dictionary Implementation Programmer
2. Geography/GIS technician
3. Name extractor Programmer
4. Name input technician
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Position Title: Coordinator, Computer Applications (Florida Historic Place Names Dictionary
Implementation Programmer)
Salary: $36,870 for a 10 month appointment, December 2003-September 2004. ($44,245
annually)
Responsible to: Assistant Director, Digital Library Services, Florida Center for Library
Automation
Job Summary: Responsible for designing and programming the functionality of the Florida
Historic Place Names Dictionary including the design of the database, the tools for inputting and
exporting records, and documenting all aspects of the project. The incumbent will work closely
with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District and the GIS Coordinator, UF
Libraries to insure need interoperability between functional components is achieved.
Required qualifications: Working knowledge of HTML, PL/SQL, Java forms with graphic
applications, Oracle or DB2. Experience with ColdFusion and GIS applications is preferred.
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Position Title: Geography/GIS technician
Salary: $12,700 for .88 FTE appointment, October 2003-September 2004 (OPS Student Position)
Responsible to: GIS Coordinator, UF Libraries
Responsibilities: Under the direct supervision of Joe Aufmuth, GIS Coordinator, UF Libraries,
this technician will be responsible for determining centroid points for historic places and for
compiling and submitting records to FCLA using the tools developed during this project.
Required qualifications: Knowledge of Florida geography and basic GIS technologies.
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Nines: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Position Title: Name Extractor Programmer
Salary: S12,700 .75 FTE appointment, October 2003-September 2004
Responsible to: Project Coordinator, Digital Library Center, University of Florida
Responsibilities: This student programmer will perform data comparisons between the existing
GNIS databases and on other name related data files such as the Sanborn map indexes.
Duplicate entries will be identified. Non-duplicated entries will be formatted for automatic
ingestion into the dictionary at FCLA and ultimately the GNIS data system. This programmer
will work closely with the programmer at FCLA.
Qualifications: Ability to design and manage software development and database design; ability
to communicate between the grant partners.
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Position Title: Name Input Technician
Salary: hourly $10.50, October 2003-September 2004
Responsible to: Project Coordinator, Digital Library Center, University of Florida
Responsibilities: This student will review name sources recommended by the Florida History
Collection Curator, May & Imagery Librarian and others against the GNIS legacy name database
and the developing dictionary. The technician will create appropriate records for missing names
including the geospatial footprints, as available, and submit the records to FCLA.
Qualifications: Basic computer skills and the ability to make decisions as to classification
schema and database input.
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
Attachment E: Letters/Email in Support of Grant
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
From: S Casper [sc@acsalaska.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 6:38 PM
To: Stephanie Haas
Subject: FL Historical Place Names
Hello,
I have just recently heard about your project to gather all the FL historical
place names from maps etc.
This is a great idea. I know I would use this. In fact a couple of years
ago Jim Powell and I were trying to find where a settlement or village was in
Alachua Cty FL. We looked and looked and to this day are not exactly sure
where it was. It was SPRING GROVE. In 1830 it had a post office. My
ancestor, John Hague, lived there. Your project would greatly help us locate
this place especially if it has the coordinates so we could find it on a map.
Another settlement was HOGTOWN. I know that Hogtown eventually became
Gainesville but where was it located in the Gainesville area? I had another
ancestor who lived there.
As you can see this information will be very useful to me and to others.
Thank you for your work and please let me know when it is finished or when
you find these settlements.
Sheila Casper
Fairbanks Alaska
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
From: GGCHAS@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 7:16 PM
To: Stephanie Haas
Subject: Mapping Florida's Historical Place Names: an online dictionary
I very much support Mapping Florida's Historical Place Names: an online
dictionary. I am a former Floridan that is now living in South Carolina.
Anything we can save for future generations to learn their past is important.
We have no future if we destroy the past.
Gayle D. Chastain
Spartanburg, SC 29303
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
From: Rich Gause L3
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 3:36 PM
To: Stephanie Haas
Subject: Re: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online
dictionary
Stephanie,
Yes, our students would make use of such a resource, particularly if y'all
can include information regarding the origin of the place names, with
citations to sources verifying the place name's origin. Orlando is a good
example of a problem, since there are several theories about the origin of
the place name.
Other desired features are alternate spellings and name changes over time.
How about nicknames?
Examples:
Bradenton, Bradentown, Braidentown
Fanning Springs, Fannin Springs, Sykesville, Suwannee River
Plant City Winter Strawberry Capital of the World
Reedy Creek Improvement District, Walt Disney World
It would be great if somehow you could get permission from the Morris family
to incorporate the descriptions from Allen Morris' "Place Names of Florida"
Dreamlist:
ability to generate a map of Florida or a particular county or a region for a
given year/decade showing the place names in use at that time, with
checkboxes to identify which types of places to display.
Rich Gause
Government Documents Librarian
University of Central Florida
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
From: John Haager [jhaager@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:24 PM
To: SteDhanie Haas
Subject: Florida Historic Place names
Stephanie,
I would be very interested in this information being available on line.
I am a 4th generation Floridian and have been researching my family
tree/roots for more than 10 years. Most of my searching has taken place
online and I appreciate all those who have helped in the geneaology
search.
Please accept this as a cry to make this information available.
Thank you for this opportunity.
John Haager
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
From: Edward N Ham [ejharn@juno.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:14 PM
To: Stephanie Haas
Subject: an online dictionary of Floridas Historical Place Names.
Stephanie:
I never thought when I graduated from UF many years ago how much
pleasure and interest I would take in Florida history. Five brothers
in my family moved to Florida in 1824. Over twenty years ago I began a
search of Florida history and the Geneology of my family that has become the
most interesting hobby of my life. I am nearing retirement and still am
finding and sharing significant information on my family. As more
information becomes available on the internet I have taken great pleasure
finding bits and peace of how they were involved in the very rich history of
our state.
I very much look forward to your dictionary since my family has
become large & have lived in many places throughout Florida. The
information you propose should prove very useful in locating a number of the
places I am trying to locate.
Edward N. Harn
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapping Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
From: RussellHenderson@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 3:36 PM
To: Stephanie Haas
Subject: Mapping Florida's Historical Place Names
Though it may not be a surprise to you, a large class of users will be
amateur genealogists. In researching my early Florida families, I have
recently wanted to know the location of:
Fort Mitchell ca. 1814 (apparently near Micanopy/Payne's Prairie from where
the US was petitioned to support the annexation of Spanish Florida)
Railroad siding at Cadillac (in Alachua County)
Defunct town Gracy (somewhere in North Central Florida)
Once a post office Spring Grove (in the Alachua County area)
Denham Springs (near Gainesville)
Monarch (in Sumter County)
While knowing the latitude/longitude of these places would be nice, a general
location would be very helpful. For example, further research seems to
indicate that Fort Mitchell may have been located about two miles north of
Micanopy on what is now County Road 234.
Library Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Project Names: Mapp;ng Florida's Historic Place Names: an online dictionary
From: Chris [cpeterkelly@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:43 AM
To: Stephanie Haas
Subject: Florida Historic Place Names Atlas
Stephanie C. Haas
Assistant Director
Digital Library Center
Dear Ms. Haas,
Please add my name to your list of parties interested in the Historic
Place Names Atlas. At several times in the past year or two I've come
across Florida place names that are no longer in use, and names that may
have received only local or community use. I've assumed that the names
referenced locations were not much more than turpentine camps, but don't
place much faith in that assumption.
If the Atlas develops, or if you need a more tangible expression of
support, please don't hesitate.
Yours truly,
Chris Kelly, President
St Petersburg Preservation, Inc.
Partnership Agreement
Library Services and Technology Act Grant
An agreement should be completed between the library and each partner. If another agreement or contract is already in
place, it can be substituted for this form as long as the conditions listed below are included.
Library/Organization Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Partnering Agency Name: University of Florida Libraries
Partner Mailing Address: Smathers Library, P.O. Box 117007, Gainesville, FL 32611-7007
Project Name: Mapping Florida's Historical Names: an online dictionary
We, the undersigned agree to provide the following programs, services, or activities:
[Specify library programs, services or activities]
FCLA will develop and support all functions related to the online dictionary of Florida's historical names as outlined in this
grant. It will collaborate with the Florida Geographic Names Information System node of the GNIS to share records and with
the GIS Coordinator, UF Libraries to create a map interface using GIS technology. All aspects of the grant will be
administered through the offices of FCLA.
[Specify partner programs, services or activities]
The University of Florida Libraries will provide the following:
1. Selection, digitization, and georeferencing of 35 benchmark Florida maps.
2. Mining of digitized maps for named places and construction of a centroid spatial footprint when possible.
3. Creating records for submittal to FCLA as part of the online dictionary
4. Comparing extant electronic files of historic names against GNIS listings and selectively creating records for submittal
to the dictionary.
5. In collaboration with FCLA, creating a map interface to historic place name data.
We further agree to each of the following:
o To implement the project as presented in the project application and any project revisions.
o If the partner organization is a faith-based community organization, that the support received through the project will not be
used for religious or sectarian purposes.
o That funds or services received will be used in accordance with the application and any applicable laws and regulations.
o Services will be provided at no charge and will be available to the target population.
Si nature of Authorized Lib ary Official Signature of Authorized Partner Official
James F. Corey Dale B. Canelas
Name of Authorized Library Official Name of Authorized Partner Official
(print or type) (print or type)
Director, Florida Center for Library Automation Library Director, University of Florida Libraries
Title of Authorized Library Official Title of Authorized Partner Official
3Date 10/ _Date /o
Date / Date
Partnership Agreement
Library Services and Technology Act Grant
An agreement should be completed between the library and each partner. If another agreement or contract is already in
place, it can be substituted for this form as long as the conditions listed below are included.
Library/Organization Name: Florida Center for Library Automation
Partnering Agency Name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Partner Mailing Address: 400 W. Bay Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202
Project Name: Mapping Florida's Historical Place Names: an online dictionary
We, the undersigned agree to provide the following programs, services, or activities:
[Specify library programs, services or activities]
FCLA will develop and support all functions related to the online dictionary of Florida's historical names as outlined in
this grant. It will collaborate with the Florida Geographic Names Information System node of the GNIS to share records,
and with the GIS Coordinator, UF Libraries to create a map interface using GIS technology. All aspects of the grant will
be administered through the offices of FCLA.
[Specify partner programs, services or activities]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will work with FCLA to coordinate the ingestion of Florida's historic
place name records into the Florida Gazetteer being created by the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
(CERP). Records ingested into the CERP Florida Gazetteer will be integrated into the national GNIS system. USACE
will provide technical support for all aspects of this activity.
We further agree to each of the following:
o To implement the project as presented in the project application and any project revisions.
o If the partner organization is a faith-based community organization, that the support received through the project will not be
used for religious or sectarian purposes.
o That funds or services received will be used in accordance with the application and a y applicable laws and regulations.
o Services will be provided at no charge and will be available to the target populati.
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James F. Corey Rory J. Sutton
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Director, Florida Center for Library Automation Regional GIS Technical Specialist
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