The goals of the library's geospatial program are to:
- promote interdisciplinary geospatial education at the college (educational mission)
- provide geospatial and demographic resources to Baruch, CUNY, and the wider community (data and resources mission)
- promote Baruch College as a member of the greater geospatial community (scholarship mission)
Educational programs (for current students, faculty, and staff of Baruch College and CUNY)
- Research consultations for census / demographic data and GIS (by appointment)
- The GIS Practicum: day-long introductory GIS workshops using QGIS
- Research guides for GIS, Census data, NYC data, and demography
- In-class lectures related to demographic data and mapping (by request from faculty)
Data programs
- Data processing assistance, including address geocoding (for Baruch and CUNY affiliates only)
- Maintenance of Baruch's spatial data repository
- Creation of value-added data resources