John Clark
Degrees
- MLIS, University of Pittsburgh
- MS (Geography) Penn State University
- BA (Interdisciplinary Studies) University of Maine
John consults on geographic information systems (GIS) across a wide variety of disciplines. He offers research, reference and instructional support for all aspects of geospatial information technology at the College, including desktop and web applications. He brings extensive experience with the discovery, acquisition, and processing of maps and geospatial data in all formats. He offers support for courses using maps and GIS. And he partners with faculty to create geospatial data and produce maps for books and other publications.
Selected presentations and professional development
- “The Lehigh Valley Historical Maps Collection Online, latest developments” | Western Association of Map Libraries Conference | September 19-20, 2022
- “Geographies of Papermaking in North America, 1873-1930: Building a Geodatabase from a Historical Business Directory.” | Forty-sixth Annual Conference of the Social Science History Association | Philadelphia PA | November 2021
- “Old Maps and New Technology: Historic Maps of Easton and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)” | Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society | Easton PA | February 5, 2020
- “Exploring Industrial Pennsylvania through T M Fowler’s 19th Century Bird’s-Eye Views” | Eighty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Association | Lancaster PA | October 2018
Selected publications
- Benner, J., Lalonde, T., Slayton, E., Sadvari, J. Zhang, S. & Clark J. (forthcoming 2025) Geography Education, GIS, and Libraries. Oxford Bibliographies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Clark, J H & D W Holdsworth (2018) “Wood Pulp and the New Industrial Landscape of Maine, 1880-1930” Maine History 52(1):47-75. Clark, J H (2016)
- “The Long-Term Preservation of Digital Historical Geospatial Data: A Review of Issues and Methods” Journal of Map & Geography Libraries 12(2): 187-201.
- Clark, J H (2015) Plates 43, 44, 46, 64, 65 in Historical Atlas of Maine. Hornsby, S J & R W Judd eds. Orono ME: University of Maine Press.
Faculty publications featuring John’s cartography:
- Salas Landa, M. M. (2024) Visible Ruins: The Politics of Perception and the Legacies of Mexico’s Revolution. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. Pite, R. (2023)
- Sharing Yerba Mate: How South America’s Most Popular Drink Defined a Region. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press Zoilkowski, E. Series editor.
- The Bible in Folklore Worldwide. Berlin: De Gruyter. Volume II (2023) A Handbook of Biblical Reception in Folklores of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. Volume I (2017)
- A Handbook of Biblical Reception in Jewish, European Christian, and Islamic Folklores. Barclay, P. D. (2018)
- Outcasts of Empire: Japan’s Rule on Taiwan’s “Savage Border” 1874– 1945. Oakland CA: University of California Press.
- Hendrickson, Brett. 2017. The Healing Power of the Santuario de Chimayó: America’s miraculous church. New York: New York University Press.
- Rosen, D. (2015) Border Law: The First Seminole War and American Nationhood. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.
- Wilson-Fall, Wendy. 2015. Performance of Difference: remembering Madagascar in the Afro-Atlantic world. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press.
- Sanborn, Joshua A. 2015. Imperial Apocalypse: the Great War and the destruction of the Russian Empire. Oxford: Oxford University Press.