Andrew Scott Laughland

Drew.Laughland (at) yahoo.com

Experience providing public service in academic GIS and map libraries.
Advanced knowledge of ESRI and other GIS products, SAS, SPSS, web, and database software.
Experience selecting print and electronic resources for research applications.
Strong background in social sciences, health, environment, and economics (Ph.D.).
Developed and conducted training on complex topics for professional audiences.

Collaboratively created a wiki for the social sciences to aid undergraduate researchers.
Developed Google Earth application to display detailed census data.

Analyzed survey, census, and market data to characterize agricultural markets and respond to environmental issues.
Co-author of best paper to appear in the Journal of Agricultural Economics in 1994.
Certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), an online course, 2004.

Rotch Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, February 2007 - Present
GIS Laboratory Assistant

Provided reference assistance to students and faculty in use of GIS and data analysis.
Assisted with data, map, and book acquisitions.
Consolidated data from four different projects to create a single metadata database of the Rotch Library Map Collection. The database enforces name authorities and other standards that were missing from the component databases.
Developed metadata and access tools for many forms of geographic information.

Haverhill Public Library, Special Collections, Haverhill, MA, March 2008 - Present
Librarian

Managed gifts, acquisitions, and deaccessioning decisions for genealogical and historical collections.
Provided reference assistance to authors, students, and the public for an outstanding genealogical and family history collection.
Managed an active group of volunteers.
Created search tools to provide better access to legacy databases.

Wolbach Library, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, Summer, 2006

Assessed and cataloged vertical file holdings in order to weed and retain appropriate items.
Used Harvard's Aleph system (Hollis) and OCLC to do provisional cataloging.

Developed tutorial and educational materials to train Contaminants Specialists in habitat equivalency analysis -- a mathematical technique that facilitates claims for small natural resource damages.
Presented training on the use of biological data in benefit estimation and facilitated communication between risk assessors and economists at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Provided reference and search services to colleagues and clients using geographic, qualitative, and quantitative data sources.
Developed methods to estimate the benefits of faster diagnosis of tuberculosis for the Food and Drug Administration and epidemiological models for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Economics, Arlington, VA, 1994 - 1999
Resource Economist

Coordinated nationwide research projects investigating the contingent valuation of wildlife resources related to the Conservation Reserve Program, public non-market values for the Everglades, valuation of preserved lands, and the environmental impact of wildlife management plans.
Served as Fish and Wildlife Service representative to the Federal Geographic Data Committee, Subcommittee on Demographic and Cultural Data which sets metadata standards for GIS data used in the social sciences.
Researched and wrote Banking on Nature, a report that documents the contribution of National Wildlife Refuges to the economies of their local communities.

Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University Park, PA, 1989 - 1993
Research Assistant