Colorado State University Libraries is hosting the Water Editathon. This is our first-ever Wikipedia Editathon, and our goal is to create and improve Wikipedia articles about water in Colorado, or for those out-of-state institutions participating remotely, water in their own states. No specialized knowledge of the subject is needed; we'll have librarians, subject experts and library and archival resources on hand as well as a list of suggested topics.
There will be free food and refreshments available to give you the energy you need for all your research breakthroughs.
We hope you’ll join us!
WHEN: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Come when you can, stay as long as you like.
WHERE: At CSU: Morgan Library, Event Hall (first floor), on the Colorado State University campus. Click the following link for an indoor map to the Event Hall: http://lib.colostate.edu/about/maps/first/event-hall Every participating institution will have additional meeting places.
WHO: Anyone! Everyone! All are welcome, including...
Enter Morgan Library through the main front entrance and follow the signs to the Event Hall on the first floor. Volunteers will be there to greet you. Please bring your own laptop if possible. We will have some library laptops available for those without a computer and will help you access the University's wireless network. For directions to CSU click here: http://lib.colostate.edu/about/directions For parking information click here: http://parking.colostate.edu/pages/WhereCanIPark.aspx
WILL THERE BE FOOD? The most important question! Yes, we will provide free food and drinks.
We'll have a video conference session open to every concurrent Editathon which will be projected onto the walls in the Event Hall. Questions and ideas can be exchanged between groups and editing efforts can be coordinated. We'll be updating the Topic Page in real time, with editors signing next to articles they're working on, so anyone with a Wikipedia account can log on and do the same. So far, Wikipedians from
University of California Riverside
Colorado Mesa University
University of Denver
have all agreed to have their own meetups at their locations to work on this project!
The following are topics that CSU Library staff have identified as needing attention, but participants are encouraged to pursue their own interests as well. Hyperlinked topics already have Wikipedia articles, but may need citations, or more information.
Some of these topics are mentioned briefly in other articles, so if you create a new article, try to search for that topic in Wikipedia so that you can create links back to your work.
Sign up for the article you'd like to work on here: (Topic Page in development, feel free to add)
People
Institutions
Rivers
Lakes
Reservoirs
Headwaters
Environmental Issues
Legal Issues
Historical Events
Weather/Flooding/Drought Events
Businesses/Organizations
General
CSU Water Libguide Check this one out first, its a great resource.
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) Free access to online climate and weather data from the U.S. federal government.
SNOTEL Data & Products The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) installs, operates, and maintains an extensive, automated system to collect snowpack and related climatic data in the Western United States called SNOTEL (for SNOwpack TELemetry).
IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library From Columbia University, a climate data library of over 300 datasets.
National Snow and Ice Data Center The National Snow and Ice Data Center encompasses several data centers, data management programs, and data projects. Specialized data managers lead these programs and projects, and provide shared services and infrastructure to all constituents of NSIDC.
Library Databases
Click on the 'Articles and Databases' tab to navigate to these databases:
Please add your name (or Wikipedia username, if you have one) below if you are planning to attend:
This is where we post all the pages we've either edited or created together and we'll look back and be so inspired.