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New York Botanical Garden
Wikipedia Editathon
The LuEsther T. Mertz Library
When and Where
Date:Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Time:1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Address:LuEsther T. Mertz Library
New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10458

The LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden welcomed Wikipedia editors to participate in this Wednesday, June 15, 2016, Editathon focused on creating and enhancing pages for Botanists who have made significant collections in New York State.

Editors used the vast historic collections of the Mertz Library in order to create and edit existing pages. Training was provided for those who have no prior experience editing Wikipedia. A training session will be offered during the first hour of this event. New editors are encouraged to attend this training. Experienced editors may arrive at any point during the event's duration.

Index Herbariorum and KE EMu, the herbarium collections database at NYBG, were used as starting points to determine significant plant collectors in New York State. Historically, this has largely been a male-dominated field, so there has been intentional effort by library staff to promote representation of female botanists, as much as possible.

Please register through our EventBrite page, in addition to registering through this Wikipedia page.

The participants affiliated with this initiative will not make any edits that would not be beneficial to the goals of Wikipedia. We will modify our editing behavior if any edits conflict with Wikipedia guidelines. Please contact the Project Coordinator, emjackson42 (talk) if any activities appear to go against this statement.

Event details edit

 
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  • Hosts: The LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden
  • Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016
  • Time: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Location: New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10458 40°51′59.5″N 73°52′44.5″W / 40.866528°N 73.879028°W / 40.866528; -73.879028
  • Directions: Directions @ NYBG
  • Subway:
    •      to Bedford Park Blvd. From the station exit:
      • Take the Bx26 bus east to the Garden's Mosholu Gate entrance.
      • OR walk eight blocks down the hill on Bedford Park Blvd. (approximately 20 minutes). Turn left onto Southern Blvd. and walk one block to Mosholu Gate entrance.
  • Metro-North Railroad:
  • Hashtag: #TBD
  • Cost: Free
  • RSVP: Eventbrite
  • What to bring: Please bring your laptop!
  • Participants: Open to all!

Outcomes edit

The following numbers are provided by a Program Global Metrics report and may conflict with actual values:

  • 26 attendees
  • 10 accounts created
  • 3 pages created (The actual looks like 5 pages Emjackson42 (talk) 21:28, 22 June 2016 (UTC))[reply]
  • 14 pages edited
  • 20,727 bytes added

Articles to edit edit

This list is very much a work in progress. Please feel free to add additional names, and keep an eye on this space for changes.

Articles to create edit

This list is very much a work in progress. Please feel free to add additional names, and keep an eye on this space for changes.

Resources edit

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How to Cite Vertical Files

  • Much of the content provided for this edit-a-thon comes from the Library's vertical file collection. Here is an example of how these materials should be cited.
  • Format:
    • Title of item. (date) Folder name, Vertical File collection, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden. Date that items were accessed.
  • Example:
    • Photograph of Bronx River Waterfall. (1909). Folder Bronx River, NYBG Vertical File, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden. June 14, 2016.

Editing Wikipedia

Wikipedia's Principles

External links edit

Attendees edit

  1. Megs (talk) 19:08, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Pharos (talk) 23:12, 11 May 2016 (UTC) (probable)[reply]
  3. Bearian (talk) 18:11, 13 May 2016 (UTC) (possible)[reply]
  4. 173.220.246.3 (talk) 14:10, 17 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  5. The WordsmithTalk to me 14:16, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Barbara M. Thiers
  7. TrMendenhall (talk) 16:47, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Anarchyshake (talk) 17:20, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Tracey Howe (talk) 14:10, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Jason.przybylski (talk) 14:26, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Deirdre botany (talk) 20:59, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Emjackson42 (talk) 20:51, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Jim.henderson (talk) 00:28, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Mfrm123
  15. Tfrm132 (talk) 17:49, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Jeremyb (talk) 15:33, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Hamsamdwich (talk) 17:46, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Dnwollard (talk) 17:48, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Mcscience (talk) 17:49, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Roniscott (talk) 17:50, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Hazier Cartoon (talk) 17:56, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Pavel.goriacko (talk) 18:49, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Mcscience (talk) 15:32, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Hamsamdwich (talk) 17:46, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  25. EditingMa (talk) 20:07, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Regrets edit

  1. Robert Greer (talk) 13:56, 14 June 2016 (UTC) in the boondocks[reply]
  2. ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 03:30, 15 June 2016 (UTC) Unfortunately[reply]
  3. DGG ( talk ) 03:48, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Listed alphabetically by Herbarium Code. Note that this list includes herbaria that are inactive, meaning that the institutions are not currently adding new materials to their collections. This list also includes herbaria that have been incorporated into other herbaria.

See also: List of herbaria and List of herbaria in North America.

Herbarium Code Herbarium Name Institution Location Website Index Herbariorum LSID Status Notes
ARSEF USDA-ARS Collection of Entomopathogenic Fungal Cultures U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory, USDA/ARS Ithaca, New York [1] [2] [3] Active
BH L. H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium Cornell University Ithaca, New York [4] [5] [6] Active
BING State University of New York Herbarium Binghamton University Binghamton, New York [7] [8] Active
BKL Brooklyn Botanic Garden Herbarium Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn, New York [9] [10] [11] Active Incorporated herbaria include Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences; Brooklyn Lyceum; Long Island (New York) Historical Society. In April 2015, BKL was transferred to The New York Botanical Garden, and it will remain there until the Science program is re-established at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, projected to be some time in the next ten years.
BROC State University of New York Herbarium The College at Brockport, State University of New York Brockport, New York [12] [13] Active
BUF Clinton Herbarium Buffalo Museum of Science Buffalo, New York [14] [15] [16] Active Incorporated herbaria include CANI and Buffalo Botanic Garden. Post-1970 bryophyte collections of BUF, including all post-1970 types, placed on permanent loan to MO in 2002.
CANI Canisius College Herbarium Canisius College Buffalo, New York [17] [18] Inactive Incorporated into BUF in 1997.
CORT State University of New York College at Cortland Herbarium State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, New York [19] [20] Active
CU Wiegand Herbarium Cornell University Ithaca, New York [21] [22] Inactive Incorporated in BH in 1977.
CUP Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium Cornell University Ithaca, New York [23] [24] [25] Active Incorporated herbaria include Chinese National Fungus Collection, Beijing (in part); Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts; New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York.; Oklahoma A&M College, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology.
DH Hobart and William Smith Colleges Herbarium Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, New York [26] [27] Inactive Part of DH (3470 specimens) transferred to NY in 1983.
ECH Elmira College Herbarium Elmira College Elmira, New York [28] [29] Active
ECK Eckert Herbarium Buffalo State College Buffalo, New York [30] [31] Active Incorporated herbaria include Herbarium of Niagara University (vascular plants of Wesstern New York, 2500, in 2009); Herbarium of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (vascular plants of the Lake Erie basin, 183, 2011).
GESU State University of New York Herbarium State University of New York at Geneseo Geneseo, New York [32] [33] Active Major portion of GESU transferred to NYS, NY, and BH.
GLA Ted Baim Herbarium George Landis Arboretum Esperance, New York [34] [35] [36] Active
GRCH George R. Cooley Herbarium Colgate University Hamilton, New York [37] [38] Active
HHH Hoysradt Herbarium Hartwick College Oneonta, New York [39] [40] Active
HPH Monroe County Department of Parks Herbarium Monroe County Department of Parks Rochester, New York [41] [42] Active
LGO Columbia University Herbarium Columbia University Palisades, New York [43] [44] Inactive LGO (20 000 specimens) transferred to USNC.
NY The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium The New York Botanical Garden Bronx, New York [45] [46] [47] Active There is an extensive list of herbaria that have been incorporated in NY. Please view the linked record in Index Herbariorum for the full list.
NYS New York State Museum Herbarium New York State Museum Albany, New York [48] [49] Active Incorporated herbaria include BROC (15 936 specimens) in 1984; fungi (2899 specimens) of VAS in 1982; major portion (2676 specimens) of GESU in 1983; New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Wildlife Resources Center (6664 specimens) in 1984.; part of DS (W. R. Dudley's New York bryophytes).
OBPF Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park Herbarium Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park Oyster Bay, New York [50] [51] Active
OSW Herbarium SUNY Oswego State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, New York [52] [53] Active Incorporated SYR (general collections other than Onondaga Co., 35,000 in 1975).
PLAT State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh Herbarium State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, New York [54] [55] Active
ROCH Rochester Academy of Science Herbarium Rochester Academy of Science Rochester, New York [56] [57] Active
SBU Saint Bonaventure University Herbarium Saint Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure, New York [58] [59] Active
SIM Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Herbarium Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Staten Island, New York [60] [61] Active
SOUT Long Island University Herbarium Long Island University Southampton, New York [62] [63] Active
SUCO State University of New York at Oneonta Herbarium State University of New York at Oneonta Oneonta, New York [64] [65] Active
SYR Syracuse University Herbarium Syracuse University Syracuse, New York [66] [67] Inactive SYR (35 000 specimens) distributed as follows: Onondaga County, New York, specimens transferred to SYRF; specimens from other areas transferred to OSW; Syracuse University Liberal Arts College collection transferred to Beaver Lake Nature Center in Baldwinsville, New York.
SYRF State University of New York Herbarium SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY [68] [69] Active
UCS Union College Herbarium Union College Schenectady, New York [70] [71] Active
VAS Vassar College Herbarium Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York [72] [73] Active VAS fungi (2899 specimens) transferred to NYS in 1982.