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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ School of Information Studies (SIS) Semina
 r Series talk with Visiting Scholar Dr. Victoria Slonosky on a pioneering 
 crowd-sourcing project to rescue Canadian climate data and make it accessi
 ble for scientific research.\n\nABSTRACT\n\nThe DRAW project is an interdi
 sciplinary effort uniting researchers from Faculty of Arts\, Science and L
 ibrary and Archives at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ to secure\, catalogue\, and make 
 accessible for scientific research the meteorological observations in hist
 orical logbooks of the 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Observatory. The collection of Observatory l
 ogbooks from 1871 to 1964 is housed in the Archives\, along with supplemen
 tal records and weather journals dating back to 1798.\n\nOur challenge is 
 to catalogue tens of thousands of logbook pages and keypunch millions of i
 ndividual weather observations. To accomplish this goal\, we’re turning to
  citizen science and crowd-sourcing to rescue Canada’s climate data.\n\nTh
 is pioneering project for 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ will further our understanding not only o
 f weather and climate but also of citizen engagement with our scientific a
 nd cultural heritage. We explore new ways of developing and using our valu
 able archival resources to gain a better understanding of current issues.
 \n\nDuring this talk\, a demonstration will be presented by two students/'
 citizen coders': Tim Brasche (undergraduate\, Geography) and Robert Smith 
 (BA\, Geography and Anthropology\,‘15).\n\nBIO\n\nDr. Victoria Slonosky’s 
 interest in climatology started as an undergrad at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ. She 
 completed an MSc in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ\, and went 
 on to study historical observations of climate for her PhD thesis at the C
 limatic Research Unit. More historical observations for precipitation in P
 aris and the Gaultier observations for Quebec were uncovered during a post
 -doc at LSCE near Paris\, France. A fellowship for Environment Canada allo
 wed Dr. Slonosky to look for Canadian historical observations in Canadian 
 archives\, including the 18th and 19th century data for Quebec from 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ
  University and the McCord Museum. From 2002-2004\, she took up a research
  position at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ and the Ouranos Consortium. In 2010\, Dr. S
 lonosky started a volunteer data rescue for Canadian historical weather jo
 urnals. In 2015\, she held the positon of researcher-in-residence for CRIM
 \, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies for Montreal\, where she worke
 d on initiating the DRAW project and a history of climatology in Canada. T
 he digitization of historical climate observations as a volunteer project 
 has been a recent interest\, along with an interest in the history and phi
 losophy of climatology. Dr. Slonosky is affiliated with the World Meteorol
 ogical Organization data rescue initiative ACRE (Atmospheric Reconstructio
 n Over the Earth).\n\nThis talk is free and open to all. Please arrive ear
 ly to secure a seat.\n
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LOCATION:CA\, School of Information Studies\, 3661 Peel\, Rm. 106\, Montrea
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SUMMARY:Information Studies Seminar Series: 'The DRAW Project: Data Rescue:
  Archives and Weather.' Visiting Scholar Dr. V. Slonosky
URL:/sis/seminar-series-slonosky-draw-project-weather-
 archives-data
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