Puerto Rico Map-a-thon - Oct 23
Help Puerto Rico
Map the damage 1-hour campus event
10/23 @6pm
Use GIS to identify damaged structures in Puerto Rico
We will spend 1 hour using GIS (computerized mapping) to help disaster relief agencies by marking which structures have been damaged and which have not. There are over 400,000 structures in Puerto Rico, yet only 17,000 have been marked for damage. NO EXPERIENCE with IS NEEDED to help with this project.
When: MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2017 6pm—7pm (arrive at 5:30 to get a GIS account)
Where: The LIBRARY, Boettcher Room
What you have to BRING: a laptop or tablet
What’s in it for you: Good KARMA, a sense of helping people, improve
your GIS skills, drinks, snacks
Bonus: A prize for the person who marks the most structures
Contact: Chris Thiry, Map & GIS Librarian, cthiry@mines.edu 303-273-3697
Learn about the project: http://arcg.is/2xGzZKR
Office hours with Schol Comm Librarian - Oct 26
Visit the Scholarly Communications Librarian Ye Li to discuss how OA benefits your research and how to protect your intellectual property while making your work OA to enhance your research impact.
Ye’s open office hours for OA Week
When: Thur, Oct 26,1-3pm
Where: 270A Arthur Lakes Library
Or email Ye at yeli@mines.edu with any questions.