http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Re-Decision-on-Topographic-Maps-tp735p739.html
& lobbying & communication type of public activism. Marcel I promise
have below. It would be great to have a page of important data and map
> Tracey,
> Yes, Heather did an amazing job and deserves all the credit.
>
> But, speaking of keeping the record straight. I'm a little surprised by
> your comment that there is little activism in the map and data librarian
> community. Yes, the stereotype is that librarians are meak bookish
> beings, but we are a passionate bunch and we bend over backwards to help
> our community of users. Many may think that certain things just appear
> miraculously in libraries, but they don't. We work hard to secure deals
> with government bodies and third-party data vendors. Some deals are day
> to day work contacting government bodies, but others are very important
> deals for large communities.
>
> Remember that Canadian digital census files arrived en masse in academic
> libraries through the hard-work, dedication and arm twisting by a bunch
> of data librarians in the late 1980's before the US census appeared in
> digital format in US libraries in the 90's. Wendy Watkins of Carleton
> and Laine Ruus of the U of T Libraries, to name just two of many,
> deserve a great deal of praise with their work with Stats Canada over
> the years. It was also the hard-work of map librarians that got those
> same topo maps we've been discussing in digital format freely available
> to the academic community in Canada. Grace Welch of the University of
> Ottawa as well as other map librarians spent alot of time working with
> NRCan on securing what seemed impossible to secure.
>
> Lobbying and activism is a large part of what we do. Most of our deals
> may not make the CBC news or the globe and mail pages like this one, but
> they are just as important.
>
> Marcel
>
>
> Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
>
>> A beautiful Thing!
>>
>> Just to keep the record straight!
>>
>> *Heather McAdam*, the Geomatics Librarian
>> (
http://www.library.carleton.ca/madgic/maps/gisweb/index.htm) at
>> Carleton University MADGIC (Maps and Data and Government Information
>> Centre -
http://www.library.carleton.ca/madgic/index.html) spearheaded &
>> pretty much singlehandedly ran this campaign, on her dime and personal
>> time. It is really important to give credit where credit is due. It is
>> very rare to see this type of activism in the Map & Data Librarian
>> Community and dang it she did it well!
>>
>> Here is the campaign website Heather Created -
>>
http://www.mapsforcanadians.ca/>>
>> And for historical folkloric fun - Heather and I came up with the idea
>> while giggling at a presentation being given at GeoTec 2006 this summer!
>> We were taking notes, drawing pictures and well we were shusshed for
>> having too much fun at a serious event! Thanks goodness for fun i say!
>>
>> If anyone on the list knows of a community ISP that can host the that
>> would be great cuz it will be taken down soon as heather is footin' the
>> bill!
>>
>> Eric Lilius wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Here's a little more on this good news.
>>> Eric
>>>
>>>
>
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