Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/WikiLovesALA15/Recommended topics
Writing about your collection or library
editSome editors might choose to write about your own collection or library. We recommend that you read and review the following guide for strategies for editing about these topics: WP:TWL/CP.
Libraries and librarians
edit- Joanna Cole (author) - magic school bus author and professional librarian - article is very stubby, and could use some more discussion of reception, publications, etc.
- Library Journal - the journal is one of the biggest and olest journals about librarianship, but considerable gaps
- Beatrice Aboyade - Nigerian Library pioneer [1], [2], [3], [4].
- Jorge Aguyo - Cuban library pioneer, [5], [6], [7]
- Carlos_Victor_Penna - Argentine Library planner, considerable gaps in the article
- J.M. Akita - first archivist of Ghana, [8], [9], [10], [11]
- National_Archives_of_Ghana - national archive, little to no significant coverage as a topic in the article- sources: [12], [13]
- Keitaro Amano
- For more international topics of note, see World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services
- Salvador Güereña
- Revolting Librarians
- Library Leadership and Management Association
- Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship
- Teen Read Week
- Octavia Fellin Public Library
- Rancho Cucamonga Public Library
- Marshalltown Public Library
- Long Island Children's Museum
- Francis Jenkinson
- Joseph Power
- John Barnardiston
- John Lodge (librarian)
- John Stokes (1556-1568)
- Richard Moodie (1581-?)
- Henry Frogge
- Gabriel Duckett
- Isaac Dobson (1661-1668)
- Robert Peachy (1667-1683)
- John Laughton (1686-1712)
- Thomas Macro (1718-1721)
- Samuel Hadderton (1721-1731)
- John Taylor (1732-1734)
- Thomas Parne (1734-1751)
- Stephen Whisson (1751-1783)
- John Davies (1783–1817)
- Edward Daniel Clarke (1817-1822)
- John Lodge (1822-1845)
- Bootheel Youth Museum
- George S. Wagner, 1871—1875
- George F. Dawson, 1875—1879
- P. J. Pierce, 1879—1884
- George M. Weston, 1884—1887
- Alonzo W. Church, 1887—1901
- Edward C. Goodwin, 1906—1921
- Walter P. Scott, 1921—1923
- Edward C. Goodwin, 1923—1930
- James D. Preston, 1931—1935
- Ruskin McArdle, 1935—1947
- George W. Straubinger, 1947—1951
- Richard D. Hupman, 1951—1953
- Sterling Dean, 1953—1954
- Gus J. Miller, 1954—1955
- Richard D. Hupman, 1955—1973
- Roger K. Haley, 1973—1997
- Greg Harness, 1997—2008
- Mary E. Cornaby, 2008—2009
- Leona I. Faust, 2009–Present
- John Carlo Bertot
- Susan Hildreth
Awards and award winners
edit- Dennis Thomison
- Mary Niles Maack
- Pamela Spence Richards
- ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award for Best Book in Library Literature
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
- Amelia Bloomer Book List
- Kathleen Horning
- James Whitney
- Fred Perkins
- Greg Pizzoli
San Francisco and California Libraries
edit- San Francisco Public Library - needs more sources, not well footnoted
- Oakland Public Library - First public library under the Rogers Free Library Act- considerable gaps around the history and development of the library
- Andrew_Smith_Hallidie - no mention of library advocacy found at San Francisco Public Library
- Rogers Free Library Act - very stubby, not many sources
- California Historical Society - stub, very poorly sourced
Notable San Fransisco
editSan Francisco Bay Area connected historic biographies
editOther people
edit- Artists: Norton Bush, William Keith (painter), William Marple, Bruce McGaw, William Birch McMurtrie, Frederick Schafer, James Weeks (painter), Thaddeus Welch, Raymond Dabb Yelland
- Musicians: Will Shatter
- Scientists: Lee Bonar, E. O. Essig, E. Gorton Linsley, William A. Setchell, Joseph Richard Slevin
- Writers: Dan Totheroh
- Oceanview, San Francisco, California
Marin county
edit- Ring Mountain (Tiburon, California)
- Big Rock Ridge
- San Pedro Hill
- Marin County Open Space District and/or Marin County Open Space
- Mount Tamalpais Watershed
- Panoramic Highway
- John Thomas Reed marin personage
san mateo county
edit- Sixteen-mile House
- Pilarcitos Lake
- Colma Canyon
- Merced Valley
- Point San Bruno
- Peninsula Watershed
- Millbrae Creek
- Boreal Hill
- Sierra Morena (California)
- Broadway Street (Millbrae)
solano county
editSan Jose
edit- Children's Musical Theater of San Jose[1],
- City Lights Theatre Company,
- The Tabard Theatre Company,
- San Jose Stage Company,
- Broadway San Jose
- Biblioteca Latinoamericana
Misc San Fransisco
editLGBT figures and advocacy
editIf you want to edit about the LGBT figures and advocacy as part of Pride month, see the task list for Wiki Loves Prides.
Other sources of potential topics include: