User:Ryan (Wiki Ed)/NCSU

About North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University (NC State or NCSU) is a public research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is a land, sea, and space-grant institution in the University of North Carolina system that forms one corner of the Research Triangle. It was founded in 1887 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and has grown to be the largest university in the Carolinas and a preeminent research enterprise with noted strengths in engineering, agriculture, life sciences, textiles, and design. NCSU is dedicated to teaching, research, and engagement with public and private partners, promoting an integrated approach to problem solving that transforms lives and provides leadership for social, economic, and technological development across North Carolina and around the world.

About the Special Collections Research Center
The NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) is building an innovative, multidimensional special collections program in support of research and teaching at the university. The SCRC holds more than 22,000 linear feet of original materials documenting key collecting areas, which include the history of NCSU; the history of plant and forestry genetics and genomics; the history of computing and simulation; architecture, landscape architecture, and design; animal rights and welfare; textiles; veterinary medicine; zoological health; entomology; and related subject areas.

Overview of library resources
Collections in the SCRC’s holdings include the papers of botanists, agricultural extension agents, plant geneticists, crop scientists, soil scientists, entomologists and others who have worked to improve agricultural crops and practices. Research notes, correspondence, photographs, presentations, publications, and other valuable resources, provide an overview of agricultural innovation in North Carolina and beyond.


 * Many collections have Collection Guides which provide an overview of the materials.
 * For example, here are collection guides relevant to agriculture.


 * NCSU Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections
 * Project and initiative sites related to agriculture and related sciences:
 * Cultivating a Revolution
 * Green ‘N’ Growing: The History of Home Demonstration and 4-H Youth Development in North Carolina
 * Living Off the Land: Tobacco and Crop Science History in North Carolina, 1850-1950
 * Dr. Metcalf: A Resource on Cicadas, Leafhoppers, Planthoppers, Spittlebugs, and Treehoppers
 * E. A. Séguy's Insectes and Papillons portfolios

Position announcement
North Carolina State University is currently accepting applications.

NCSU would like to work with an experienced Wikipedia editor to improve articles in any area relating to agriculture and related sciences, including, but not limited to, crop science, soil science, plant genetics, and entomology. NCSU is interested to support the development of Wikipedia as a source of convenient, accurate, and useful information to casual readers and researchers alike.