New subject: Fwd: [MLA-L] Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon POST MLA (Feb. 24)

15 Oct 2018

Hi folks,

See the notice below.  There will be an editathon associated with the Music
Library Association annual conference in St. Louis on February 24.  As far
as I know, the organizers have not actively reached out to anyone in the
local community (save for the St. Louis Public Library).  I've heard that
there are Wikipedians in St. Louis - perhaps associated with one of the
schools.  This is a great opportunity to foster community through
collaboration.  Don't hesitate to contact Michelle if you have ideas or
want to participate.

Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Michelle Urberg &lt;maurberg(a)gmail.com&gt;
Date: Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 3:46 PM
Subject: [MLA-L] Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon POST MLA (Feb. 24)
To: &lt;mla-l(a)list.indiana.edu&gt;

Dear collective wisdom,

This is a friendly reminder that with the opening up of MLA registration
today, so to is registration open for the Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon! It's FREE!

The MLA Emerging Technologies and Services Committee (ETSC) and the Digital
Humanities Interest group are pleased to present a post MLA, on February
24, 2019. We will be meeting at the St. Louis Public Library Central Branch
in their Training Room, 1-5pm.

This particular edit-a-thon will focus on editing or creating Wikipedia
entries (and associated Wikidata) for underrepresented performers and
composers, living or deceased, who were born in St. Louis and/or lived and
worked there. These a folks currently excluded from existing documentation
and whose stories should have some sunshine cast on them.

Not only is the Edit-a-thon a good event for everyone to augment or further
enhance their professional toolkit by creating and manipulating Wikipedia
entries, it is a great chance for participants to help MLA fulfill part of
its mission to collaborate with libraries to foster information literacy
and lifelong learning. We hope to get involvement from members of the local
community in St. Louis and MLA members.

Do not be deterred if this this is your first chance to be a maker or
editor of a Wiki page. The event will be led by very capable instructors
Angela Pratesi and Anna Kijas with help from the ETSC Committee.

Find the registration here:
http://conferences.blog.musiclibraryassoc.org/pre-post-mla-events/post-conf…

We will provide:
TRAINING for EVERYONE
LUNCH, snacks and drinks during the event
CHROMEBOOKS if you don't have access to a laptop.

Questions? Don't hesitate to ask or reply to this email.

See you in St. Louis!

Michelle Urberg (on behalf of the ETSC)