Wikimedia-boston October 2011

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Event at Harvard
by Christian Anderson 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

I'm a Harvard undergrad and Wikipedian who decided about a week ago that I wanted to do something at Harvard for "Wikipedia Loves Libraries". I didn't know of this list at the time, and I reached out to the Harvard library community over internal lists. My proposal was a two-part "Intro to Wikipedia" event to be held at one of Harvard's libraries. There would be a brief presentation on the internal workings of Wikipedia followed by an editing workshop. There's enormous interest in Wikipedia among the Harvard community (students, professors, library staff, etc.) but very little understanding of how it works behind-the-scenes and how an individual or group can contribute to the project. I wanted to tap into this interest. The Harvard library community has responded very positively to my proposal. Since broadcasting the idea, I've received excited emails from 16 different librarians, many of whom view this event as a stepping stone towards future collaborations with Wikipedia. I'm very excited by this interest. I want to make the event go ahead as planned, and I want to help every interested librarian find a way to contribute to the project. I would love to get local Wikipedians on-board with this. The first order of business is running the event. The date is up in the air, but it will be happening either late afternoon on a weekday (4:30pm +, pizza will be served) or in the afternoon on a Saturday (the former is better for library staff, the latter is probably better for undergrads). In my mind, it will be happening sometime in early November. The more boots on the ground, the better. Any Wikipedian who wants to be involved can get guest access to the host library. The event is being planned on a public mailing list that I have created for the purpose of furthering collaboration between the Wikipedia and Harvard communities: https://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia On the topic of this mailing list: I created this list yesterday and there are now ~30 Harvard librarians subscribed to it. Subscription is open to the public. Please subscribe! This list will be an ideal place for Wikipedians to reach out to the Harvard community and vice-versa. I think the first step, for Wikipedia, is to host this intro event and talk face-to-face with the Harvard community. But the list is there for anyone who wants to use it. christian

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Jobs at MIT (OpenCourseWare)
by Molly de Blanc 12 Oct '11

12 Oct '11

I hope this isn't too off topic. I work at OpenCourseWare. We're hiring. http://sh.webhire.com/servlet/av/jd?ai=631&ji=2580043&sn=I I really love my job. I work with great people, learn stuff constantly, read (and edit) a lot of wikipedia, and work on something I think is worthwhile. Feel free to contact me off list with any questions, or to pass this along. Faithfully yours, Molly

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Re: [Wikimedia-boston] Wikipedia-Loves-Libraries
by emw 07 Oct '11

07 Oct '11

I'm not aware of anyone having asked Boston (or Somerville) Public Library about doing a 'Wikipedia Loves Libraries' event. I think it would make sense to inquire with them. For those who would be interested in an event like this: what dates are you available? I'm generally available throughout October, except 10/15-16. On Sep 20, 2011 7:20 AM, "Anne Britton" <anne_britton(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

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