Need a break? Looking to celebrate Earth Day? As part of Boston University’s Online Earth Day celebrations<https://www.bu.edu/sustainability/what-you-can-do/events/earth-day-festival/>, we will host a Sustainability-themed Wikipedia-Edit-a-thon on Thursday, April 23, 2020, from 3-6 p.m. (Eastern). We’re particularly interested in topics related to sustainability, but you can also improve your own favorite topics. Check our meet-up page for information<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/BU_Earth_Day_50>!
Thursday, April 23, 2020, from 3-6 p.m. (Eastern). The event will include:
* A presentation by MIT Librarian and Wikipedia expert Phoebe Ayers<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Phoebe> on the many sustainability and climate change related initiatives in the Wikimedia Community
* An introduction to Wikipedia editing
* Support and troubleshooting by BU Libraries staff
How to participate:
* Register in advance.<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-earth-day-50-registratio…> by April 22 at 3pm (Eastern). We will provide you with a Zoom link prior to the event.
Please contact myself or Laura Jenemann, ljeneman(a)bu.edu<https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink/compose/ljeneman@bu.edu>, with questions.
Best wishes,
Rachel Dwyer
African Studies Library
771 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
rdwyer(a)bu.edu