On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Christian Anderson
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canderson@college.harvard.edu> wrote:
> 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
>