Hello,

My name is Trevor Muñoz and I work for the University of Maryland Libraries and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH). I want to introduce myself to this list and also to make the local Wikimedia community aware of an event we are running next month as part of our Digital Humanities Winter Institute (DHWI):

Public Digital Humanities: Wikipedia DH Edit-a-thon Tuesday, January 8, 2013 5:50-7:00 PM http://mith.umd.edu/dhwi/events/edit-a-thon/ All are welcome.

DHWI is delighted to partner with Melanie Kill of the Department of English at the University of Maryland to offer a Public DH Event: the Wikipedia DH Edit-A-Thon.

We invite DHWI attendees—as well as Wikipedians and digital humanists in the DC region—to join us for an evening of Wikipedia editing. We’ll talk a bit about the core content policies of Wikipedia and guidelines relevant to contributing in one’s area of expertise, offer some tips and tricks for navigating the resources, and then get online and begin sharing our knowledge and skills.

All experience levels are welcome. Tables will be organized so that those interested in particular tasks (copyediting, wikifying, linking out to GLAM and DH resources, etc.) or articles (see ideas below) can team up. Adventurous souls can even start a new article.

Please see http://mith.umd.edu/dhwi/events/edit-a-thon/ for more information.

Best,

Trevor

--- Trevor Muñoz Assistant Dean for Digital Humanities Research, University of Maryland Libraries Associate Director, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) 301.405.9528 | @trevormunoz on Twitter | http://trevormunoz.com