[Wikimedia-boston] Fwd: Wikipedia at the Harvard Law Library

[Molly de Blanc]

Karen Beck (our contact at HLSL) suggested we could do 6-9 over one of
the dates they suggested (Sept 6-9, 12, 13, 15, 16).

Faithfully yours,
Molly

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:09 PM, emw <emw.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree that (1) seems better, per SJ's reasoning.
>
> Is there any feeling on how long the event would last?
>
> The times suggested on Doodle (http://www.doodle.com/rf2u7ctekv5xhstd) seem
> like they would make the event difficult to attend for folks who aren't
> college students in the Boston area.  Is there any way the event could be on
> a Saturday or Sunday, or, if it needs to be a weekday, end some time after
> 8:00 PM?
>
> In any case, this sounds like a great idea, and a good conversation topic
> for our meetup next Monday
> (http://www.meetup.com/wikipedia-5/events/23076651/).
>
> - Eric
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Woo!  Thanks for looking into this Molly.  Could we do something like
>> this at the end of the month / before the next term starts?
>>
>> 1) sounds like the best option.  Something already online that is only
>> "strengthened" by the effort might not be the best place to start.
>>
>> S
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Molly de Blanc <molly.deblanc at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > The people over at HLSL came up with a few ideas of collections we
>> > could work with (and some date suggestions!). The idea being we could
>> > pick one and they would pull together some resources for us to work
>> > with. How do people feel about these?
>> >
>> > Faithfully yours,
>> > Molly
>> >
>> >
>> > 1. French Coutumes – collections of local French customary law. HLSL
>> > has the largest collection of these in the US; LC and GWU Law also
>> > have great collections.
>> >
>> > Hidden collection – we have HOLLIS catalog records for these but the
>> > collection is not easily discoverable as a whole on google – so a
>> > Wikipedia article would be a great way to draw attention to our
>> > collection, and we can link with the Wikipedia articles noted above
>> > Importance to law: One of the most comprehensive collections of French
>> > pre-revolutionary-war laws in existence
>> > Some of these are really beautiful books/manuscripts as well
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 2. Crime Broadsides
>> >
>> > Not a hidden collection – see http://broadsides.law.harvard.edu/ .  So
>> > there is already readily discoverable information out there, but a
>> > Wikipedia article would be one more avenue of discovery, and this
>> > collection would make the “broadsides” entry in Wikipedia stronger.
>> > Interesting and attractive collection
>> > Importance to law: offers insight into the sensationalism of law in
>> > 18c and 19c England
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > If you want to go ahead and schedule a meetup, we’re ready. Here are
>> > some suggested times:  http://www.doodle.com/rf2u7ctekv5xhstd
>> >
>> > Please fill out the doodle poll; if you can only make it certain hours
>> > on specific days, you can note that in the comments section.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks, Molly and everyone else – we’re looking forward to working
>> > together on this!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Karen
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Karen S. Beck / Manager, Historical & Special Collections / Harvard
>> > Law School Library / 617-496-2107
>> >
>> > Langdell Hall 481 / 1545 Massachusetts Avenue / Cambridge, MA  02138 /
>> > kbeck at law.harvard.edu
>> >
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Faithfully yours,
Molly de Blanc