Wikipedia:Meetup/New Orleans/WomeninLibraryHistory

The American Library Association is hosting two publicly promoted Wikipedia edit-a-thons during its annual ALA Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans, Louisiana. One will take place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, and the other will take place at the Milton H. Latter Memorial Library. The theme of our edit-a-thon will be Women in Library History. All are all invited to come and try their hand at adding sources and editing Wikipedia.

To get started, please create an account and Wikipedia username, then RSVP in #Attendees.

Please bring a laptop if you can.

Event Information

The American Library Association's Feminist Task Force, Social Responsibility Task Force, and ACRL's Women and Gender Studies Section have organized two edit-a-thon opportunities during the annual conference:

Saturday, June 23: Women of Library History Wikipedia Edit-a-thon I and II , 9:00-11:30am, MCC Room 264

Sunday, June 24: Women of Library History Wikipedia Edit-a-thon III: Working Party , 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Milton H. Latter Memorial Library, 5120 Saint Charles, 504-596-2625, http://nolalibrary.org/branch/10/milton-h-latter-memorial-library

Directions to the Milton H. Latter Memorial Library: The St Charles streetcar line will take you to the Milton H. Latter Memorial Library--go west toward the Garden District, stop at St Charles-Robert, and go to 5120 St Charles Ave.

To RSVP, please sign into the #Attendees section below!

Refreshments will be served at each event.

At these edit-a-thons, you will have the opportunity to work on improving or creating articles about women in library history, or any other topic that you may choose.

We'll help you get started. We'll have some librarians around to help you research and get you into the basics of Wikipedia editing.

*Any questions? Email Rachel at rswexelbaum@stcloudstate.edu or leave a message with RachelWex on her Talk page.

Where to start?

Check out #Women in Library History or Wikipedia:WikiProject Libraries for lists of notable librarians and articles about libraries, archives, and museums that need work!

Not interested in libraries but want to improve or create content in your area of expertise? Search the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory to see what needs improvement!

Want to just add a quality citation or two to Wikipedia wherever you can? Try out the Citation Hunt page and search for different topics about women. They'll show you exactly where citations are needed and you take it from there!

Maybe you prefer writing and you'd rather get your feet wet with some copy editing? Here is a list of all the articles that need copy editing. Find one that relates to women or women's history, and see if you can clean up some of the content.