Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/A GLAM Day Out

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A GLAM Day Out: Cultural Collaboration through Wikipedia is a day-long event, held Thursday, June 26, 2014, offering information about institutionally and personally working with Wikipedia. People are welcome to attend whatever parts of the day match with their interests and the time they have available; see the schedule below for times and details. Invited speakers Dominic McDevitt-Parks and Dorothy Howard will discuss content collaboration and metrics for evaluating institutional involvement with Wikipedia. Learn how to edit pages in a workshop with Mary Mark Ockerbloom, and dive in for some hands on experience editing Wikipedia articles in our edit-a-thon. No previous Wikipedia experience necessary! In celebration of June as LGBT Pride Month, guest speaker and archivist Bob Skiba will talk about GLAM/LGBT initiatives in the Philadelphia area. He will also discuss LGBT content sources, as an introduction to the "Wiki Loves Pride" themed edit-a-thon. Everyone is welcome. Editors are encouraged to bring materials from their institutions or personal collections, and to work on whatever topics they wish, whether LGBT-related or reflecting other areas of interest. Experienced Wikipedia coaches will be available to help and to answer questions. The Chemical Heritage Foundation's museum will offer curated museum tours, and we will have a list of heritage sites in the area for people who want to explore or take photographs for Wikipedia. We will also have a list of places in the area where you can eat lunch. We hope everyone will come to the evening's reception, and help us celebrate the Wikipedian-In-Residence program's engagement with the GLAM community over this past year. When Thursday, June 26, 2014 Where Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2nd Floor 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA How to Register Add your Wikipedia user name (or your actual name, if you don't have a Wikipedia account yet) in the Registration section below or email MOckerbloom(at)chemheritage.org. Registering will help us to accurately gauge the number of attendees and food needed! What to Bring Please bring your own laptop and power cord. Bring content that you would like to work on or share with others at the Edit-a-thon. Organizers Mary Mark Ockerbloom (Wikipedian in Residence) Chemical Heritage Foundation

Schedule

Time	Activity
10:00 - 10:45	Guest speaker: Bob Skiba, John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives, on GLAM/LGBT initiatives in Philadelphia
11:00 - 12:00	Wikipedia How-to Edit Workshop with Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation
11:00 or 12:00	Tours of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's museum
1:00 - 1:45	Guest speaker: Dominic McDevitt-Parks, National Archives Digital Content Specialist and Wikipedian-in-Residence
1:45 - 2:30	Guest speaker: Dorothy Howard, Metropolitan New York Library Council Wikipedian-in-Residence
2:45 - 5:00	Edit-a-thon: Guest archivist Bob Skiba will give a brief introduction to LGBT content sources, to open our "Wiki Loves Pride"-themed edit-a-thon. Bring content on any topics you are interested in to share and edit.
5:00 - 7:00	Reception

Registration

Attending

• Doreva Belfiore (Dorevabelfiore)
• Jeff Guin (talk) 19:55, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
• Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 19:55, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Speakers

More information will be added next week.

Dorothy R. Howard

Dorothy R. Howard

Metropolitan New York Library Council, [1]; [2]

Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence of the Metropolitan New York Library Council, has facilitated multi-institutional Wikipedia projects among New York galleries, libraries, archives, and cultural institutions since August, 2013. In her talk she will discuss Edit-a-Thon and project documentation, things to do before and after Wikipedia events, Wikimetrics, and using outside tools to trace institutional Wikipedia projects. The latter part of the presentation will also consider different models for measuring success in Wikipedia projects including: editor retention, diversity, language compatibility, page-views, readability, and article quality.

Dominic McDevitt-Parks

Dominic McDevitt-Parks

National Archives [3] [4]

Bob Skiba

Bob Skiba, John J. Wilcox Jr. Archives of Philadelphia, William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia PA 19107, (215) 732-2220; Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru [5]; [6]; [7]; [8]

Wikipedia How-to Edit Workshop

Leader: Mary Mark Ockerbloom

"Wiki Loves Pride" Edit-a-thon

"Wiki Loves Pride"