2017/Edit-a-thons

WikiConference North America has two great edit-a-thons planned during Wednesday's Culture Crawl on August 9, 2017. These edit-a-thons are hosted with our Culture Crawl partners, McGill University Libraries and the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ).

If you have a laptop, be sure to bring it!

McGill University Edit-a-thon
Starting at 10 AM, McGill University is opening up its Data Visualization Room on the main floor of the McLennan-Redpath Library to Wikipedians for an edit-a-thon! The focus is to improve a list of Wikipedia articles curated by McGill's librarians. Participants will have access to on-site physical resources, as well as McGill's electronic subscription resources. Wireless access will be available and a bank of desktop computers will be nearby to work on.

In addition to the Data Visualization Room, participants are welcome to explore and work in other areas of the library - for example, the Rare Books & Special Collections Reading Room is open on the 4th floor from 10 am - 6pm.

Articles to work on

 * Robert R. (Robert Russell) Reid, 1927- typographic artist, graphic designer
 * Library of Congress authority file
 * Book: Type : specimen pages of the type faces at the private press of Robert R. Reid by request in Rare Books & Special Collections


 * Benjamin Frobisher, one of the founders of the North West company
 * Madeleine Parent, activist, feminist, leader in women's labour movement, Quebec women's suffrage
 * Article : Interview with Madeleine Parent. (March 08, 2016). Studies in Political Economy, 30, 1, 13-36.
 * Archival Fond : Madeleine Parent Fonds : M.G. 4269.

Rare Books and Special Collections

 * 1) Internet archive collection includes manuscripts, books and maps
 * 2) War World posters collection

McGill University Archives

 * 1) Book of Remembrance, Book of Remembrance, 1914-1918 Macdonald College, Book of Remembrance. 1939-1945. Macdonald College & McGill honour roll, 1914-1918
 * 2) McGill Yearbooks (1898-2000)
 * 3) The archival records of McGill University - volume 1, Private papers held at McGill University - volume 2 & volume 3
 * 4) McGill Student publications

Osler Library of the History of Medicine

 * 1) Internet Archive collection
 * 2) Medical Faculty calendars
 * 3) Archival collections

Canadian Women Edit-a-thon at the BAnQ-Vieux
Women in Red will be hosting a multi-language Canadian Women Edit-a-thon in the Jodain rooms of the BAnQ-Vieux.

Work lists

 * Wikidata list of Canadian women
 * Western Canadian women
 * 1) The Canadian Woman's Annual and Social Service Directory