Difference between revisions of "2017/Edit-a-thons"

Revision as of 21:25, 4 August 2017

WikiConference North America 2017 • Montréal, Canada

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
Benjamin Frobisher, one of the founders of the North West company

Resources

Rare Books and Special Collections

Internet archive collection includes manuscripts, books and maps
War World posters collection

McGill University Archives

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

Osler Library of the History of Medicine

[https://archive.org/details/mcgilluniversityosler Internet Archive collection\
Medical Faculty calendars
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.

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 == McGill University Edit-a-thon ==
-Starting at 10 AM, McGill University is opening up its [https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/research-commons/rooma | Data Visualization Room] to Wikipedians for an edit-a-thon! The focus is to improve a list of Wikipedia articles curated by McGill's faculty. Participants will have access to on-site physical resources, as well as McGill's [http://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/az.php electronic subscription resources].
+Starting at 10 AM, McGill University is opening up its [https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/research-commons/rooma | 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 [http://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/az.php 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.
+In addition to the Data Visualization Room, participants are welcome to explore and work in other areas of the library - for example, the [https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/rarebooks/about | 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
+# [[ Benjamin_Frobisher | Benjamin Frobisher]], one of the founders of the North West company
+=== Resources ===
+==== Rare Books and Special Collections ====
+# [https://archive.org/details/mcgilluniversityrarebooks Internet archive collection] includes manuscripts, books and maps
+# [https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/warposters/english/ War World posters collection]
+====McGill University Archives====
+# Book of Remembrance, Book of Remembrance, Macdonald College & McGill honour roll, 1914-1918
+# McGill Yearbooks (1898-2000)
+#The archival records of McGill University - volume 1, Private papers held at McGill University - volume 2 & volume 3
+# [https://archive.org/details/mcgilluniversitystudentpublications McGill Student publications]
+====Osler Library of the History of Medicine ====
+# [https://archive.org/details/mcgilluniversityosler Internet Archive collection\
+# Medical Faculty calendars
+# [http://osler.library.mcgill.ca/archives/ Archival collections]
 == Canadian Women Edit-a-thon at the BAnQ-Vieux ==