Submissions:2019/New England meetup and project roundtable
This submission has been noted and is pending review for WikiConference North America 2019.
Title:
- New England meetup and project roundtable
Theme:
- Relationship Building & Support
+ Inclusion and Diversity
+ Editor Recruitment & Retention
+ Other
Type of session:
- Other
Abstract:
Librarians, educators, and Wikimedians from around New England are invited to meet each other and learn about local projects in this session.
The session will begin with a block of short lightning talks, where people doing Wikipedia-related projects and events individually or at their institutions can present their work. These lightning talks will be solicited ahead of time, with space left for on-site signups. This will be followed with time for discussion and mingling to encourage collaborations among people in the area.
Academic Peer Review option:
- No
Author name:
E-mail address:
- psayers@mit.edu
Wikimedia username:
Affiliated organization(s):
- MIT Libraries and Wikimedia New England
Estimated time:
- 75 minutes for lightning talks + meetup
Preferred room size:
- medium-large
Special requests:
Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?:
- N
If your submission is not accepted, would you be open to presenting your topic in another part of the program? (e.g. lightning talk or unconference session)
- Y