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== McGill University Edit-a-thon ==
  
== McGill University Edit-a-thon ==
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:''See [[:wikipedia:Wikipedia:Meetup/Montreal/WCNA2017/McGill University|event page on Wikipedia]]''
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Starting at 10 AM, McGill University is opening up its 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].
  
   
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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.
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In addition to the Data Visualization Room, participants are welcome to explore and work in other areas of the library - for example, there will be open access to the Rare Books collection.
  
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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.
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=== Articles to work on ===
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# [[:wikipedia:Robert Russell Reid|Robert R. (Robert Russell) Reid]], 1927- typographic artist, graphic designer
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::: [http://viaf.org/viaf/55430261/ Library of Congress] authority file
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::: ''Book:'' [http://mcgill.worldcat.org/oclc/528476915 Type : specimen pages of the type faces at the private press of Robert R. Reid] by request in Rare Books & Special Collections
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# [[:wikipedia:Benjamin_Frobisher|Benjamin Frobisher]], one of the founders of the North West company
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# [[:wikipedia:Madeleine_Parent|Madeleine Parent]], activist, feminist, leader in women's labour movement, Quebec women's suffrage
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::: ''Article'' : [http://mcgill.worldcat.org/title/interview-with-madeleine-parent/oclc/6736953655&referer=brief_results Interview with Madeleine Parent]. (March 08, 2016). Studies in Political Economy, 30, 1, 13-36.
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::: ''Archival Fond'' : [http://mcgill.worldcat.org/title/madeleine-parent-fonds-mg-4269/oclc/958144050&referer=brief_results Madeleine Parent Fonds : M.G. 4269.]
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=== General Resources ===
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==== Rare Books and Special Collections ====
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# [https://archive.org/details/mcgilluniversityrarebooks Internet archive collection] includes manuscripts, books and maps
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# [https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/warposters/english/ War World posters collection]
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====McGill University Archives====
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# [https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-book-of-remembrance-3930 Book of Remembrance], [https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-macdonald-remembrance-1914-1918-5250 Book of Remembrance, 1914-1918 Macdonald College], [https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-remembrance-1939-1945-5251 Book of Remembrance. 1939-1945. Macdonald College] & [https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-mua_honor-roll-1914-1918-5249 McGill honour roll, 1914-1918]
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# [http://yearbooks.mcgill.ca/ McGill Yearbooks (1898-2000)]
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#The archival records of McGill University - volume 1, Private papers held at McGill University - volume 2 & volume 3
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# [https://archive.org/details/mcgilluniversitystudentpublications McGill Student publications]
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====Osler Library of the History of Medicine ====
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# [https://archive.org/details/mcgilluniversityosler Internet Archive collection]
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# [https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Annual+announcement+of+the+Medical+Faculty+of+M%27Gill+College%2C+Montreal%2C+for+session+...%22&sort=-date Medical Faculty calendars]
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# [http://osler.library.mcgill.ca/archives/ Archival collections]
   
 
== Canadian Women Edit-a-thon at the BAnQ-Vieux ==
  
== Canadian Women Edit-a-thon at the BAnQ-Vieux ==
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:''See [[:wikipedia:Wikipedia:Meetup/Montreal/WCNA2017/Canadian women|event page on Wikipedia]]''
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[[:wikipedia:Wikipedia:Women in Red|Women in Red]] will be hosting a Canadian Women Edit-a-thon in the Jodain rooms of the [https://www.google.com/maps/place/BAnQ+Vieux-Montr%C3%A9al/@45.5131764,-73.5546547,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cc91bb2d78e4b39:0x3d5af04ee01c2a48!8m2!3d45.5131764!4d-73.5546547 BAnQ-Vieux].
  
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[[File:Maison Jodoin adjacente à l'édifice Gilles-Hocquart BAnQ Vieux-Montréal 04.JPG|thumb|right|A look at one of the Jodain rooms at the BAnQ-Vieux]]
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[[:wikipedia:Wikipedia:Women in Red|Women in Red]] will be hosting a multi-language [[:Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/53|Canadian Women Edit-a-thon]] in the Jodain rooms of the [https://www.google.com/maps/place/BAnQ+Vieux-Montr%C3%A9al/@45.5131764,-73.5546547,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cc91bb2d78e4b39:0x3d5af04ee01c2a48!8m2!3d45.5131764!4d-73.5546547 BAnQ-Vieux].
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===Work lists===
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#[[:wikipedia:Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by nationality/Canada|Wikidata list of Canadian women]]
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#[[:wikipedia:Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by dictionary/Western Canadian women|Western Canadian women]]
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#[https://books.google.com/books?id=kSg-AAAAIAAJ ''The Canadian Woman's Annual and Social Service Directory'']

Latest revision as of 04:41, 9 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

See event page on Wikipedia

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

  1. 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
  1. Benjamin Frobisher, one of the founders of the North West company
  2. 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.

General Resources

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

See event page on Wikipedia
A look at one of the Jodain rooms 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

  1. Wikidata list of Canadian women
  2. Western Canadian women
  3. The Canadian Woman's Annual and Social Service Directory
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