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== McGill University Edit-a-thon == |
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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. |
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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== Canadian Women Edit-a-thon at the BAnQ-Vieux == |
== Canadian Women Edit-a-thon at the 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]] |
[[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]. |
[[: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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Latest revision as of 04:41, 9 August 2017
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.
General 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, 1914-1918 Macdonald College, Book of Remembrance. 1939-1945. 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
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.