Submissions:2019/New England meetup and project roundtable

This submission has been noted and is pending review for WikiConference North America 2019.

Etherpad

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:

MIT Librarians: Phoebe Ayers, Greta Suiter, Kai Alexis Smith and Ye Li

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