A Librarians @ Pratt Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (Fall 2015) will take place at Pratt Institute's Manhattan campus on Saturday, October 24, 2015, from 1:00-6:00PM. The focus of this event is to create and edit pages about Pratt alumni, faculty, and staff who’ve made a significant contribution to the field of Library and Information Science, especially those involved in the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science programs. This event is third in a series of edit-a-thons hosted by Pratt SILSSA to foster LIS student engagement on Wikipedia.
Previous Events edit
- Librarians @ Pratt Edit-a-thon, November 1, 2015.
- Librarians @ Pratt Edit-a-thon Part 2, April 18th, 2015.
Details edit
- Hosts: Pratt School of Information Student Association (SILSSA)
- Date: Saturday, October 24, 2015
- Time: 1-6pm: Instruction from 1 - 2, Drop-in editing thereafter until 6
- Location: Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science (6th Floor, Room 609)
- Address: 144 West 14th St, New York, NY 10011
- Cost: Free
- What to Bring: Participants should bring laptops and ideas. There will be desktop computers available but only accessible by current Pratt students, faculty, and staff.
- Participants: Open to Pratt Institute students, faculty, staff, and alumni; plus invited guests.
- Other contacts: Anarchyshake
Articles to Edit edit
- See notable alumni at Pratt Institute School of Information
- Articles tagged with Category:Librarians. To find one, simply search Category:Librarians above
- Cataloging - add the work of Hope A. Olson, [Pratt adjunct faculty member Emily Drabinski]
- Collection development
- Knowledge Organization
- Master of Library and Information Science
- Metadata, specifically the section on Libraries
- Open Access
- Predatory open access publishing
- Reference interview
Articles to Create edit
Resources edit
Editing Wikipedia
- Wiki Markup Cheatsheet
- Wikipedia Manual of Style (WP:MOS)
- WP:Notability (people)
- How to create a Wikipedia entries that will stick
Wikipedia's Principles
Outside Resources
- Dropbox of Sources - Mostly biographical
- List of Pages to Edit
Sign-up edit
If you are planning to attend this event, please fill out this short RSVP form. Additionally, if you have a Wikipedia account, please add your name below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row).
RSVPs edit
- Anarchyshake (talk) 15:44, 15 October 2015 (UTC)(Organizer)
- Megs (talk) 17:49, 15 October 2015 (UTC) (Facilitator)
In-Person Attendees edit
- Megs (talk) 18:16, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
- Heditoring (talk) 18:17, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
- Rikki.a.p (talk) 18:17, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
- Gert Yorkes (talk) 18:18, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
- Abbigrlz (talk) 18:20, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
- Anarchyshake (talk) 18:25, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
- Mobigtoe (talk) 18:29, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
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