Good day,
I've just begun working with the National Museum of Civil War Medicine to
try to plan an edit-a-thon. We've not yet set a date, but I wanted to ask
for advice and see if I could request some materials.
First to cover the materials, does Wikimedia DC have extra Wikipedia
brochures? My personal stash is somewhat low and I know we will need a few
at least at the event. I have a couple, but not many.
Could I convince anyone here who has previous run an edit-a-thon to take a
quick look at the most recent email I sent the museum and double check that
I didn't miss anything important? I don't want to forward the email to the
list because it is quite long. I think I covered everything, and there is
plenty of time to correct it if I haven't, but I don't want to miss
something and be surprised.
Thank you,
Derric Atzrott
User:Zellfaze on English Wikipedia
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In case you find yourself on a train to Philly! Cool event and one of my
favorite museums..
-Sar
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From: Milby, Jessica <jmilby(a)philamuseum.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 10:50 AM
Subject: [GLAM] edit-a-thon at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
To: "glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi everyone,
Wednesday, March 25th from 5:30-8:30pm EST the Philadelphia Museum of Art
will host an edit-a-thon to add and improve articles on African American
artists in conjunction with our exhibition Represent: 200 Years of African
American Art <http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/815.html>. Check here
<http://www.philamuseum.org/calendar/?gv=0&id=25&et=0&dt=March_2015> for
other events on the day.
Information on the edit-a-thon can be found here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/Represent_Afric….
The event is open to the public and free after Museum admission, which is
pay-what-you-wish on Wednesdays after 5pm. New and experienced editors are
welcome. Newcomers are encouraged to attend the first hour of the event
for a basic training session, led by Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Wikipedian in
residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
We encourage attendees to bring their own laptops and power cords.
Please help us spread the word!
Thanks,
Jessica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art
*Jessica* *Milby*
Assistant Director for Collection Information
*Philadelphia Museum of Art *2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19130
www.philamuseum.org
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Two upcoming conferences that may be of interest to people:
THAT Camp, The Humanities and Technologies Camp, will be in DC on April 18: http://dc2015.thatcamp.org/
The International Image Interoperability Framework is hosting a conference on May 5 about the use of images in and across cultural heritage institutions: http://iiif.io/event/2015/washington.html
Cheers,
James
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