Wikipedia:GLAM/Metropolitan New York Library Council/Events

Summary of Edit-a-thons
METRO's Wikipedian-in-Residence has organized and/or co-organized the following Wikipedia Edit-a-thons:
 * Meetup/ArtAndFeminism Campaign (New York/METRO Institutions:)
 * Art+Feminism, Brooklyn Museum
 * Art+Feminism, MoMA


 * #Black Lives Matter Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. NYPL Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. February 7, 2015.
 * Librarians@Pratt Edit-a-thon. Pratt Manhattan, Pratt MLIS. November 1, 2014.
 * Gugg-a-thon at the Guggenheim Museum. October 7, 2014.
 * Westchester County Edit-a-thon at BriarCliff Manor Public Library. August 24, 2014.
 * Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon. NYPL Jefferson Market Library, Greenwich Village. Saturday, June 21, 2014.
 * Harlem Edit-a-thon. New York Public Library, Harlem Branch. March 1, 2014.
 * Columbia Butler Library, Studio@Butler #GWWI Edit-a-Thon. March, 2014.
 * Women's History Edit-a-Thon Barnard College, and (7 Sisters Edit-a-Thons). March, 2014.
 * Women in Jewish History Edit-a-Thon at the Center for Jewish History
 * Art +Feminism Edit-a-thon. Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology. February, 2014.
 * Queens History Edit-a-Thon. Queens Library Central Branch. December, 2013
 * Greenwich Village History Edit-a-Thon. New York Public Library, Jefferson Market Library. November, 2013.
 * Brooklyn History Edit-a-Thon. Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch.

Speaking Engagements involving METRO's Summer 2013-Spring 2015Wikipedian-in-Residence

 * SENYLRC (Southeastern NY Library Resources Council) presentation. February 3, 2015.
 * METRO Residency Anniversary Lecture: "One Year of Wikipedia at METRO".
 * Keynote at "A GLAM Day Out: Cultural Collaboration through Wikipedia" with Dominic McDevitt Parks at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia. June 26, 2014.
 * Organized WikiConference USA 2014 Panel:"Wikipedia’s Role in Four Different Types of Librarianship" May 31st, 2014.
 * Keynote, Columbia Butler Library, Digital Library Seminar Series. "Wikipedia in New York Libraries and Archives: Adding Collections Information, Images, and Authoritative Research to the World´s Largest Encyclopedia."
 * Greater Hudson Heritage Foundation "TechHistory" Conference Keynote. "Wikipedia in New York Libraries and Archives: Adding Authoritative Research to the World’s Largest Encyclopedia."
 * METRO Annual Conference presentation "Wikipedia in Cultural Heritage Institutions." January 15th, 2014.
 * "Wikipedia & Cultural Heritage Institutions: Opportunities for Partnership." Rutgers School of Communication and Information Fall Colloquium Lecture. October 30, 2013.

Black Lives Matter Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
On Saturday February 7th, 2015 the New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, held a #BlackLivesMatter Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to contribute to articles on Wikipedia for the national Black WikiHistory Month outreach campaign. The event was organized in collaboration with NYPL, the Metropolitan New York Library Council, Wikimedia NYC, Wireless Harlem, and the West Harlem Art Fund.

Satellite events were held on February 7th at SUNY Purchase College Library and the Nashville Public Library, and a concurrent Wikipedia event, AfroCROWD, was held on February 7th and 8th at the Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch. The Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thon was held in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division in the Schomburg Center. Over 50 experienced and beginning Wikipedians were in attendance throughout the day, with almost every seat in the house packed, and about 19 articles were created that day, with more edited.

In the morning, a beginners Wikipedia editing training was held. Following the training, members of Wikimedia NYC and other experienced Wikipedians floated around the room, working one-on-one with attendees.

At the event, several librarians were available at a desk in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room to help locate reference texts and provide suggestions for further research.

Following the day’s editing, a wine and cheese reception was held to thanks guests and attendees.

Articles Created
(19 Total)
 * Eliza Healy - educator and the first African-American Catholic Mother Superior.
 * Wilbert J. Le Melle - American diplomat, author and academician.
 * Greater Hood Memorial AME Zion Church - the First African American continuous African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Harlem, New York.
 * Greater Bethel AME Church (Harlem) - one of the oldest black churches in New York/
 * Mildred Blount - American milliner, costume designer, and clothier.
 * Elombe Brath - Pan African activist, best known for founding the Patrice Lumumba Coalition.
 * Judy Dearing - American costume designer, dancer, and choreographer.
 * Cheryll Greene - an American editor and scholar.
 * Harlem Book Fair the United State’s largest African-American book fair.
 * Harlem Six - name given to the trial of six men in Harlem, NY in March of 1965.
 * Myra Adele Logan - physician, surgeon and anatomist.
 * Maritcha Remond Lyons - educator, civic leader, feminist, and writer.
 * National Black Theatre - a non-profit cultural and educational corporation, and community-based theatre company.
 * Lawrence Benjamin Brown - composer and pianist.
 * Emmett Jay Scott - educator and publicist, famously known as being Booker T. Washington's closest advisor and Special Advisor of Black Affairs to Secretary of War Newton D. Baker.
 * Bailey’s Cafe - a 1992 novel by award-winning American author Gloria Naylor.
 * Violette Neatley Anderson - first female African American law school graduate in the state of Illinois.
 * Ruth Jean Baskerville Brown - first black female booking agent and the president of Queen Booking Corporation.
 * Leonard Harper - producer/stager/choreographer in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance.

Articles Improved

 * Aaron Douglas - painter and figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
 * Steve McQueen - film director, producer, screenwriter, and video artist.
 * The Women of Brewster Place (novel) - debut novel of American author Gloria Naylor.

Guggenheim Museum hosts first Edit-a-thon
The Guggenheim Museum hosted its first Edit-a-thon on Tuesday October 7th, in the Sackler Center for Arts Education auditorium and co-working rooms at the Guggenheim building. Staff from across the Museum's departments, including; library and archives, education, curatorial, architectural projects, social media, and external affairs departments made the event a truly collaborative experience for the institution, with around 35 total participants dropping in to edit and learn about Wikipedia and Museum Architecture throughout the day.
 * Mir, Rebecca. "Go 'Guggathon'! How We Collaboratively Edited Architecture Pages on Wikipedia." Guggenheim Museum blog. October 17, 2014.

Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-Thon at NYPL's Jefferson Market Library in Greenwich Village
Wiki Loves Pride 2014 took place June 21st, 2014. 11am-5pm. This event is part of the over 10 international Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-Thons taking place in the month of June and kick-starting the Wikimedia LGBT project.
 * "Wiki Loves Pride 2014 and Adding Diversity to Wikipedia." Wikimedia Blog. July 18, 2014.

WikiConference USA
Wikiconference USA hosted by Wikimedia NYC and Wikimedia D.C. took place May 30th-June 1st, 2014 at New York Law School.

GLAM-Wiki tour of the Metropolitan Museum Before the start of Wikiconference USA in New York City, on May 28, a dozen representatives from the US GLAM community were treated to a backstage tour hosted by The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Neal Stimler, digital asset specialist, William Blueher, T.J. Watson Librarian, and Sree Sreenivasan, chief digital officer. Starting the tour off, William Blueher gave a tour of the Watson Library, the Met’s largest research library. William has been contributing to Wikipedia at the Watson by adding references and links to the Met’s digitized resources. The tour group saw the book conservation laboratory, stacks, and scanning facilities. Next, Neal Stimler took the group on a Wikipedia themed tour of the Met. Each of the four paintings he showed the group, from a portrait of Benjamin Franklin to a painting of the ‘muse of history’ told the story of human’s search for knowledge and its depiction in art.

Center for Jewish History Hosts "Women in Jewish History" Edit-a-Thon
A "Women in Jewish History" -themed Edit-a-Thon was held at the Center for Jewish History on May 4th, 2014. Articles added to Wikipedia at the event include: Dina Abramowicz, Pauline Wengeroff, and Rosika Schwimmer. The event brought some 30 attendees and included librarians and archivists, scholars, Wikipedians, and members of the public. The event was organized by CJH’s newly created Wiki Subcommittee.
 * See: "Spring Wikipedia Activities in New York." 5.06.14 for Recap.

Barnard and Columbia University “Hack the Canon,” Adding Women’s History to Wikipedia
'''See: #GWWI (Global Women Wikipedia Write-In) Edit-a-Thon at Columbia Library's Studio@Butler''' Meetup/SevenSisters/March2014SevenSisters Barnard College and Columbia University Libraries’s Studio@Butler hosted Wikipedia edit-a-thons in March to celebrate Wiki Women’s History Month.” These events familiarized attendees with the anatomy of a Wikipedia page and demonstrated how Wikipedia can be used effectively by students and educators.

Both events were organized as part of WikiWomen’s History Month with Wikipedia’s well-known gender gaps in mind. Wikipedia reported in 2011 that 14% of editors are women and that the coverage of history is skewed male on the site, an issue these events aim to resolve.

Barnard’s event on March 1st was part of a larger, virtual 7 Sisters Colleges Edit-a-Thon, organized in part by METRO. Participating libraries included Bryn Mawr College in PA, Mount Holyoke College in MA, Radcliffe Institute in MA, and Smith College in MA. At Barnard, organizer Megan Wacha reported that over half of the about 17 attendees were first-time editors. Articles created included entries on Millicent Carey McIntosh, Jean Blackwell Hutson, and Thulani Davis.

On Tuesday March 18th Columbia University Libraries/Information Services Studio@Butler hosted a node of the Global Women Wikipedia Write-In, part of the ongoing Rewriting Wikipedia Project. The event aimed to add Wikipedia articles on women from around the world and to improve existing entries on relevant topics. Columbia Librarian Leyla Williams and collaborators drew about 30 students, faculty, librarians, retired professors, and members of the public to the event to contribute their knowledge. Many participants worked on articles related to historical subjects they taught and researched relating to women’s history.

In related events on March 18, Roopika Risam and Adeline Koh, organizers of the Global Women Wikipedia Write-In, held their own local node at Emory University, as did a group at Texas State University. Articles created at these events included entries on Chesya Bruke, Lauren Cornell,and Lucy Stanton. Both Barnard and Columbia are expected engage to Wikipedia projects and other open access initiatives in the future. Stay tuned for more.

In related events on March 18, Roopika Risam and Adeline Koh, organizers of the Global Women Wikipedia Write-In, held their own local node at Emory University, as did a group at Texas State University. Articles created at these events included entries on Chesya Bruke, Lauren Cornell,and Lucy Stanton.

Both Barnard and Columbia are expected engage to Wikipedia projects and other open access initiatives in the future. Stay tuned for more.

Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at NYPL's Harlem Library
On Saturday March 8, 2014 NYPL’s Harlem Library hosted an area Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon with a goal of contributing to the free online knowledge about Harlem’s rich history. With about 20 attendees the group attendees managed to add an article on the African American Day Parade, and edit articles on Harlem’s demographics, the Harlem Fire Watchtower, Mount Morris Park Historic District, and the West Harlem Fund.

International Success: Art + Feminism Edit-a-Thon at Eyebeam Art and Technology Center and 30 other Satellite Locations
The complete outcomes of all satellite events are being aggregated on a follow-up pages:
 * Dorothy Howard's write-up in the The Daily Beast.
 * Wikipedia:ArtAndFeminism/FAQ – includes a description of the campaign, future plans, a list of all of associated events, and press coverage
 * Wikipedia:ArtAndFeminism/Outcomes – includes summaries and results from each event

Edit-a-thon at the Queens Public Library Central Library, December 6th, 2013
The Queens Library Central Branch in Jamaica, Queens held its first Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon on Friday, December 6 with the help of METRO’s Wikipedian-in-Residence and the Wikimedia NYC Chapter. The event sparked interest in editing Wikipedia articles about Queens History. Over 20 participants, including several Queens-based published historians, a few teenagers, and a handful of library staff, were in attendance.
 * Event Page.
 * Queens Library GLAM Project

Participants made use of materials from the Queens Archive, adding citations to rare books, articles, and ephemera to pre-existing Wikipedia pages. Librarians gathered research materials from the Queens Library Archive on flash drives and provided paper research files so that participants could strengthen Wikipedia articles with citations to primary and secondary materials housed in the archives. One example is a new article that was created on Emil Lucev, a Queens Historian and writer who also appears in the Queens Archive. Five new articles were created.

Throughout the day, Wikipedians provided guidance in one-on-one interactions, covering topics from uploading photographs to adding citations to creating new articles. Most participants stayed a few hours, trying out the process of editing articles on local train historian Ron Ziel, the Women’s Industrial Service League in Queens, and the NYC illustrator and photographer Eugene Armbruster, as well as many others.

The Queens Library Central Branch and Queens Library Archives plans to edit Wikipedia articles internally. Work has begun on a GLAM-Wiki (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Wikipedia) project.

Advanced Wikipedia Training at METRO, November 21st, 2013

 * METRO Annoucement
 * Slideshare

Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Greenwich Village in the 60s/ November 2nd, 2013
Event page: Meetup/NYC

The Wikipedia "Greenwich Village in the 60s" Edit-a-thon is a Wikimedia NYC meet-up and Wikipedia Edit-a-thon workshop hosted by New York Public Library's Jefferson Market Library, Wikimedia NYC and the Metropolitan New York Library Council ("METRO").



"Greenwich Village In The 60s" was held on Saturday, November 2, 2013, at the Jefferson Market Library (425 Avenue of the Americas at 10th Street, New York, NY 10011-8454 (212) 243-4334), as part of this year's Wikipedia Loves Libraries global campaign. The event is hosted by Jefferson Market Library, Wikimedia NYC and METRO.

Introduction to Wikipedia for Libraries, Archives, and Museums, September 18th, 2013
3-hour library and archives-specific training on Wikipedia. 3 sections 1) Introduction to GLAM-Wiki and description of success stories and ways to add content 2) Hands on editing training and practice and 3) Discussion and Questions This training guide came out of the event.
 * See event details here.

Wikipedia Takes Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Public Library Central Library, September 7th and 8th, 2013
On the weekend of September 7th and 8th, Wikimedia NYC, Metropolitan New York Library Council, and the Wikiotics Foundation teamed up to host “Wikipedia Takes Brooklyn,” New York’s first event for the 2013 “Wikipedia Loves Libraries” season. The event, held at the new Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Info Commons, included three smaller break-out groups; 1) a “Photo-hunt” for images of Brooklyn historic monuments and libraries and training on how to upload images to Wikipedia, 2) a one-on-one, open office hours for Wikipedia questions that lasted for both days, and 3) Wikiotics “Families Learning Bilingually,” a public program to develop educational resources on Wikipedia.

The event, totaling 12 hours, showed strong support from the Wikipedia community and public participants. Nine experienced Wikipedians helped provide training throughout the weekend, 20-30 members of the public attended, 17 new users were registered, and several members of the Brooklyn Public Library staff came to observe.

Statistics for the event were generated using the Wiki-Metrics analytics platform recently developed by the Wikimedia Foundation, which can analyze groups of User edits over time. Metrics were generated for two different intervals: One day, and two weeks after the event ended on Sunday 9/8.

One day after the event, 5 pages had been created, and 229 edits were made by participants. Two weeks after the event, 30 pages had been created, and 1019 edits were made by participants of the event. The growth in edits by multiple measurements shows that users continued to edit in the days after “Wikipedia Takes Brooklyn” ended. In addition to the Wikipedia engaement recorded above, over 73 images were also uploaded to Wikimedia Commons from the photo-hunt. Further, the learning materials provided at the event included a online learning guide for the event and Wikimedia Foundation learning booklets.

The qualitative accounts of the Wikipedia Weekend also include many individual success stories. One woman walked in on Sunday as a brand new Wikipedian, and after a one-on-one training that lasted a few hours, she created a user account, revised the entry for Sara Delano Roosevelt Park in the Lower East Side, and added one of her own photographs to the page. She also expressed her amazement and delight at being able to add to the public history about her neighborhood and its residents. Looking forward, organizers of the “Wikipedia Weekend” are planning to continue partnering with the Brooklyn Public Library Central Library to hold more regular Wikipedia events at the Info Commons. The event was considered a success by all supporting organizations.

Other Events

 * Wikipedia Take Brooklyn event page.
 * April 2017 meetup
 * Events tracked on Wikipedia are in Category:Metropolitan New York Library Council meetups
 * What the Experts Won’t Tell You: Wikipedia and the Mirror of Research, Thursday, September 8, 2016 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM @ Metropolitan New York Library Council - 57 East 11th Street (hosted by user:Napplicable)