Wikipedia:GLAM/State Library of New South Wales/Events

Using the Library as a venue for an edit-a-thon

 * Room bookings: small group study rooms (up to 6 people) for larger group bookings contact Venue Hire at the Library.
 * Resources and expert guides: please contact the Library directly for staff assistance with resources and references to support editing at your event
 * Free wifi access is available in the public areas of the Library, including the study rooms.
 * While onsite for the editathon participants will have full access to the Library's electronic databases for locating and citing references, including JSTOR.
 * If you live in NSW and sign up for a readers card you can also access many of the Library's databases remotely.

Edit-a-thons

 * French Classical music editathon (13 October 2012)
 * Paralympics Workshop 21 September 2013
 * World War I editathons (November 2013; August 2013)
 * Wadewitz tribute edit-a-thon 10 May 2014
 * Know My Name 11am - 1pm 7 March 2020, Dixson Room BOOKINGS

Symposium - Wikimedia in Higher Education (2013)

 * Symposium project page
 * Summary of presentation by SLNSW on 5 April

Getting started

 * If you would like to watch some YouTube videos to help orient yourself to Wikipedia editing here is a playlist from Edinburgh University https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLShfeH51q5EA_z_muUHb4qLjrH-c0vTDV

Setting up your user account

 * How to create a new user account VIDEO TUTORIAL
 * Why create an account
 * New user account tutorial
 * please add the template "this is a new user" to your user page

Turning on visual editor
There are two different ways to edit Wikipedia, we recommend you start with Visual Editor.
 * How to enable the visual editor on Wikipedia VIDEO TUTORIAL
 * Introduction to referencing with Visual Editor

Adding a citation

 * How to add a citation on Wikipedia VIDEO TUTORIAL

Good sources to use to find citations and references

 * Trove focuses on freely available digital content held in the collections of Australian Libraries, Archives, Museums, Galleries, University, Research and community organisations.
 * Dictionary of Sydney
 * Australian Dictionary of Biography
 * Australian Women's Register

Training Workshops

 * SLNSW Training for interested SLNSW employees on 27-28 November 2012.
 * SLNSW 13 March 2013: Masterclass
 * Wagga Wagga 2 May 2013: training for librarians
 * Canterbury 24 May 2013: training for librarians
 * Broken Hill 29 May 2013: training for librarians
 * Newcastle 6 November 2013: training for librarians
 * NSLA Canberra 29 November 2013: training for newspaper digitising team
 * SLNSW Staff Training April 2016 11 April 2016: internal training focusing on creating newspaper articles


 * SLNSW Staff Training June 2016 30 June 2016: internal training focusing on creating biographical articles for notable NSW people


 * Public Wikipedia Editing Training, 16 August 2016
 * SLNSW #1Lib1Ref 2017 January 2017: internal training and editing for #1Lib1Ref
 * SLNSW Staff Training January 2017 : internal training focusing on articles about literary awards
 * Wikimedia Commons 13 February 2017: a hands on introduction for GLAMs
 * Food studies editathon 17 March 2017: editing workshop for food studies researchers
 * SLNSW Volunteers Training January 2019 25 January 2019: introduction to editing for Library volunteers
 * SLNSW Volunteers Training May 2019 10 May 2019: editing for Library volunteers
 * SLNSW Volunteers Training February 2020 28 February 2020: editing for Library volunteers
 * SLNSW Volunteers Training April 2021 22, 24 April 2021: introduction for Library volunteers
 * SLNSW Volunteers Training 1lib1ref 2021 May 2021: 1lib1ref introduction for Library volunteers