Wikipedia:GLAM/VU/Events

Martin Luther King Day Editathon
Vanderbilt Libraries are hosting a Staff Service Day Editathon on January 18,2021.

Date and time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., CST on Monday, January 18th.

Sign up: Outreach Dashboard

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MLK Day of Service Observed each year on the third Monday in January, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities.

VU Libraries Project Starting in 2021, Vanderbilt will recognize MLK Day as a paid staff holiday. According to Chancellor Diermeier, providing "dedicated time off for the entire Vanderbilt community to commemorate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King is one of many steps the university is taking to build a more inclusive and welcoming community. The values to which Dr. King dedicated his life—including peace, equality and justice—are the foundation for genuine and impactful change on our campus and around the world.”

To honor the intent of the day, the LAC is organizing a voluntary service project for library staff to participate in with your library colleagues. Given the current COVID environment, we are proposing a virtual Wikimedia Editathon to compile information about Nashville area social justice organizations. Please note that participation in this event is purely voluntary and not required of any staff member.

 VanderbiltArtandFeminism 2018 Wednesday March 14, 2018; 11am to 1pm At the Vanderbilt University Library, Room 418A

Speaker: Professor Heeryoon Shin, history of Art "Women as Patrons in Early Modern Asia", 11:15am

Lunch will be served!

Join the Vanderbilt University Libraries for a communal updating of Wikipedia entries. Help available for beginner Wikipedians. All are welcome, no experience required. Chat with editors, librarians and scholars and contribute your knowledge. Reference materials, lunch and editing help provided. Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. People of all gender identities and expressions are invited to participate.

See https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/artfeminism_2018/programs | ART+FEMINISM and enter passcode AF

African American History Edit-A-Thon Wednesday February 28, 2018; 11am to 1pm At the Vanderbilt University Library, Special Collections Lunch will be served!

Join the Vanderbilt University Libraries for a communal updating of Wikipedia entries. Help available for beginner Wikipedians. All are welcome, no experience required. Chat with editors, librarians and scholars and contribute your knowledge. Reference materials, lunch and editing help provided. Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. People of all gender identities and expressions are invited to participate.

No registration necessary.

Women in Science Edit-A-Thon Tuesday November 14, 2017; 10am to 3pm At the Vanderbilt University Library, Special Collections Lunch will be served!

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University is hosting an Edit-A-Thon focused on developing Wikipedia articles about women in STEM. Join us in learning and writing about the many contributions of talented and influential women scientists living and working throughout history, from the ancient world to the modern day. All are welcome, no experience required.

Open Access Week 2017 Wednesday, October 24, 2017; 11am to 1pm At the Vanderbilt University Digital Humanities Center, 344 Buttrick Hall Lunch will be served! Bring your laptop, drop-ins welcome!

We Are Open in Order to:____________.

'''11:15 am Kelly Doyle Wikipedian-in-Residence for Gender Equity, West Virginia University

What concrete benefits can be realized by making scholarly outputs openly available?  “Open in order to…” prompts us to focus on what openness enables—in an individual discipline, at a particular institution, or in a specific context; then to take action to realize these benefits. Open in order to increase the impact of my scholarship. Open in order to enable more equitable participation in research. Open in order to improve public health. These are just a few examples of how this question can be answered.

Established by SPARC and partners in the student community in 2008, International Open Access Week is an opportunity to take action in making openness the default for research—to raise the visibility of scholarship, accelerate research, and turn breakthroughs into better lives.

Join the Vanderbilt University Libraries and the Vanderbilt Digital Humanities Center for a communal updating of Wikipedia entries. Help available for beginner Wikipedians. All are welcome, no experience required. Chat with editors, feminists and scholars and contribute your knowledge. Reference materials, lunch and editing help provided. Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. People of all gender identities and expressions are invited to participate.

No registration necessary.

Meetup/Nashville/ART + FEMINISM Tuesday March 14, 2017; 11am to 4pm At the Vanderbilt University Library, Special Collections Lunch will be served! Bring your laptop, drop-ins welcome!

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University joins other GLAM groups to improve Wikipedia's pages about women artists.

11:00 am Pamela Gerrish Nunn, ‘Recognizing mid-19th century artists’ Dorothy K. Hohenberg Chair of Excellence at University of Memphis

11:15 am Vivien Green Fyrd, "Feminism 101 and beyond" Professor, History of Art, Vanderbilt

Why we Edit

Wikimedia’s gender trouble is well-documented. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation. This represents an alarming absence in an increasingly important repository of shared knowledge.

Let’s change that. Join us for a communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to art and feminism. We will provide tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian. All are welcome, no experience required. Chat with editors, feminists, and scholars and contribute your knowledge. Reference materials, lunch and editing help provided. Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. People of all gender identities and expressions are invited to participate. No registration necessary.

Women in Science Edit-A-Thon Tuesday November 15, 2016; 11am to 4pm At the Vanderbilt University Library, Special Collections Lunch will be served!

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University is hosting an Edit-A-Thon focused on developing Wikipedia articles about women in STEM. Join us in learning and writing about the many contributions of talented and influential women scientists living and working throughout history, from the ancient world to the modern day. All are welcome, no experience required.

Nashville Architecture Edit-A-Thon Tuesday October 25, 2016; 11am to 4pm At the Vanderbilt University Library, Special Collections Lunch will be served!

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University is hosting an Edit-A-Thon focused on developing the Wikipedia articles about the built environment of Nashville TN. Join us in learning and writing about our city and its architects, monuments, and public spaces! All are welcome, no experience required.

Art and Feminism at Vanderbilt University Thursday March 3, 2016; 11am to 4pm At the Vanderbilt University Library, Special Collections

Hackathon for the Comédie Française Wednesday December 16, 2015; 8:30am to 12:30pm At the Vanderbilt University Library, Room 418a Coffee and French pastries will be served!

In collaboration with The HyperStudio at MIT, the Vanderbilt University Library and Department of French and Italian are sponsoring a satellite "Hack the Comédie Française" event to celebrate the completion of The Comédie Française Registers Project. The Comédie Française Registers encodes data about plays, performers, and performances at the Comédie Française from 1680 to 1791. No registration necessary.

Citation Needed Edit-A-Thon Friday October 23, 2015; 12 to 5pm At the Peabody Library, Computer Lab Lunch will be served!

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University is hosting an Edit-A-Thon titled, "CITATION NEEDED!" We hope to increase the authority of Wikipedia one citation at a time. Join the university librarians for a day of rigor, research, and refreshments at Vanderbilt University's historic Peabody Library.

Women in Architecture Edit-A-Thon Thursday October 15, 2015; 11am to 7pm CDT At the Vanderbilt University Library, Special Collections Lunch will be served!

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University is hosting a Wikipedia meetup in conjunction with the Women in Architecture edit-a-thon, a global campaign to improve Wikipedia's coverage of women in architecture and to increase female contributors to Wikipedia.

Introduction to Editing Wikipedia Friday, October 9, 2015; 11am to 12pm CDT At the Vanderbilt University Library, Room 418a

Wikipedia is the premier reference source of our era. But who writes its articles? How does the editorial process work? In this session, we'll teach you everything you need to know to become a productive editor of Wikipedia. Learn how to create an account, add to existing articles, comment and pose questions on talk pages, and even create your own articles. We'll also suggest how to incorporate Wikipedia into your pedagogy and scholarship.

Introduction to Editing Wikipedia Tuesday, November 4, 2014; 11am to 12:20pm At the Vanderbilt University Library, Room 418a

Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon 2014: Global Exchanges: Using Wikipedia to Create Worldwide Connections Saturday, November 1, 2014; 10am to 4pm At the Vanderbilt University Library, Special Collections

Join us at the Vanderbilt University Special Collections Library as we embark on a internationally-themed Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon! Come learn how to create, translate, and/or edit Wikipedia articles! Participants can utilize Special Collections holdings to write about anything relating to global affairs and your work will be instantly available to a worldwide audience!

This event is free and open to the general public. Training and lunch will be provided. Facebook event page: | Edit-A-Thon 2014

Introduction to Editing Wikipedia Friday, September 26, 2014; 11am to 12:20pm At the Vanderbilt University Library, Room 418a

Wikipedia is the premier reference source of our era. But who writes its articles? How does the editorial process work? In this session, we'll teach you everything you need to know to become a productive editor of Wikipedia. Learn how to create an account, add to existing articles, comment and pose questions on talk pages, and even create your own articles. We'll also suggest how to incorporate Wikipedia into your pedagogy and scholarship.