Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Librarians@Pratt Fall 2015

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

 * Librarians @ Pratt Edit-a-thon, November 1, 2015.
 * Librarians @ Pratt Edit-a-thon Part 2, April 18th, 2015.

Details

 * 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

 * 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

 * Constance Bement
 * Mary Francis Isom
 * Rhoda Garoogian
 * Seoud Matta
 * Herman H.B. Meyer
 * Wayne Shirley
 * Edward Francis Stevens
 * Anne Woodsworth

Resources
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
 * Five Pillars
 * Assume Good Faith
 * Be Bold

Outside Resources
 * Dropbox of Sources - Mostly biographical
 * List of Pages to Edit

Sign-up
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

 * Anarchyshake (talk) 15:44, 15 October 2015 (UTC)(Organizer)
 * Megs (talk) 17:49, 15 October 2015 (UTC) (Facilitator)

In-Person Attendees

 * 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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