Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/A GLAM Day Out

Schedule


Attending

 * Doreva Belfiore
 * Jeff Guin (talk) 17:30, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 19:55, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Molly Des Jardin (talk) 10:44, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Melissa Mandell
 * Tracy Jentzsch (talk) 12:27, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Christopher Jentzsch (talk) 12:31, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * OR drohowa (Dorothy Howard)
 * User:Dominic
 * User:Lee Roueche
 * Stephanie Lampkin
 * Evan McGonagill
 * Marianne Weldon
 * Bob Skiba
 * Eric W. Schnittke
 * Helen Sherman
 * Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 15:51, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Preston stone (talk) 20:26, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Bob Skiba
Archivist and historian, John J. Wilcox Jr. Archives of Philadelphia, William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia PA 19107, (215) 732-2220.

Session: 10.00-10.45 a.m., Guest speaker, GLAM/LGBT Initiatives in Philadelphia

Bob Skiba will talk about his work as an LGBT archivist and historian, and describe an exciting GLAM/LGBT collaboration involving museums and archives in Philadelphia over the next year.

Session: 2.45-3.05 p.m., Guest archivist, introduction to "Wiki Loves Pride" Edit-a-thon

Bob Skiba will discuss finding sources of LGBT content, for use by edit-a-thon participants, as an introduction to the Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon.

More about Bob Skiba:
 * @BobSkiba on Twitter
 * LinkedIn
 * Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides
 * Philadelphia's Gayborhood Walking Tour
 * Philadelphia Gayborhood Guru Blog

Dominic McDevitt-Parks


Session: 1.00-1.45 p.m., Guest speaker, Contributing Content

Dominic McDevitt-Parks is a Digital Content Specialist at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and a Cultural Partnerships Coordinator, Wikimedia District of Columbia. As an employee of the U.S. National Archives (NARA), he works to make NARA holdings more accessible to the public by making them available to Wikipedia for use in articles. By providing content, data, assistance, expertise, and incentives from the institution Dominic facilitates the work of other Wikimedians and helps to develop a vibrant active community of editors on Wikipedia.

In his talk, Dominic will discuss contributing digital content to Wikimedia Commons, addressing issues such as copyright, Wikimedia Commons licensing, and bulk uploading of content to Wikimedia Commons.

More about Dominic McDevitt-Parks:
 * @Dominic_MP on Twitter
 * NARAtions: National Archives

Dorothy R. Howard


Session: 1.45-2.30 p.m., Guest speaker, Metrics for evaluation

Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence of the Metropolitan New York Library Council, has facilitated multi-institutional Wikipedia projects among New York galleries, libraries, archives, and cultural institutions since August, 2013.

In her talk Dorothy will discuss Edit-a-Thon and project documentation, things to do before and after Wikipedia events, Wikimetrics, and using outside tools to trace institutional Wikipedia projects. The latter part of the presentation will also consider different models for measuring success in Wikipedia projects including: editor retention, diversity, language compatibility, page-views, readability, and article quality.

More about Dorothy Howard:
 * @DorothyR_Howard on Twitter
 * Wikipedia & Cultural Heritage Institutions: Opportunities for Partnership on Youtube

Museum Tours
Session: 11.00 or 12.00, Docents in the Chemical Heritage Foundation museum will lead guided tours at 11.00 and 12.00 o'clock, or you can drop in throughout the day to see the exhibits. Be sure to visit Suited for Space, the current exhibit in the Clifford Hach Gallery on the first floor!

Wikipedia How-to Edit Workshop
Session: 11.00-12.00 a.m., Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Workshop leader

Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Wikipedian in Residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, will demystify Wikipedia culture and describe how Wikipedia works. In the second part of the presentation, Mary will walk through the creating an account, searching, editing pages, and creating new pages. Bring your computer and you can create your own username and password (or try this at home in advance!), make your first edit, and practice editing in your sandbox.

"Wiki Loves Pride" Edit-a-thon


Session: 2.45-5.00 a.m., Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Workshop leader, Bob Skiba, Guest curator

In celebration of June as LGBT Pride Month, the theme of our edit-a-thon will be "Wiki Loves Pride". Guest speaker and archivist Bob Skiba will introduce the edit-a-thon with a brief outline of sources of LGBT content. Editors are encouraged to bring materials from their institutions or personal collections, and to work on whatever topics they wish, whether LGBT-related or reflecting other areas of interest. Everyone is welcome. Experienced Wikipedia coaches will be available to help and to answer questions.

A GLAM Day Out! Reception
Join us at the reception, and help us to celebrate the first year of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's Wikipedian in Residence program, and the GLAM Cafe! Session: 5.00-7.00 p.m., Overlook

Edit-a-thon Outcomes
A list of suggested Wiki Loves Pride topics is located here. You can also bring your own topics to work on, or ask our guest archivist for suggestions for topics or resources. Please list the articles you edit in the following sections!

Images released

 * Photographs relating to the history of the Anna Crusis Women's Choir are being released, as we obtain the appropriate permissions to cover their licensing.

New articles

 * Anna Crusis Women's Choir, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 13:06, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Margaret Catherine Alice Hyson, Tracy Jentzsch (talk)
 * Add the name of the article, and four tildes to indicate your name

Drafts started in sandbox

 * Becky Birtha, Doreva Belfiore (talk)
 * Add the name of the article, and four tildes to indicate your name

Articles expanded or improved

 * Giovanni's Room Bookstore, Smallbones( smalltalk ) 03:00, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Kiyoshi Kuromiya, Doreva Belfiore
 * Barbara Gittings, Doreva Belfiore
 * Kay Lahusen, Doreva Belfiore
 * GALA Choruses, Mary Mark Ockerbloom
 * LGBT culture in Philadelphia, User:OR drohowa
 * Thom Nickels, User:Lee Roueche
 * The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, User:Lee Roueche
 * Angela Clayton
 * Add the name of the article, and four tildes to indicate your name

New user pages created

 * User:Mollydesjardin
 * User:Dorevabelfiore

Lunch Around Suggestions
