Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Librarians@Pratt Fall 2015

Pratt Manhattan Campus at 138-146 West 14th Street

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

• Wikipedia:Five Pillars
• Wikipedia:Assume Good Faith
• Wikipedia: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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