Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Librarians@Pratt Fall 2016

A Librarians @ Pratt Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (Fall 2016) will take place at Pratt Institute's Manhattan campus on Saturday, October 29th, 2016, from 1:00-6:00PM. The focus of this event is to create and edit pages about Library and Information Science, Archives, notable Librarians, Archivists or LIS professionals, especially those with some connection to the Pratt Institute School of Information. This event is fifth in a series of edit-a-thons hosted by Pratt SILSSA to foster LIS student engagement on Wikipedia.

Previous Events[edit]

Librarians @ Pratt Edit-a-thon, November 1, 2015.
Librarians @ Pratt Edit-a-thon Part 2, April 18th, 2015.
Librarians @ Pratt Fall 2015 October 24th, 2015.
Librarians @ Pratt Spring 2016 February 27th, 2016.

Details[edit]

Hosts: Pratt School of Information Student Association (SILSSA)
Date: Saturday, October 29, 2016.
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[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
Librarianship and human rights
Libraries and the LGBTQ community

Articles to Create[edit]

Resources[edit]

Editing Wikipedia

Wikipedia's Principles

Outside Resources

Dropbox of Sources - Mostly biographical
List of Pages to Edit

Sign-up[edit]

If you are planning to attend this event, and you have a Wikipedia account, please add your name below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row).

RSVPs[edit]

Anarchyshake (talk) 17:08, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Eganrach (talk) 01:15, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Vizzylane (talk) 01:24, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Orborax (talk) 17:12, 29 October 2016 (UTC)Orborax[reply]
Smvlvtmrng (talk) 17:59, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In-Person Attendees[edit]

Anarchyshake (talk) 18:25, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Smvlvtmrng (talk) 18:26, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Babymillion (talk) 18:27, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Vizzylane (talk) 18:28, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Orborax (talk) 18:30, 29 October 2016 (UTC)Orborax[reply]

Report[edit]

Articles Edited[edit]