Open Access Week edit-a-thon at MIT Libraries: exploring MIT's open access content

Open Access Week edit-a-thon at MIT Libraries
When and Where
Time	1pm to 4:30pm
Address	MIT campus, 14N-132 DIRC
City, State	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date	October 27, 2017

Join us at MIT Libraries to celebrate Open Access Week 2017 by editing one of the largest open access projects – Wikipedia! Explore open access scholarship from MIT and beyond, including MIT dissertations and articles that are openly available. One source we’ll highlight is the MIT Libraries DSpace@MIT, which includes conference papers, images, peer-reviewed scholarly articles, preprints, technical reports, theses, working papers, research datasets and more. This collection of more than 90,000 high-quality works is recognized as among the world's premier scholarly repositories and receives, on average, more than 1 million downloads per month.

Staff from the Libraries who are experienced Wikipedians will provide a short introduction to MIT open access resources and an overview of editing Wikipedia. They will be available to answer questions throughout the session. Drop in any time during the session, and come with questions and ideas for topics! For those fluent in multiple languages, working in any language Wikipedia is welcome and encouraged. Computers will be available, but participants can also bring their own laptops.

We will provide light snacks and drinks.

Event Information

Date: October 27, 2017
Time: 1-4:30 pm
Location: MIT campus, 14N-132 DIRC
Hosts: MIT Libraries - Phoebe Ayers, Greta Suiter

Your Wikipedia Account: If you don't have a Wikipedia user account, please try to create one in advance. Wikipedians will be on hand to assist those who need help setting up an account.

Please also sign in to our Event Dashboard, so we can track the contributions we make to Wikipedia today.

Schedule

Time	Activity
1:00pm	DIRC open for edit-a-thon!
1:15pm	Introductions
1:30pm	Overview of library sources available; editing tutorial
2:30pm	Let's edit!
4:00pm	Announcements, show accomplishments, thanks, wind-down

FAQ

What should I have?

* A laptop if you wish, there will also be computers available to use.

* An interest in open access, science, technology, and/or editing Wikipedia!

I have a question!

Feel free to ask on this project's talk page, and we'll put an answer here.

Participant list

Please add your Wikipedia username below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row. If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of. Remote partipation is also encouraged. Participate virtually, from anywhere.

If you are attending in person, you can also register on the MIT Libraries site.

phoebe / (talk to me) 18:08, 18 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Gkuriger (talk) 18:28, 18 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Quebec99 (talk) 00:02, 29 September 2017 (UTC) possibly remote[reply]
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Rtbhive (talk) 20:12, 20 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
EoRdE6^{(Come Talk to Me!)} 14:55, 22 October 2017 (UTC) never done one of these but I might try[reply]
Bruce38 (talk) 15:40, 27 October 2017 (UTC) also wish to try an edit-a-thon[reply]
Amyc29 (talk) 17:33, 27 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Jnfy (talk) 18:19, 27 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ljoyemit (talk) 18:37, 27 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Possible topics for editing / articles to create

Topics will depend on the interests of participants, but we'll list some ideas for topics here closer to the edit-a-thon. Add your ideas! We can also draw on worklists from past edit-a-thons about Black scientists and engineers, women scientists and women architects.