**Postponed due to snow**
The Electronic Textual Cultures Lab and the University of Victoria Libraries welcome you to join us for a community-based Wikipedia edit-a-thon at Point Ellice House! Our Honorary Resident Wikipedian, Dr. Erin Glass (UC San Diego), will start the day with an overview of open knowledge. Matt Huculak (UVic Libraries) and Michael Radmacher (Transgender Archives) will then lead participants in an edit-a-thon. In this session, you will learn:
- What Wikipedia is and how it contributes to the common good
- How to create a Wikipedia username and profile
- How to edit a Wikipedia entry
- How to add sources to Wikipedia entries
- How to verify information in Wikipedia entries
When: Wednesday January 15th, 2pm-5pm
Where: Point Ellice House (2616 Pleasant St)
Registration (free): events.eply.com/PtElliceHouse
Dr. Erin Glass is the Digital Scholarship Librarian at UC San Diego, where she facilitates the Digital Humanities Research Group. Her work focuses on using digital tools and social practices to make education and knowledge production more democratic, collaborative, and publicly engaged.
We hope you can join us for what is bound to be a stimulating and informative afternoon! FYI, the Point Ellice House is located here, and can be accessed by road or by water via harbour ferry.
Coordinated by the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab and the University of Victoria Libraries