Wikipedia:GLAM/CJH/Events
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Wiki-Fridays[edit] Wiki-Fridays are regular mini edit-a-thons that offer staff the opportunity to casually edit together over lunch about once a month. January 2018 (Wiki-Tuesday dedicated to #1lib1ref work)[edit]
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June 2016 (Wiki-Wednesday for Women in Jewish History)[edit]
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Virtual Edit-a-thon: Women in Jewish History[edit] From June 1-15, 2016, we're collaborating with WikiProject Women in Red on a worldwide virtual edit-a-thon on Women in Jewish History! Anyone in the world can edit any article on notable Jewish women and list their work among the outcomes of this virtual event. Women in Jewish History 2016[edit] The Center for Jewish History hosted an edit-a-thon centered on the topic of women in Jewish history on June 5, 2016. Partners included the Jewish Women's Archive and Lilith magazine. This event is ran concurrently with a virtual edit-a-thon with Women in Red's Women in Jewish History event. This event is part of the Jewish Women's History Initiative at the Center for Jewish History, which highlights the lives and accomplishments of Jewish women. Expanding coverage of Jewish women on Wikipedia makes these women and their creations discoverable, addresses the gender bias on Wikipedia in a positive way, and works to correct imbalances archival collecting practice and institutional projects that have historically silenced women's narratives. This edit-a-thon is also a continuation of a series of Wikipedia edit-a-thons centered on Jewish women. More on previous Wikipedia events can be seen at the 2014 Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon Meetup page Visit the event meetup page for more details!
Soviet Jewry edit-a-thon[edit]About the event[edit] The Center for Jewish History and the American Jewish Historical Society hosted an edit-a-thon centered on the American Soviet Jewry movement on Sunday, November 22, 2015 from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm. The event was open to everyone, no previous Wikipedia editing experience necessary. We encouraged participants to take advantage of resources from the Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement at the American Jewish Historical Society that were digitized in 2014-2015 with the generous support of the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC). For more information on the NHPRC-funded digitization project see a recent blog entry on the Center for Jewish History's 16th Street Tumblr. Event page: Meetup page for Soviet Jewry edit-a-thon Outcomes[edit] Nineteen editors--including two new editors and two remote editors--participated in the Soviet Jewry Edit-a-thon on Sunday, November 22, 2015. Participants included archivists, Wikipedians, and Soviet Jewry activists. We discovered connections among us, such as one Wikipedian's mother having been an active member of Soviet Jewry movement whom the activists at the edit-a-thon remembered. Several other curious visitors also stopped by to check out the event and chat about Wikipedia and archives. Over the course of the day, five new pages were created, twenty articles were improved, and several images were added to Wikimedia Commons. The new articles included Morey Schapira, Avital Sharansky, Pamela Cohen, and a Russian-language page for Jacob Birnbaum: ru:Джейкоб (Яков) Бирнбаум. See the Outcomes on the event page for a full list. Many thanks to all attendees for the great work, and to all at the Center and AJHS that helped make this event happen! Staff edit-a-thon[edit]A Wikipedia edit-a-thon was held on July 22, 2015, open to staff members from the Center and its partners as well as students from the YIVO summer program. Twenty people attended a training session on Wikipedia and basic editing, and several stayed for an open editing session that followed. Although the session was initially focused on expanding coverage related to YIVO's Vilna Collections, the attendees edited pages related to a wide range of topics including the history of European synagogues and notable civic figures and artists. New pages were created for Arno Nadel and Fayez Sayegh, and the page for Maud Nathan was expanded. Links to relevant online content were added to pages such as the Israelitisches Familienblatt, and topics for discussion with the wider Wikipedia community regarding more dramatic edits (such as creating a separate page for the Jüdisches Nachrichtenblatt or changing the title of the Old New Synagogue page) were added on talk pages.
Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon[edit]Event page[edit]  The Center for Jewish History hosted an edit-a-thon on Women in Jewish History on May 4, 2014. Please visit the Meetup page of the edit-a-thon for details: Outcomes[edit]The Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon, held on May 4, 2014, was a great success! The first public edit-a-thon held at the Center, this event was a big step in the efforts of Wikipedians working at the Center for Jewish History and its partners as well as other Wikipedians and GLAM professionals to expand coverage of Jewish women on Wikipedia. The event was organized as a collaborative effort of several staff members of the Center and its partners, headed by User:Lange.lea. Among the twenty-two attendees were five seasoned Wikipedians, six fairly experienced Wikipedians, and at least seven new editors. One Wikipedian could not come in person and participated virtually. Participants included staff members of the Center and the Leo Baeck Institute as well as members of Wikimedia New York City. Others attendees came out of interest in Wikipedia or the topic of Jewish women. One Wikipedian brought his grandmother, and they worked on articles together. Before the event, a meetup page was created on Wikpedia (Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Women_in_Jewish_History), where participants were encouraged to sign up as attendees. An official announcement was also placed on the website of the Center for Jewish History. News about the event was shared via email blasts, listservs, and social media, reaching out to the GLAM community, Wikipedians, and the Center community. During the event, participants were encouraged to edit pages relating to women in Jewish history. A list of possible articles to edit and articles to create was provided to participants on the event meetup page (Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon), although participants were also welcome to edit other pages as well. A reference assistant from the Center was also among the attendees and helped others find relevant resources for their work. Participants were asked to bring their own laptops, and wifi was provided. A projector was set up in the room for editing demonstrations. Photographs taken during the event by one participant have been released on Wikimedia Commons: Photographs from the Women in Jewish History edit-a-thon. By the end of the event, thirteen new pages were created and four further pages were expanded with references, biographical information, and infoboxes, and at least seven new editors joined Wikipedia. |