*What: Wiki Loves ALA Editathon *

*Who: Jacob Orlowitz, Patrick Earley, Alex Stinson, & Janet Renteria*

*When: Friday, June 26th 2015 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm *

*Where: 5th Floor Lounge *

*Why: Show others how to edit Wikipedia, especially attendees at the ALA
Annual Conference at Moscone Center*

The American Library Association conference brings 20-30 *thousand*
librarians, publishers, and reference experts to San Francisco this June.
We want to welcome them to the city and celebrate our shared missions of
sharing knowledge with an editathon at WMF's office.


The event will starts at 1:00pm June 26th. We will have a WMF Staff Member
with the guard between 12:30-1:30 and from 5:00-5:30 after the event ends.
We will be giving guests a set time of entrance to avoid disruption of
services for the lobby attendant, front desk folks, and organizers.


An Eventbrite has been setup to collect first and last names of
participants and will be used to cross reference with ID's. (Those without
ID will not be let in.)


REGISTER HERE!

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wiki-loves-ala-editathon-at-the-wikipedia-office-3-blocks-from-moscone-tickets-17253454547

We estimate that 50-60 participants will attend the event. The cap for the
event is 90.


The Editathon will take place in the 5th floor lounge area. WMF
workstations on the north side of the floor will be blocked off, and no
ediathon participants will enter that area.


Staff are welcome, to come and participate, help out, or just poke their
heads in and say hello. If you would like to officially join the editathon
as a 'wiki expert', please register in the EventBrite so we can keep a head
count. Also feel free to share this invitation with SF-area staff, or
volunteer editors.


REGISTER HERE!

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wiki-loves-ala-editathon-at-the-wikipedia-office-3-blocks-from-moscone-tickets-17253454547


There will be an introductory 1-screen presentation with a 30 minute
tutorial on Editing Wikipedia. Participants will be working in groups after
tutorial and for the rest of the event, without any A/V, so noise is
expected to be minimal.


Participants will work on one of 4 subject tracks of their choosing:

* Writing about the history and collections of their institution or
organization

* Writing about San Francisco's women writers, artists, and scientists

* Writing about LGBT history

* Writing about a topic of their choice


There will be lots of coffee and water at the event, as well as some light
catered snacks.


We're excited about this neat opportunity to join forces with the library
world. We're looking forward to a successful, fun event, and hope to see
some of you there.


Best,


Jake Orlowitz and the Wikipedia Library Team

jorlow...@wikimedia.org
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