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This Month in GLAM – Volume V, Issue VIII, August 2015

Argentina report

Two edit-a-thons

Edit-a-thon in Teatro Colón

On Saturday 22 August the edit-a-thon was held at the Teatro Colón, the aim of this meeting was to open the doors of one of the most emblematic buildings of the City of Buenos Aires and relive part of their history in the articles of Wikipedia. The event began with a tour of the building where specialized guides explained the history of the theatre and the audience took pictures of the place. The attendees released about 20 new articles and and thousands of new pictures to commons:.

Teatro Colón Editatón - Salón Dorado
Teatro Colón Editatón - Salón Dorado
Teatro Colón Editatón - Biblioteca

Edit-a-thon in the Library of the Legislature of the Province of Buenos Aires

The August 26 Wikimedia Argentina made an edition workshop in the Library of the Legislature of the Province of Buenos Aires for students of librarianship. These people experience repeated and Saturday August 29 will be encouraged to publish articles on the history of the city of La Plata. The attendees released about 10 new articles.