GLAM/Newsletter/August 2020/Contents/USA report

This Month in GLAM – Volume X, Issue VIII, August 2020

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Wiknic & Black Artists Matter & Respect Her Crank

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Wiknic

Wikimedia NYC, and Wikimedia North American held a zoom call, Great American Wiknic 2020

Great American Wiknic 2020

Black Artists Matter

National Museum of Women in the Arts, and Wikimedia DC held a zoom workshop, Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Black Artists Matter. There was some press coverage. [1]; [2]

Black Artists Matter A+F Slide Deck

19th Amendment (Virtual) Edit-a-thon

Smithsonian American Women's Initiative, and Wikimedia DC held a series of zoom workshops, 19th Amendment Virtual Edit-a-thon. There was a some press coverage 19th-amendment-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-helps-close-gaps-in-womens-history

Women in Science Wikipedia edit-a-thon

The Smithsonian Institution and Wikimedia DC held a workshop, Wikipedia & Women in Science: Smithsonian Groundbreakers Edit-a-thon

Respect Her Crank: A Go-Go Herstory

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and Wikimedia DC held a zoom workshop, Respect Her Crank: A Go-Go Herstory Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon.

Vaccine Safety Editathon

NewsQ , WHO’s Vaccine Safety Network, and Wikimedia DC held a workshop, Vaccine initiative pilot editing event. There was an etherpad, [3]

PACSCL Wikipedia Meetup

Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) held a zoom workshop on adding finding aids to Wikipedia articles. PACSCL members and others added finding aid links about American Civil Rights and Abolitionist History from the Philadelphia Area Archival and Research Portal (PAARP). For future PACSCL events involving Wikipedia and Wikidata editing, see Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia.

Philadelphia WikiSalon

In August, the Philadelphia WikiSalon demonstrated adding finding aids to Wikidata and Elysia Webb described WikiProject Tree of Life. Next month will be a "work" session where participants can use skills from WikiSalon demonstrations.