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When and where

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  • When: June 18, 2015, 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM EST
  • Where: NYSLAA Annual Conference, Radisson Hotel, Corning, NY
  • Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary - ask me if you have editing questions!

Agenda

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Suggested articles and topics

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Wikipedians and library staff collaborating in Portland, Oregon in 2012
Attendees at the 2014 Southern Tier history edit-a-thon at the Rakow Research Library of the Corning Museum of Glass.

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