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A GLAM Day Out: Cultural Collaboration through Wikipedia is a day-long event, held Thursday, June 26, 2014, offering information about institutionally and personally working with Wikipedia. People are welcome to attend whatever parts of the day match with their interests and the time they have available; see the schedule below for times and details.

Invited speakers Dominic McDevitt-Parks and Dorothy Howard will discuss content collaboration and metrics for evaluating institutional involvement with Wikipedia. Learn how to edit pages in a workshop with Mary Mark Ockerbloom, and dive in for some hands on experience editing Wikipedia articles in our edit-a-thon. No previous Wikipedia experience necessary!

In celebration of June as LGBT Pride Month, guest speaker and archivist Bob Skiba will talk about GLAM/LGBT initiatives in the Philadelphia area. He will also discuss LGBT content sources, as an introduction to the "Wiki Loves Pride" themed edit-a-thon. Everyone is welcome. Editors are encouraged to bring materials from their institutions or personal collections, and to work on whatever topics they wish, whether LGBT-related or reflecting other areas of interest. Experienced Wikipedia coaches will be available to help and to answer questions.

The Chemical Heritage Foundation's museum will offer curated museum tours, and we will have a list of heritage sites in the area for people who want to explore or take photographs for Wikipedia. We will also have a list of places in the area where you can eat lunch. We hope everyone will come to the evening's reception, and help us celebrate the Wikipedian-In-Residence program's engagement with the GLAM community over this past year.

When: Thursday, June 26, 2014

Where: Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2nd Floor
315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

How to Register: Add your Wikipedia user name (or your actual name, if you don't have a Wikipedia account yet) in the Registration section below or email MOckerbloom(at)chemheritage.org. Registering will help us to accurately gauge the number of attendees and food needed!

What to Bring: Please bring your own laptop and power cord.; Bring content that you would like to work on or share with others at the Edit-a-thon.

Organizers: Mary Mark Ockerbloom (Wikipedian in Residence)
Chemical Heritage Foundation

Schedule

Time	Activity
10:00	Welcome to A GLAM Day Out: Jeff Guin, Manager of Emerging Media, Chemical Heritage Foundation.
10:00 - 10:45	Guest speaker: Bob Skiba, John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives, on GLAM/LGBT initiatives in Philadelphia.
11:00 - 12:00	Wikipedia How-to Edit Workshop with Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
11:00 or 12:00	Tours of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's museum.
Lunch Around	See program for a list of nearby restaurants; pick a place to fit your time and taste.
1:00 - 1:45	Guest speaker: Dominic McDevitt-Parks, National Archives Digital Content Specialist and Wikipedian-in-Residence, on contributing content to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
1:45 - 2:30	Guest speaker: Dorothy Howard, Metropolitan New York Library Council Wikipedian-in-Residence, on metrics for evaluating GLAM-Wiki collaboration.
2:30	Coffee and snacks
2:45 - 5:00	Edit-a-thon: Guest archivist Bob Skiba will give a brief introduction to LGBT content sources, to open our "Wiki Loves Pride"-themed edit-a-thon. Bring content on any topics you are interested in to share and edit.
5:00 - 7:00	Reception

Registration

Attending

Speakers

Bob Skiba

Archivist and historian, John J. Wilcox Jr. Archives of Philadelphia, William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia PA 19107, (215) 732-2220.

Session: 10.00-10.45 a.m., Guest speaker, GLAM/LGBT Initiatives in Philadelphia

Bob Skiba will talk about his work as an LGBT archivist and historian, and describe an exciting GLAM/LGBT collaboration involving museums and archives in Philadelphia over the next year.

Session: 2.45-3.05 p.m., Guest archivist, introduction to "Wiki Loves Pride" Edit-a-thon

Bob Skiba will discuss finding sources of LGBT content, for use by edit-a-thon participants, as an introduction to the Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon.

More about Bob Skiba:

Dominic McDevitt-Parks

Session: 1.00-1.45 p.m., Guest speaker, Contributing Content

Dominic McDevitt-Parks is a Digital Content Specialist at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and a Cultural Partnerships Coordinator, Wikimedia District of Columbia. As an employee of the U.S. National Archives (NARA), he works to make NARA holdings more accessible to the public by making them available to Wikipedia for use in articles. By providing content, data, assistance, expertise, and incentives from the institution Dominic facilitates the work of other Wikimedians and helps to develop a vibrant active community of editors on Wikipedia.

In his talk, Dominic will discuss contributing digital content to Wikimedia Commons, addressing issues such as copyright, Wikimedia Commons licensing, and bulk uploading of content to Wikimedia Commons.

More about Dominic McDevitt-Parks:

@Dominic_MP on Twitter
NARAtions: National Archives

Dorothy R. Howard

Session: 1.45-2.30 p.m., Guest speaker, Metrics for evaluation

Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence of the Metropolitan New York Library Council, has facilitated multi-institutional Wikipedia projects among New York galleries, libraries, archives, and cultural institutions since August, 2013.

In her talk Dorothy will discuss Edit-a-Thon and project documentation, things to do before and after Wikipedia events, Wikimetrics, and using outside tools to trace institutional Wikipedia projects. The latter part of the presentation will also consider different models for measuring success in Wikipedia projects including: editor retention, diversity, language compatibility, page-views, readability, and article quality.

More about Dorothy Howard:

@DorothyR_Howard on Twitter
Wikipedia & Cultural Heritage Institutions: Opportunities for Partnership on Youtube

Activities

Museum Tours

Session: 11.00 or 12.00, Docents in the Chemical Heritage Foundation museum will lead guided tours at 11.00 and 12.00 o'clock, or you can drop in throughout the day to see the exhibits. Be sure to visit Suited for Space, the current exhibit in the Clifford Hach Gallery on the first floor!

Wikipedia How-to Edit Workshop

Session: 11.00-12.00 a.m., Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Workshop leader

Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Wikipedian in Residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, will demystify Wikipedia culture and describe how Wikipedia works. In the second part of the presentation, Mary will walk through the creating an account, searching, editing pages, and creating new pages. Bring your computer and you can create your own username and password (or try this at home in advance!), make your first edit, and practice editing in your sandbox.

"Wiki Loves Pride" Edit-a-thon

Session: 2.45-5.00 a.m., Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Workshop leader, Bob Skiba, Guest curator

In celebration of June as LGBT Pride Month, the theme of our edit-a-thon will be "Wiki Loves Pride". Guest speaker and archivist Bob Skiba will introduce the edit-a-thon with a brief outline of sources of LGBT content. Editors are encouraged to bring materials from their institutions or personal collections, and to work on whatever topics they wish, whether LGBT-related or reflecting other areas of interest. Everyone is welcome. Experienced Wikipedia coaches will be available to help and to answer questions.

A GLAM Day Out! Reception

Join us at the reception, and help us to celebrate the first year of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's Wikipedian in Residence program, and the GLAM Cafe! Session: 5.00-7.00 p.m., Overlook

Edit-a-thon Outcomes

A list of suggested Wiki Loves Pride topics is located here. You can also bring your own topics to work on, or ask our guest archivist for suggestions for topics or resources. Please list the articles you edit in the following sections!

Event Photos

Bob Skiba, guest archivist
Chemical Heritage Foundation museum tour
The speakers' reward
The famous GLAM cake
Editing the famous GLAM cake

Images released

Photographs relating to the history of the Anna Crusis Women's Choir are being released, as we obtain the appropriate permissions to cover their licensing.

Anna Crusis Women's Choir concert poster, June 14, 1980
Anna Crusis Women's Choir concert poster, 1995, with Pete Seeger and Reggie Harris

New articles

Anna Crusis Women's Choir, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 13:06, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
Margaret Catherine Alice Hyson, Tracy Jentzsch (talk)
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Drafts started in sandbox

Becky Birtha, Doreva Belfiore (talk)
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Articles expanded or improved

Giovanni's Room Bookstore, Smallbones_(smalltalk) 03:00, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
Kiyoshi Kuromiya, Doreva Belfiore
Barbara Gittings, Doreva Belfiore
Kay Lahusen, Doreva Belfiore
GALA Choruses, Mary Mark Ockerbloom
LGBT culture in Philadelphia, User:OR drohowa
Thom Nickels, User:Lee Roueche
The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, User:Lee Roueche
Angela Clayton
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New user pages created

Lunch Around Suggestions

Restaurant	Address	Styke
Barra Restaurant	239 Chestnut Street, opens 11.30 am	Italian, American, Pizzeria
Campo's Deli	214 Market Street, opens 10.00 am	Philly favorites: Cheese steaks, hoagies
Continental	138 Market Street, opens 11.30 am	Martini bar and tapas style entrees
Cosi	4th & Chestnut, open 6:30 am – 10:00 pm	Salads, sandwiches, smoothies (eat in or take out)
European Republic	213 Chestnut Street, open 11.00 am - 10.00 pm	Belgian-esque wraps, frites, and soups
Fork Restaurant	306 Market Street, opens 11.30 am	Seasonal foods
Franklin Fountain	116 Market Street, opens 11.00 am	18th century inspired ice cream parlor! (just for fun)
Gianfranco Pizza Rustica	6 N. 3rd Street (on 3rd just across Market Street), open 10.00 am - 10.00 pm	Classic pizzeria, with cheesesteaks, burgers, fries, etc.
Han Dynasty	123 Chestnut St, opens 11.30 am	Unique, delicious, somewhat upscale Szechuan cuisine
Karma	114 Chestnut Street, opens 11.30 am	Excellent Indian buffet lunch
Khyber Pass Pub	56 S. 2nd Street, open 11.00 am - 2.00 am	Creole-themed pub food and barbecue; vegetarian/vegan options
National Mechanics	22 South 3rd Street, opens 11.00 am	Pub grub; burgers and beer
Panini's Trattoria	317 Market Street, opens 10.00 am	Italian bistro
Roe Thai and Japanese	138 Chestnut Street, opens 11.30 am	Excellent, reasonably priced, but small and can be slow
The Bourse Food Court	5th Street between Market and Chestnut, open 10.00-6.00	A wide variety of fast and inexpensive options of all types (the Mexican place is the best)
Sonny's Famous Steaks	228 Market Street open 11.00 am - 10.00 pm	Classic cheesesteak place (because you're in Philly)
The Victoria Freehouse	10 S. Front Street (east down Chestnut, left on Front, look for the Union Jack), open 11.00 am - 10.00 pm	Full British pub - Scotch eggs, Bangers and Mash, fish and chips, etc.