Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Mi'kmaw History Month & Open Access Week
Sponsored by the Department of Information Science
Dalhousie Libraries is hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in the Ko’jua Okuom at the Killam Library on Thursday, October 24 for Mi'kmaw History Month!
An edit-a-thon is an event where editors and users edit and improve a specific topic or type of content. The focus of the edit-a-thon is Mi’kma'ki and Mi’kmaw People and there will be a pre-selected range of biographies, books, and events to add.
Where: In the Ko'jua Okuom at the Killam Library Learning Commons (6225 University Avenue)
When: 12 - 4 p.m.
Instruction: Dr. Stacy Allison-Cassin will have instruction sessions from 12:00 -12:45 a.m. and 2:00 - 2:45 p.m.
You are welcome to stay and participate for the entire afternoon or come and go as you are available.
Refreshments will be provided.
To participate, please make an account with Wikipedia in advance. Please bring your laptop. If you do not have a laptop we will have some available.
Please register as an editor at the following link: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Dalhousie_University/Mi'kmaw_History_Month_Edit-a-Thon_(October_2024)?enroll=jryheslc
- Date:
- Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Halifax
- Audience:
- Community Faculty Graduate Students Staff Undergraduate Students
- Categories:
- Events