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Wikipedia Comes to ALA

By on June 23, 2015

wikipedia-logoJake Orlowitz of the Wikipedia Library Project reports that Wikipedia will be having quite a presence at ALA Annual in San Francisco this week. Here are some details:

#WikiLovesALA editathon
The Wikipedia Library invites you to the #WikiLovesALA editathon on June 26 from 1pm to 4pm at the Wikimedia Foundation Office, in celebration of the American Library Association annual conference this weekend in San Francisco.

All you need to do to participate is register:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wiki-loves-ala-editathon-at-the-wikipedia-office-3-blocks-from-moscone-tickets-17253454547

We hope to see you there: to share knowledge, learn about Wikipedia, celebrate libraries, and create content about this amazing city, your institution’s collections, or that favorite subject you’ve been meaning to write about.

Exhibit booth

Drop by for engaging conversations about how Wikipedia works and how to get involved… and for free merchandise (Fri-Mon, Booth #2828 across from OCLC)

Office Hours
Join our ‘ask a Wikipedian’ office hours hosted by OCLC (Sat 3:00-4:00, Marriott Marquis, OCLC Blue Suite, ask at the front desk for the room number)
Conference Program
Attend our talk “Resource Discovery in the Age of Wikipedia” (Sun 1:00-2:00pm, 3010 W Moscone)
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Roy Tennant is a Senior Program Officer for OCLC Research. He is the owner of the Web4Lib and XML4Lib electronic discussions, and the creator and editor of Current Cites, a current awareness newsletter published every month since 1990. His books include "Technology in Libraries: Essays in Honor of Anne Grodzins Lipow" (2008), "Managing the Digital Library" (2004), "XML in Libraries" (2002), "Practical HTML: A Self-Paced Tutorial" (1996), and "Crossing the Internet Threshold: An Instructional Handbook" (1993). Roy wrote a monthly column on digital libraries for Library Journal for a decade and has written numerous articles in other professional journals. In 2003, he received the American Library Association's LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for Excellence in Communication for Continuing Education. Follow him on Twitter @rtennant.