Best,
Anna
Dear MLA Constituents,
The Emerging Technologies and Services Committee (ETSC), with the support of the St. Louis Public Library—Central Library, will be hosting a Wikipedia-edit-a-thon as a post-conference event in St. Louis (February 2019).
From the proposal:
This Wikipedia edit-a-thon is focused on editing and creating Wikipedia and Wikidata entries for un(der)represented performers and composers who were born in St. Louis or have significant connections to the city. The goal of this event is to pair experienced Wikipedia editors from the national music library and local St. Louis communities with new or novice editors to improve St. Louis music-related content, notably highlighting members of marginalized communities. The event will be free of charge and open to the public, with a goal of bringing together a national scholarly association and local community expertise to contribute and improve Wikipedia in these areas.
As a means to garner financial support for the event, ETSC has submitted a Wikipedia Rapid Grant proposal. The members of ETSC would be most grateful to have endorsements for the proposal from MLA’s membership. These endorsements aid Wikipedia’s grant funding committee in making their decisions.
To read the full proposal and endorse the grant, please visit: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Music_Library_Association/Wikipedia-edit-a-thon_2019.
ETSC thanks you for your support.
Joy M. Doan, M.L.I.S., M.A.
Music Research and Instruction Librarian
Radio/Television/Film Librarian
Northwestern University Libraries
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
847.467.5828
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