GLAMTLV2018/Submissions/Where is all that Kansas City Jazz? A Librarian's Bold Edit-a-thon Story
 | This is an Open submission for GLAM TLV Conference 2018 that has not yet been reviewed by the members of the Program Committee. |
- Submission no. 78
- Title of the submission
- Where is all that Kansas City Jazz? A Librarian's Bold Edit-a-thon Story
- Author(s) of the submission
- Kim Gile, Kclibrarian
- E-mail address
- kimgile@kclibrary.org
- Country of origin
- United States
- Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
- Kansas City Public Library
- Type of session
- Talk
- Length of session
- 30 mins
- Ideal number of attendees
- 30
- Abstract
Kansas City Public Library hosted a Wikipedia edit-a-thon that focused on creating content around Kansas City's rich cultural heritage. The result was a program that built community, taught digital literacy skills, and shared Kansas City’s jazz with the world. Kim Gile, the event's facilitator, will share her experience, insights, and lessons learned from this event. For more info, see her post here.
- What will attendees take away from this session?
- ...Learn how to host your own edit-a-thon in a non-traditional way with the following outcomes: 1. build community around a local topic of interest 2. participants will learn something new and put those skills into action 3. share your library's collections on a global scale and 4. how to move the needle on editor demographics.
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