{"id":14607,"date":"2018-09-24T15:12:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T15:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/ner\/?p=14607"},"modified":"2018-09-26T21:15:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T21:15:50","slug":"nnlm-wikipedia-fall-edit-a-thon-call-for-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2018\/09\/24\/nnlm-wikipedia-fall-edit-a-thon-call-for-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"NNLM Wikipedia FALL Edit-a-thon Editors and Call for Volunteers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><b><i>NNLM Wikipedia FALL Edit-a-thon <\/i><\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Call for volunteers! <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in improving the consumer health information available on Wikipedia? Do you want to utilize your librarian research skills towards making Wikipedia a better, evidence-based resource? Have you always wanted to participate in an edit-a-thon? Join the National Network of Libraries of Medicine on November 7, 2018 as we add citations to existing Wikipedia articles on women&#8217;s health\u00a0using trusted National Library of Medicine resources like Genetics Home Reference, MedlinePlus, and PubMed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re working hard to make our Fall edit-a-thon even more of a success than the April one. To achieve this goal we are inviting more librarians to join our <a href=\"https:\/\/outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org\/courses\/National_Network_of_Libraries_of_Medicine\/NNLM_Edit-a-thon_-_Fall_2018\">Wikipedia Help Team<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition volunteers are needed for each 1-hour shift between 10AM to 8PM Eastern on November 7, 2018. If you would like to provide virtual support to the participants, join us to learn how to be prepared by creating a Wikipedia account, editing articles on medical topics, and getting ready for the day, plan to attend the following training sessions<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">October 3, 2PM to 2:30PM ET <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/class\/NNLMWikipedia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introduction to the NNLM Edit-a-thon and WikiProject Medicine<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hosted by Elaina Vitale (MAR) and Ann Glusker (PNR)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">October 17, 2PM to 2:30PM ET <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/class\/wiki_training\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Editing Wikipedia Articles <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hosted by Alicia Lillich (MCR) and Aimee Gogan (SEA)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">October 31, 2PM to 2:30PM ET<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/class\/wiki_training\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Women\u2019s Health Resources <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hosted by Karen Coghlan (NER) and Erin Latta (NDCO)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Please note:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> you must<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&amp;returnto=Main+Page\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">create a Wikipedia user account<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> prior to the event to be able to participate. Participants are encouraged to register in order to receive a copy of the training recordings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>NNLM staff from across the nation will be available <strong>Wednes<\/strong><strong>day, November 7th from 10 am to 8 pm ET<\/strong>\u00a0to support you as you add your citations. Check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nnlm.gov\/wiki\">nnlm.gov\/wiki<\/a>\u00a0and follow along with the fun on Twitter\u2013check for hashtag\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;q=%23CiteNLM2018&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#citeNLM2018<span class=\"ext\"><span class=\"element-invisible\">(link is external)<\/span><\/span><\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NNLM Wikipedia FALL Edit-a-thon Call for volunteers! Are you interested in improving the consumer health information available on Wikipedia? Do you want to utilize your librarian research skills towards making Wikipedia a better, evidence-based resource? 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