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National Museum of American History
An Edit-a-Thon
National Museum of American History northern entrance

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History, will be working with Wikipedia and American University class COMM535 and journalism professor Andrew Lih

When
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
2:30 - 5:30pm
Who
Invited participants from the American University class and Smithsonian Institution. Unfortunately, because of the limited space in the reference library, the general public will be limited. Contact Andrew Lih or Diane Shaw (Smithsonian, ShawD at si dot edu) if you'd like to attend.
This gathering is part of a communications/journalism course taught by Andrew Lih at the American University on Wikipedia & Public Knowledge.
Where
National Museum of American History; phone (202) 633-3865
14th St and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20001 (directions here)
Fifth floor, reference library
Because the library is located in an area that is not open to the public, all visitors without Smithsonian i.d. will need to have a staff escort and will need to provide a picture i.d. and sign in with the guard at the main museum entrance to get a visitor's pass. The group will assemble just inside the Constitution Avenue main entrance, next to the Conestoga Wagon.
Early arrivees (by 2:30) can get a tour of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, which houses the Smithsonian Libraries' collections of rare books and manuscripts on the history of science and technology, as well as a collection of international World's Fairs publications from the 19th and 20th centuries
What to bring
A fully charged laptop computer with charger (and extension cord if you have one!)
A picture i.d.
RSVP Required
Please sign up below if you plan on joining us. Space limited due to small venue.
Etherpad shared notes for today's event

Schedule

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National Museum of American History Edit-a-Thon Schedule
Time Activity
2:30-3:00 pm Early arrivals, tour of Dibner Library
3:00-3:15 pm Welcome by Smithsonian and NMAH, Diane Shaw (SIL) and Erin Blasco (NMAH, social media manager)
3:15-3:30 pm Editing tutorial link
3:30-5:30 pm Edit-a-Thon & talk by Noriko Sanefuji,

Questions? Add your own

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  • How do I RSVP?
  • Add your name to the list below if you plan on joining us remotely.
  • Can I share what I’m doing?
  • Yes, please feel free to share what you’re working on on your preferred social network using #glamwiki and invite your friends to join us remotely!
  • What can we photograph, and what can we release under a free license?
  • What sensitivities are there when dealing with artifacts and images of various categories of persons (such as members of ethnic groups, LBGTQ persons, persons with disabilities) that go beyond copyright and legal issues?
  • How do you persuade museum curatorial staff who value creating authoritative content that putting information about their collections (particularly sensitive information like biographical details of living or recently deceased persons) online in Wikipedia is not opening up the topic to vandalism or the perpetuation of erroneous information?

RSVP

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Invite only or contact Andrew Lih

Yes

  1. User:Uncommon_fritillary - Diane Shaw
  2. COMM535 students (15)
  3. Fuzheado | Talk 18:29, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Duckduckstop (talk)
  5. Djembayz (talk)
  6. User: HtMt_EA

Articles and content to work on

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  • Articles related to the film-makers and persons profiled in the documentary The Legacy of Heart Mountain, which examines the Japanese American experience in a Wyoming prison camp during World War II (see the NMAH event page for Day of Remembrance. The film will be shown at NMAH on the anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942, which led to the creation of internment camps for Japanese Americans, Italian Americans and German Americans). More information about the film is on the Content Media Group blog

Specific articles

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Resources

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Websites, library catalogs, & databases

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Reference book citations to copy and paste

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  • United States. War Relocation Authority (1946). The Evacuated People, a Quantitative Description. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  • And Justice for All: An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press. 1999. ISBN 029597785X.
  • Burton, Jeffery (2002). Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites. Scott and Laurie Oki series in Asian American studies. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press. ISBN 0295981563.
  • Mackey, Mike (2000). Heart Mountain: Life in Wyoming's Concentration Camp. Powell, Wyoming: Western History Publications. ISBN 0966155637.
  • United States. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (1997). Personal Justice Denied: Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. Washington, D.C.: Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. ISBN 029597558X.

Help after the event

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About the NMAH

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Add more - http://americanhistory.si.edu/

Results and outcomes

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Article creation

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New articles
Updated articles
Images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
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Smithsonian photo of softball from Heart Mountain Relocation Center
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