Emory’s 2024 Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 28

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, join us on Thursday, March 28 to help edit Wikipedia to make sure women are represented. Only 19.77% of English Wikipedia biographies profile women, according to the Women in Red Project. The Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon strives to write more articles about notable women of all races, Read More …

Emory Libraries marks Women’s History Month with exhibits, events and resources

Emory Libraries will mark Women’s History Month with events, exhibitions, and blog posts about our resources that celebrate and illuminate women’s achievements.   Exhibitions: At the Crossroads: Benny Andrews, Flannery O’Connor and Alice Walker (major exhibition running through July 12) Visit the exhibit page   Events: 9th annual Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Thursday, March 28, Read More …

Emory’s 2023 Women of Wikipedia Intersectional Editathon is March 29

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, join us on March 29 and help edit Wikipedia to make sure women are represented. Only 19.16% of English Wikipedia biographies profile women, according to the Women in Red WikiProject. The Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon strives to write more articles about notable women of all races, nationalities, Read More …

2022 Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (in person and virtual), Tuesday, April 12, 4-6 pm

Join us and help edit Wikipedia to make sure women are represented. Only 19.16% of English Wikipedia biographies profile women, according to the Women in Red WikiProject. The Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon strives to write more articles about notable women of all races, nationalities, and ethnicities (including transgender and nonbinary individuals). This is the seventh Read More …

2021 Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (Virtual), Wednesday, April 21, 3-5 pm

Edit Wikipedia to make sure women are represented. This is the sixth year that the Emory University Libraries and Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) will host a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to improve the coverage of women in Wikipedia by training new Wikipedia editors. This year’s edit-a-thon will be hosted virtually, via Zoom. Only 18.8% of English Read More …

2020 Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Emory, 2/25/2020 from 6-8pm

Edit Wikipedia for the greater good! For the 5th year in a row, Emory University Libraries and Teaching and Learning Technologies will host a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women on Wikipedia and to empower new editors. According to Women in Red (WiR),  as of 10 February 2020, only 18.25% of English Wikipedia’s biographies were Read More …

2019 Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Thursday, March 21st

Emory University Art and Feminism 2019 Editathon (http://emorylib.info/AFinfo)  Thursday, March 21, 2019, 5-8 pm, Woodruff Library 314 This event is open to the public. RSVP here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EmoryAF2019 For the fourth year in a row, Emory University Libraries will host a local event for the Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Art + Feminism is a worldwide campaign to Read More …

Meet the Libraries’ Innovation Grants Winners

This post is the second in a series featuring the innovative projects/programs that our colleagues are implementing with the help of internal grants offered by the Emory University Libraries. The two internal grants are the Innovation Grant and the Mini-Grant. These are available to support innovation or the purchase of tools or training that will Read More …