Conference Event: Wiki Loves Small Museums at Small Museum Association Meeting, Ocean City, MD

The Philadelphia area GLAMCafe and PhillyDH community will be participating in the Small Museums Association meeting in Ocean City, MD, February 15, hosting Wiki Loves Small Museums.

Wiki Loves Small Museums is a workshop event, to be held Sunday, February 15, 2015, at the Small Museum Association (SMA) Conference in Ocean City, MD. We are seeking Wikipedia volunteers with relevant skills and knowledge to help in this project. See below for details.
When
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Where
Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel, 10100 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD
How to Volunteer
Add your Wikipedia user name in the Registration section below, or email me at MOckerbloom(at)chemheritage.org or celebration.women(at)gmail.com.
What to Bring
Please bring your own laptop and power cord.
Bring a scanner and a flash stick if you can.
Bring your knowledge and skills.

Wiki Loves Small Museums Workshop Description
Contributing to a Digital Presence on Wikipedia:
Wiki Loves Small Museums Edit-a-thon
Session: 12.00-4.00 p.m. Sunday, February 15, 2015

Speaker: Abram Fox, Laurel Historical Society, Laurel, MD

Workshop Coordinator: Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Wikipedian in Residence, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

Learn how your institution can engage with the public through Wikipedia, and contribute images to Wikipedia directly during an on-site edit-a-thon. Hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon or encouraging the contributions of content experts in your community are valuable ways to build partnerships and enhance your online presence. Abram Fox will provide an overview of how to organize a Wikipedia editing event at your institution. Mary Mark Ockerbloom will lead a “Wiki Loves Small Museums” workshop where you can see first-hand how to contribute to public knowledge. 1) Take a photograph (or several) of your institution 2) Bring it to our SMA workshop 3) Expert Wikipedians will help you to release images you bring to the event, and edit Wikipedia articles.

About the Small Museum Association
The annual Small Museum Association (SMA) Conference attracts more than 250 museum professionals, board members, and volunteers from a wide variety of small museums. This year’s theme is Museums in Harmony: exploring the ways in which museum staff, boards, volunteers, and communities can work together to meet the challenges of economic, educational, and social conditions.

Conference : February 15 – 17, 2015
Where: Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel,
10100 Coastal Highway
Ocean City, MD
Conference Information:
https://sma25.wildapricot.org/