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[[File:UMD Hornbake Library.JPG|thumb|right|{{center|Hornbake Library}}]]
[[File:International Labour Day Edit-a-Thon - Hornbake Library.JPG|thumb|right|{{center|We edited}}]]
[[File:International Labour Day Edit-a-Thon - Hornbake Library - University of Maryland.JPG|thumb|right|{{center|And edited more}}]]
[[File:International Labour Day Edit-a-Thon - Gordon W. Prange Collection (2).JPG|thumb|right|{{center|We toured the Prange Collection}}]]

Celebrate [[International Workers Day|International Labour Day]] for 2015 by joining a community interested in promoting labor history by editing the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Part celebration and part workshop, help us build awareness and increase visibility of our labor collections and expand page content for labor subjects, individuals, and organizations.  We’ll draw content from labor-related collections at the [http://www.lib.umd.edu/special/guides/labor University of Maryland], including the recently acquired AFL-CIO Archives. No editing or technical experience necessary. You’ll receive complimentary issues of Labor’s Heritage journal. 

A reception and tours of The George Meany Memorial AFL-CIO Archive and the Gordon W. Prange Collection start at 4:30 PM.  

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/UMDLabor2016 Click here for details about the 2016 Edit-A-Thon!]

'''Please bring your own laptops.'''
[https://umdlabor.wufoo.com/forms/umd-labor-editathon-rsvp/ RSVP] here!  

'''Twitter hashtags:'''  &#35;wikilabor15   &#35;glamwiki

'''As part of a nationwide effort, other libraries with significant labor collections will also participate:'''
* [http://reuther.wayne.edu/ Wayne State University, Walter P. Reuther Library]
* [http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/ University of Idaho Special Collections]
* [https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/ Cornell University, Catherwood Library & Kheel Center] [[Wikipedia:Meetup/CatherwoodLibrary|Edit-A-Thon Event]]
* [http://library.unc.edu/wilson/ University of North Carolina Libraries Special Collections] [https://blogs.lib.unc.edu/news/index.php/2015/03/wikipedia-edit-a-thons/ Edit-A-Thon Events]
* [http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/research/ California Historical Society]


'''This event is part of [http://www.dclabor.org/dc-laborfest.html DC LaborFest 2015].'''  Check out many more events to celebrate the labor movement!

== When and Where ==
'''Friday, May 1, 2015, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM'''

'''This event will take place at the University of Maryland's Hornbake Library North:  3rd Floor Instruction Room (3210)''' 

See the [https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=hornbake+library&fb=1&gl=us&hq=hornbake+library&cid=10565111873115419768&sa=X&ei=3_seVeX5MsSNsAXox4Mw&ved=0CCoQrwswAA Google map] for the location of Hornbake.

''Those unable to attend in person are invited to become Wikipedia editors, and edit pages listed in our goals below.''

'''Reception and tours of the AFL-CIO Archive and Prange Collection begin at 4:30pm'''

== Agenda ==

* 1:30 PM - Welcome, Jen Eidson, Labor Collections Archivist, UMD Libraries
* 1:40 PM - Introduction to editing Wikipedia, Peter Meyer, Wikimedia DC
* 1:55 PM – Navigation to online resources and handout copies of Labor’s Heritage journal
* 2:15PM - 4:00 PM, Editing time
* 4:15 PM - Wrap-up and post-edit-a-thon survey
* 4:30 PM – Reception and refreshments, tours every 15 minutes.
* 5:45 PM – Last tour

== Goals ==
The UMD Labor History Edit-A-Thon will offer a selection of resources for attendees to:

# Use ''Labor’s Heritage'' journal sources to contribute to targeted articles. 
# Create and/or expand articles pertaining to archival labor collections from the University of Maryland’s Special Collections in Labor History & Workplace Studies.  
# Add external links to finding aids from University of Maryland's Special Collections.  Finding aids can be found in  [http://digital.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/index.jsp ArchivesUM] our finding aid database, specifically in the [http://digital.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/rguide/labor.jsp Labor in America guide]. 
# Update out-of-date references and citations for the George Meany Memorial Archive, now known as The George Meany Memorial AFL-CIO Archive at the University of Maryland Libraries.


'''Please place a {{Check mark|30|color=light green}} next to an article to indicate that edits were made; the mark does not mean that all the suggested work for that article was completed.'''

== Articles to create ==
'''Organizations'''
* The George Meany Memorial Archive (National Labor College) ''Please update all references found to this: The George Meany Memorial AFL-CIO Archive, University of Maryland Libraries'' {{Check mark|20|color=light green}}
* [[Baltimore Federation of Labor]]
* [[Bureau of Business Practice]]
* [[Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill]]
* [[Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America]]
* [[International Association of Siderographers]]
* [[International Glove Workers Union]]
* [[National Organizers Alliance]]
* [[Tobacco Workers International Union]]

'''Individuals'''
* [[Gordon H. Cole]]
* [[George Harris]]
* [[Nevada Jane Haywood]]
* [[Lillian Herstein]]
* [[Edward Levinson]]
* [[Homer Martin (labor leader)]] {{Check mark|30|color=light green}}
* [[Andrew Pettis]]
* [[Michael Ross]]
* [[Ted Selander]]
* [[Danbury Shakes]]
* [[Boris Shishkin]]
* [[Martha Tabor]]{{Check mark|30|color=light green}}
* [[Jiří Veltruský/Paul Barton]]
* [[Milton P. Webster]]

'''Events'''
* [[Tacoma Union Movement]]

'''Publications'''
* [[AFL-CIO News]]
* [[American Federationist]]
* Labor Presses of the following countries
o	Norwegian 
o	Danish
o	German
o	Jewish
o	Finns
o	Slovakian and Croatian
o	Russian

== Articles to expand ==
At a minimum, please add external link to finding aid in [http://digital.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/index.jsp ArchivesUM] or a citation to ''[[Labor's Heritage]]'' journal.

'''Organizations'''
* [[AFL–CIO|AFL-CIO]]
* [[Alton_Railroad|Alton Railroad]]
* [[Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union]]
* [[Brookwood Labor College]]
* [[Cigar Makers' International Union]]
* [[Coalition of Black Trade Unionists]]
* [[United_Brotherhood_of_Carpenters_and_Joiners_of_America|United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America]]
* [[International_Labor_Communications_Association|International Labor Communications Association]]
* [[Jewish_Labor_Committee|Jewish Labor Committee]] 
* [[National_Labor_College|National Labor College]]
* [[United Automobile Workers]]
* [[University_of_Maryland_Libraries|University of Maryland Libraries]]

'''Individuals'''
* [[Ralph_Fasanella|Ralph Fasanella]]
* [[Samuel_Gompers|Samuel Gompers]]
* [[Chester Himes]]
* [[Clara Lemlich]]
* [[George_Meany|George Meany]]
* [[Agnes Nestor]]
* [[Rose Schneiderman]]
* [[Ben Shahn]]
* [[Maud Younger]]

'''Events'''
* {{Check mark|30|color=light green}} [[1926 Passaic textile strike]]
* [[Colorado_Coalfield_War|Colorado Coalfield War]]
* [[Colorado_Fuel_and_Iron|Colorado Fuel and Iron]]
* [[National Labor Relations Act]]
* [[Newspaper delivery]]
* [[Ludlow_Massacre|Ludlow Massacre]]
* [[Workmens Circle|The Workmen's Circle (Der Arbeiter Ring)]]
 
'''Publications'''
* ''[[Labor's Heritage]]'' journal  {{Check mark|30|color=light green}}

== Resources ==

=== Web access ===
The Library will have wireless guest accounts for participants. '''Please bring your own laptop.'''

Free resources:
* [http://www.lib.umd.edu// WorldCat via University of Maryland]
* [http://digital.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/rguide/labor.jsp/ ArchivesUM: Labor in America]
* [http://lib.guides.umd.edu/labor/ Labor History LigGuide]
* [https://archive.org/ Archive.org]
* [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Chronicling America]
* [http://www.lib.umd.edu/special/guides/the-carpenter-magazine The Carpenter Magazine]
* [https://archive.org/search.php?query=AFL-CIO%20news%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts&sort=-date AFL-CIO News]
* [https://scholar.google.com// Google Scholar]

=== Paid databases ===
The following University of Maryland subscription databases will be available to those onsite or who have UMD login credentials:
* [http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/advanced?sid=eae2be64-3c77-494e-aad1-b03cd971ae86%40sessionmgr4004&vid=0&hid=4104/ Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)]
* [http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/advanced?sid=1a4dab58-9d4b-4b59-8848-f6ea07f6c206%40sessionmgr4002&vid=0&hid=4104/ America: History and Life with Full Text (Ebsco)]
* [http://www.jstor.org/ JSTOR]
* [http://search.proquest.com/pqdtft/fromDatabasesLayer?accountid=14696/ ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text]
* [http://search.proquest.com/americanperiodicals/fromDatabasesLayer?accountid=14696/ ProQuest American Periodicals]
* [http://search.proquest.com/advanced?accountid=14696&selectids=1005880,1006091,1007871,1007272,1006744,1005676,1007624,1006193,1005879,1006442,1005877,1006058,1005671,1005670,1005878,1006056,1006089,1006151,1005672,1006360,1006051,1007155,1007155,1007154,1006359/ ProQuest Historical Newspapers]
* [http://infoweb.newsbank.com.proxy-um.researchport.umd.edu/iw-search/we/Homepage?p_action=doc&p_theme=current&p_nbid=G59I54WPMTQyODU5MjYxMS44NTQzMDI6MToxMjoxMjkuMi4xOS4xMDI America’s Historical Newspapers (Readex)]
* [http://search.proquest.com/hnpbaltimoresun/fromDatabasesLayer?accountid=14696/ ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Baltimore Sun, The (1837-1988)]
* [http://search.proquest.com/baltimoresun/fromDatabasesLayer?accountid=14696/ ProQuest The Baltimore Sun]
* [http://www.lib.umd.edu/dbfinder/id/UMD08043/ American National Biography Online]

* [http://researchport.umd.edu/V/24KYV11UTU2TBPV66G6497P3HN27YEFBQNCP7LMRJB4X51TIY5-36346?func=find-db-1&mode=title/ Research Port: All databases accessible via UMD]

'''Access databases with your public library card:''' The Baltimore ''Sun'' and some other newspaper archives on ProQuest can also be accessed with a Maryland Library card. [http://www.prattlibrary.org/research/database/?sbj=974 Here, for example] is a list of databases accessible with a card from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Pratt_Free_Library|Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library]] system. [http://www.pgcmls.info/DatabasesBySubject Here is a similar list] for members of the PG County Library. If you live in Maryland you can get a library card in either of these systems and in most others around the state. If you live in the District of Columbia or Virginia you can get a library card in PG County and some other systems in southern Maryland.


== Archival and manuscript collections ==

This Edit-A-Thon will focus on creating and expanding articles for archival collections at the University of Maryland.  Links to collection information and finding aids can be found here: [http://digital.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/rguide/labor.jsp/ ArchivesUM: Labor in America]

== Basics on editing Wikipedia ==
* [[Help:Cheatsheet]] - quick guide to Wiki markup
* [http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ambassadors_Orientation_Resources:_Editing Editing - The Basics] has .pdf handouts and videos
* [[Wikipedia:Training|Wikipedia Training]], Includes a one-hour training for newcomers, and more extensive pages for teachers and Wikipedia Ambassadors
* [[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wikipedia Tutorial]] is a hands-on approach that walks you through various aspects of Wikipedia editing
*

== About Special Collections in Labor History & Workplace Studies ==
Our labor collections are comprised of AFL-CIO Department records, trade department records, international union records, union programs, union organizations with allied or affiliate relationships with the AFL-CIO, and personal papers of union leaders. We also have extensive photo documentation of labor union activities from the 1940s to the present in the photographic negative and digital collections. Additionally, collections of graphic images, over 10,000 audio tapes, several hundred films and videotapes, and over 2,000 artifacts are available for research and study. 

http://www.lib.umd.edu/special/guides/labor

[http://lib.guides.umd.edu/labor Guide to Labor Collections at University of Maryland]

== RSVP ==
Please indicate your intention to attend by completing this [https://umdlabor.wufoo.com/forms/umd-labor-editathon-rsvp/ RSVP].  

We'd like to you if you:
* Will Attend
* Maybe Attending
* Regrets
* Will Attend Remotely

== Getting There ==
 
=== Via Metro: ===
The Green/Yellow line Metro includes a stop in College Park. The Green train stops in College Park all day. The Yellow line only stops in College Park during rush hour service, 6:30 AM-9:00 AM and 3:30 PM-6:00 PM. You can use the [http://www.wmata.com/rider_tools/tripplanner/tripplanner_form_solo.cfm Metro Trip Planner] to determine travel times.

The College Park Metro stop is about a mile-and-a-half from the University of Maryland campus. The University provides a shuttle to and from the Metro station that runs every ten minutes. The shuttle is number 104 and it picks up in the circle right at the top of the station escalator. See the [http://www.dots.umd.edu/shuttle.html University Department of Transportation Services] page for more information.

=== Metro Bus: ===
The University of Maryland is serviced by the following Metrobuses:
* [http://www.wmata.com/bus/timetables/md/c2-4.pdf C2] - between the Twinbrook and Greenbelt Metro stations
* [http://www.wmata.com/bus/timetables/md/c8.pdf C8] - between the White Flint and College Park Metro stations
* [http://www.wmata.com/bus/timetables/md/j4.pdf J4] - between the Bethesda and College Park Metro stations
* [http://www.wmata.com/bus/timetables/MD/F6.pdf F6] - between the Fort Totten and New Carrollton Metro stations

The buses all pick up and drop off at a station on Campus Drive, two blocks from Hornbake Library.

=== Driving: ===
The University of Maryland campus faces Route 1 / Baltimore Avenue and is two and a half miles south from exit 25A off the Capitol Beltway (I-495).

Campus Drive runs through the middle of campus and right in front of Hornbake Library. You can access Campus Drive from the east side of campus by turning off of Baltimore Avenue / Route 1 at the campus main entrance at the intersection of Baltimore Ave., Paint Branch Parkway and Campus Drive. If approaching the University from the west side of campus, access Campus Drive at the intersection of University Boulevard East and Adelphi Road.

See the [https://www.google.com/maps/place/University+of+Maryland/@38.986937,-76.942868,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89b7c6bd3e9aaaab:0xd48e8bdda5e4da9a Google Map of the University] for more information.

=== Parking: ===
Visitor parking is available in the Regents Drive Parking Garage just north of Hornbake Library. Rates are $3.00 per hour, with a $15.00 per day maximum. See the [http://cvs.umd.edu/visitors/parking.html University of Maryland, Department of Transportation Visitor Parking] page for more information.

Parking is also available off campus at the College Park city public parking garage at the corner of at Yale Avenue and Knox Road at a rate of $.75/hour. The public parking garage is about a ten minute walk from Hornbake Library. See the [http://shopcollegepark.org/shops/downtown-parking-garage/ College Park Downtown Parking Garage] page for more information.

== Outcomes ==
* ''[[Labor's Heritage]]'' -- expanded and sourced
* [[George Meany]] -- redirected link to archives to UMd
* [[Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills]] -- sources added

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