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Hispanic Heritage and Disability Awareness Month
Smithsonian Digitization Conference
On October 1-3, the Smithsonian Institution held their 2019 Digitization Conference at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Andrew Lih presented about Wikidata and his work with the Smithsonian on the Wiki Art Depiction Explorer and the Wikidata Game employing AI and machine learning with The Metropolitan Museum of Art (read full blog post).
#DisruptWikipedia
Columbia University Libraries and Wikimedia NYC held a meetup, disruptwikipedia
MetFashion
Metropolitan Museum, and Wikimedia NYC held a meetup, NYC/MetFashion
Disability Awareness Month at the University of Maryland
Wikimedia DC and the University of Maryland held a meetup University of Maryland Disability Awareness Month.
Hispanic Reading Room at the Library of Congress
Wikimedia DC and the Library of Congress held a meetup Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: A Library of Congress Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and Wikimedia NYC held a meetup, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute/September 2019
National Agricultural Library
United States Department of Agriculture and Wikimedia DC held a meetup, 50 Years in Beltsville, with video here [1]
Virginia Association of Museums at Gari Melchers Home and Studio
Virginia Association of Museums and Wikimedia DC held a meetup, Virginia Association of Museums Wikipedia Editing Workshop
Women in U.S. Military History
United States Army Center of Military History and Wikimedia DC held a meetup, Celebrating Women in U.S. Military History Wikipedia Editing Workshop
Supporting newcomers in Wikidata training courses
- Special report: Supporting newcomers in Wikidata training courses