Academic and educational outreach



New England Wikimedians work with universities and other places of learning in order to not only build awareness of our group's mission, but to also increase academic work and free knowledge work on MediaWiki sites.

Classroom outreach: Currently, we work with Wiki Education Foundation to help match professors with local Wikimedians in the area who can work directly with students who are editing Foundation projects as part of the classroom experience. In the past, this has included Tufts University, School of the Museum of the Fine Arts, Boston College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Academic edit-a-thons: New England Wikimedians have also worked with university libraries as part of edit-a-thons, including ones at UMass Amherst, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, as well as multiple ones around the Boston Metropolitan area. This has included events as part of Ada Lovelace Day, Art and Feminism edit-a-thons, and many other events that have come up during the year.

If your university is interested in collaborating with New England Wikimedians, contact Kevin Rutherford.