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The Center for the History of Medicine |
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When: Tuesday, October 22, 9am-2pm
Where: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 10 Shattuck St, Boston. Fourth floor, room 423. Focus: History of the study and practice of medicine |
This edit-a-thon is part of Open Access to Massachusetts History 2013
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The Center for the History of Medicine is one of the world’s leading collections in the history of health care and medicine, attracting researchers from around the world to consult its rare books and journals, archives and manuscripts, photographs and prints, and art and artifact collections. The history of medicine plays a critical role in informing contemporary medicine, at the same time that it informs our understanding of the larger society within which medicine is embedded.
The Center oversees the Rare Books and Special Collections of the Countway and also administers the archives of the Harvard Medical School, and the Schools of Dental Medicine and Public Health, and oversees a records management program. In addition, the Center houses an extensive collection of prints and photographs, works of fine art, and medical artifacts, and has responsibility for the collections of the Warren Anatomical Museum (website) and the Archives for Women in Medicine.
| 8:45am: | Coffee and check-in |
| 9:00am: | Orientation and Wiki training (Adam Hyland) |
| 9:30am: | Edit-a-thon! |
| 11:30am: | Tour of the Center for the History of Medicine featuring collection highlights, with Jack Eckert, Public Services Librarian |
| 12:00pm: | Lunch |
| 1:30pm: | Debriefing and wrap-up |
| 2:00pm: | Tour of the Warren Anatomical Museum with Dominic Hall, Curator |
Participants are welcome to attend for as much or as little of the day as they can. Orientation attendance is highly encouraged, particularly for new Wikipedians.
Please contact the Head, Collections Services if you would like to participate in this event.
Registered participants are encouraged to introduce themselves here:
Electronic and paper files will be provided to participants on the day of the event.
These are just to get you started -- feel free to add to this list.
Check back here after the event to see what our participants have accomplished!
This edit-a-thon is part of Open Access to Mass History, a planned series of edit-a-thons during Open Access Week; if you can't make this event, please see the main schedule for more opportunities.