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IGB Fall 2023 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon!

Women in STEM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Spring 2025

A QR code that leads to the URL: https://go.illinois.edu/STEMwikiDuring this hybrid event, on Thursday, March 13 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., we'll celebrate Women's History Month and improve Wikipedia's women in STEM representation. Wikipedia expert Jamie Flood will guide participants through the process of an edit-a-thon and our librarians will be available in-person and online to provide reference support and library expertise. Online attendees, we will be enabling live captioning, have an online moderator, and the presenter will be using a microphone. We will have food and light refreshments. Please bring your laptops or use one of ours*!

*20 laptops available; first-come, first-served!

Seats limited to 40 people. Please inform Celenia Graves at celeniag@illinois.edu if you have any accessibility requests.

 

Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Speakers!

Jamie Flood, Monday January 13 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Thursday, March 13 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Jamie Flood is the Senior Wikipedian and Outreach Coordinator with USDA National Agricultural Library in the Agricultural Law Information Partnership. In May 2024, Jamie graduate from UIUC with her master's in Library and Information Science. Jamie is a founding member of the Wikimedians of Indiana User Group, chairs the Wikimedia Working Group with the Digital Public Library of America, and is an active Wikipedia editor, trainer, and organizer.

Research
Her current research and digital projects focus on Farm Worker rights and conditions, Heirs’ Property, food justice and equity, utilizing timelines and other online digital exhibits to re-examine historical narratives, and utilizing Wikipedia as a means for knowledge equity and information discoverability. She extensively edits Wikipedia around agricultural and legal topics, women and Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) historical figures, and historical landmarks and local history.

Jamie was a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Speaker at the IGB Edit-a-thon on Friday October 13 and Monday November 13.

Mackenzie Lemieux A picture of Wikimedian Mackenzie Lemieux.

Mackenzie is a resident physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

 

Lemieux is an avid Wikipedia user and has been creating Wikipedia pages since 2019. During the pandemic, Lemieux wrote over 100 Wikipedia biographies of women in STEM in an attempt to increase the representation of women on Wikipedia and improve their visibility online. Lemieux has taught Wikipedia editing across the country at local, national, and international events. 


Research and career
Beyond editing and teaching others, Lemieux conducts research exploring biases on Wikipedia. Her research has shown that biased use of specific tags on Wikipedia results in targeted deletion of Women's biographies. Another focus of her work is understanding health-information seeking behaviors on Wikipedia. Her research highlights the importance of maintaining Wikipedia as a source of information on reproductive and women's health topics. Lemieux hopes to improve equitable access to health information in her career as a physician and researcher. Lemieux was the IGB Wikipedia Edit-a-thon speaker on Thursday, September 21, 2023.