Wikipedia:GLAM/Barnard College

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Barnard College, June 4, 1913 (LOC)
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As a college for women, Barnard embraces its responsibility to address issues of gender in all of their complexity and urgency, and to help students achieve the personal strength that will enable them to meet the challenges they will encounter throughout their lives.

Barnard College Mission Statement

As part of the GLAM-wiki initiative, the Barnard College Library & Academic Information Services (BLAIS) is committed to contributing content that enriches and enhances the aims of Wikipedia. BLAIS is the primary collector of dance and women's studies within the Columbia University Library System and offers extensive collections and expertise in these areas. In addition to these resources, the Library is a collaborator in teaching and learning and establishes a foundation for intellectual inquiry, ethical scholarship, and lifelong learning among women (see Vision, Mission and Values). Therefore, BLAIS's contributions to Wikipedia also involve encouraging new editors from underrepresented groups, empowering diverse voices on the encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

Project Aims

Create or enhance existing biographies of notable women based on both published and original primary source materials
Create or enhance existing biographies of other notable artists, scholars, researchers, cultural figures, and organizations, especially those from under-represented populations
Add authoritative references, citations, and images to improve the quality of existing articles of all types
Encourage and empower women and members of other underrepresented groups to edit Wikipedia
Update project pages related to GLAM , Barnard College, and Barnard Library and Academic Information Services

Conflict of Interest Statement

The participants affiliated with this initiative will not make any edits that would not be beneficial to the goals of Wikipedia. We will modify our editing behavior if any edits conflict with Wikipedia guidelines. Please contact the Project Coordinator, Meresquared (talk), if any activities appear to go against this statement.

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