Siân Evans (librarian)
Siân Evans | |
|---|---|
 Evans in 2016 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Librarian, activist, and Wikimedian |
| Known for | Co-founder of the Art+Feminism, a global edit-a-thon to challenge gender bias on Wikipedia |
Siân Evansis an American librarian, activist, andWikimedian.She is co-founder of theArt+Feminism,a globaledit-a-thonto challengegender bias on Wikipedia.Evans is a librarian atJohns Hopkins University.
Career
[edit]Evans is co-founder ofArt+Feminism,a global campaign that challengesgender bias on Wikipedia.[1][2]Evans notes that as part of Art+Feminism, "we do concrete work – adding citations to pages, expanding coverage of women in the arts – but, we also understand these events as platforms for consciousness raising and hopefully strategies for change emerge from that."[3]Evans is the Online Programs Librarian at Sheridan Libraries and Museums at Johns Hopkins University.[4]
In 2014, Evans was named one ofForeign Policy's100 Leading Global Thinkers.[5]
Evans' research and writing on digitally focused gender equity has been published inArt Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North Americaand in the bookInformed Agitation: Library and Information Skills in Social Justice Movements and Beyond.[6]She is part of theArt Libraries Society of North America’s Women and Art Special Interest Group.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Hoban, Virgie."Campus community tackles gender gap on Wikipedia during Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon".Berkeley Library News.University of California.RetrievedAugust 23,2018.
- ^Greenberger, Alex (9 February 2017)."MoMA Announces Fourth Annual Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon".ArtNews.RetrievedAugust 23,2018.
- ^Driscoll, Brogan (31 March 2016)."Rewriting Wikipedia: Feminists Are Finally Giving Female Artists The Online Recognition They Deserve".Huffington Post.RetrievedAugust 23,2018.
- ^"Academic Liaison".Sheridan Libraries.Retrieved2022-11-30.
- ^"A World Disrupted: The Leading Global Thinkers of 2014".Foreign Policy Magazine.RetrievedAugust 23,2018.
- ^Informed agitation: library and information skills in social justice movements and beyond.Morrone, Melissa. Sacramento, California.ISBN9781634000031.OCLC889313887.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: others (link) - ^Emory, Sami (18 April 2016)."Breaking Records at Art+Feminism's Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon".Creators.Vice.RetrievedAugust 23,2018.