Building Community at Distance: A Datathon during COVID-19

Date

2020-08-04

Authors

Fritz, Samantha
Milligan, Ian
Ruest, Nick
Lin, Jimmy

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Publisher

Digital Library Perspectives

Abstract

This paper aims to use the experience of an in-person event that was forced to go virtual in the wake of COVID-19 as an entryway into a discussion on the broader implications around transitioning events online. It gives both practical recommendation to event organizers as well as broader reflections on the role of digital libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

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Keywords

Interdisciplinary, Team formation, COVID-19, Datathon, Online events, Web archives

Citation

Fritz, S., Milligan, I., Ruest, N. and Lin, J. (2020), "Building community at distance: a datathon during COVID-19", Digital Library Perspectives, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLP-04-2020-0024