Fritz, SamanthaMilligan, IanRuest, NickLin, Jimmy2020-08-042020-08-042020-08-04Fritz, 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-04-2020-0024https://doi.org/10.1108/DLP-04-2020-0024http://hdl.handle.net/10315/37656This 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.enAttribution 2.5 CanadaInterdisciplinaryTeam formationCOVID-19DatathonOnline eventsWeb archivesArticlehttps://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/dlphttps://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/2059-5816https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.comhttps://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DLP-04-2020-0024/full/html