Mary Mark Ockerbloom will agree that her job title is a really fun one. After all, not every institution has a Wikipedian in residence.

Ockerbloom, a researcher who republishes books by female authors in her spare time, is the Wikipedian in residence at the Science History Institute. There, she leads a monthly meeting called WikiSalon that aims to help people understand the massive repository of human knowledge — and how they can help shape it.

“The goal of WikiSalon is to help people better understand and use Wikipedia,” Ockerbloom said in an email. “It’s a monthly program, free to anyone who wishes to attend. People can bring along a computer and stay for the whole two hours, or just drop by with a question.”

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