Hi All,
A reminder that the Metropolitan Library Council is hosting a webinar today
at 2pm EST on "Reference and Citation on Wikipedia and the Library," that
will be streaming live on Youtube and archived as a Youtube video
immediately following. You will find the link to view at METRO's Youtube
channel starting at around 1:45pm EST.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmTOag7JZ-qrTZDpN4fNwTA
Full announcement below.
Thanks!
Dorothy
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
*Webcast: Reference and Citation on Wikipedia and the Library *Monday,
October 27, 2014 - 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM
Description*: *In recent years, Wikipedia has collaborated with libraries
to improve the quality of Wikipedia’s reference and citation. Aspects of
this engagement include streamlining Wikipedia citation practices; working
to increase fully-available open access references to readers;
collaborations with libraries to develop Wikipedia library internships; and
more. The options available for libraries to engage with Wikipedia have
only increased. METRO's upcoming three-part webcast series will explore
three areas of interest to librarians with presentations by leaders of
current collaborative Wikipedia projects.
On Monday, October 27th, the first webcast series installment will focus on
citation and reference on Wikipedia. This session will include
presentations from leaders of four different projects to improve
Wikipedia’s reference and citation: Andy Mabbett, Wikipedian-in-Residence at
ORCID
<http://blog.scholasticahq.com/post/87810012013/interview-with-andy-mabbett-orcid-ambassador-and#.U_Jvc_ldV4U>
(the
Open Researcher and Contributor ID, an authority control) and the Royal
Society of Chemistry
<http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/wikimedian-residence-royal-society-chemistry/>;
Patrick Earley of the Wikipedia Library
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library>; Ed
Saperia, Project Lead of the Open Access Reader Project
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Access_Reader>; and Daniel Mietchen,
biophysicist web projects at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin and member
of the “WikiProject Open Access/Signaling OA-ness (Open Access)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Access/Signalling_OA-ness>
.
To access the live program, simply visit METRO's YouTube channel
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmTOag7JZ-qrTZDpN4fNwTA> between 2:00 PM
and 3:15 PM on Monday, October 27th. Registration is not required*. *A
direct link to the webcast page will also be posted here before the live
program. An archived recording will be available following the session.
Visit
http://metro.org/events/562/ for more information.