*Announcing: Three Part Wikipedia Webinar Series *
I’m excited to announce an upcoming three-part Fall/Winter 2014 webcast series, hosted by the Metropolitan New York Library Council, which which will explore three areas of interest with presentations by leaders of current collaborative Wikipedia projects.
1. *Reference and Citation on Wikipedia* 2. *Wikipedia and Education* and 3. *Wikipedia and Medicine*.
The webcasts will be organized with special attention to librarians and information professionals working in a variety of fields, but will also offer an opportunity for anyone to learn more about a variety of Wikipedia collaborations.
*Webcast: Reference and Citation on Wikipedia and the Library **Monday, October 27th*
The first installment will focus on citation and reference on Wikipedia. This session will include presentations from four different projects: 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/; Jake Orlowitz, founder 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 and web projects at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin and member of WikiProject Open Access/Signaling OA-ness (Open Access) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Access/Signalling_OA-ness .
*To access the first live program, simply visit METRO's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmTOag7JZ-qrTZDpN4fNwTA between 2:00 PM and 3:15 PM EST (6PM UST) on Monday, October 27th. *A direct link to the webcast page will also be posted on the event page at METRO’s website before the live program. An archived recording will be available following the session.* Registration is not required.*
Stay tuned for more information on the forthcoming 2 webcast installments, *“Wikipedia and Education*,” (November) and *“Wikipedia and Medicine,” *(December) featuring project leads in these exciting areas.
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