Hello Wikimedians!
We are excited to finally start coordinating among #1lib1ref organizers
this month.
If you haven’t yet, we invite you to read the lessons that we learned from
last year’s great campaign:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons
As with last year, we hope to launch #1lib1ref on Wikipedia’s 16th birthday
in January, asking librarians to “Give a birthday present to Wikipedia, by
adding a reference”.
What’s new?
Last year we got a lot of feedback from librarians that they would have
planned more activities if “they just had a bit more warning and time” so
we are extending the campaign from eight days to 19 days, from January 15
through February 3.
We hope this does two things: a) it allows for several waves of
communications and people adopting the campaign for local events and b)
fits better with the start of the Spring Term at many universities in the
Northern Hemisphere, where librarians are in demand for various activities.
We also noticed last year a lot of social media about informal gatherings:
librarians wanted to learn about Wikipedia socially at physical events. We
think this is a great opportunity, so the Wikipedia Library team is
developing a coffee hour kit that provides enough material to help
librarians coordinate a small gathering, where they can talk about
Wikipedia with their peers and add their one reference.
The kit is going to include: a) recommendations for planning, b) a series
of discussion questions, c) easy suggested activities, and d) a flyer
template for promoting the event locally. If you would like to help build
the kit, or a new 1lib1ref logo, let us know.
How you can help
We hope the campaign offers a platform for engaging librarians in your
region and context to learn more about Wikimedia projects. We know
librarians use Wikipedia for a variety of purposes, but the campaign’s
story--specifically how our references work--becomes a shared foundation
for understanding and entering our community. If you would like to
coordinate #1lib1ref in your area, here are the main steps:
1.
Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilibrary
2.
Fill out this survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflWCp9QkNbIZWXCWU02bp_FGCAua4Z6Ua…
3.
Review Citation Hunt -- a volunteer-developed tool that allows for
randomly being offered a citation. Check if your language is supported in
the top right.
1.
URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/
2.
Report Bugs or request features or language support:
https://github.com/eggpi/citationhunt/issues
4.
Review Hashtag Tracking -- a way to track edits made through the edit
summary field.
-
URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags
-
Report bugs or request features or language support:
https://github.com/hatnote/hashtags/issues/new
1.
Translate the campaign page to your local language. We want to have it
ready for translation no later than November 10th and will notify you with
an email that it’s ready.
2.
Begin reaching out to partners that you think will want to participate
during the campaign through a) communications or b) activities.
We look forward to collaborating with you! Thanks so much for your
help--it should be a lot of fun.
Best,
Alex Stinson
Jake Orlowitz
--
Alex Stinson
GLAM-Wiki Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
http://glamwiki.org
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> 1. New book: 21st Century Skills Development through
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> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 04:26:59 +0000
> From: samchu To: "libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org" Subject: [libraries]
> New book: 21st Century Skills Development through
> Inquiry-based Learning
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>
> Introducing you our new book: Chu, S.K.W., Reynolds, R.B., Tavares,
> N.J., Notari, M. & Lee., C.W.Y. (2017). 21st Century Skills
> Development through Inquiry-based Learning: From Theory to Practice.
> New York: Springer Science. (eBook -
> http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811024795)
>
>
>
> The 21st century is characterized by the rapid progress in technology.
> It is also defined by the complex nature of problems we face in the
> world today. Hence, it is crucial for a learner to be information and
> computer-literate in order to tackle the challenges that lie ahead.
>
>
> The monotonous and burdensome nature of traditional teaching has
> failed to cultivate innovativeness and learning interest among
> students. This book offers the key to making learning environments fun
> and inspiring. The book explores the theoretical implications of
> inquiry-based pedagogical approaches and uses empirical evidences
> collected from comprehensive and well-designed research studies to
> offer innovative instructional interventions that support inquiry
> project-based learning as an approach to equip students with
> twenty-first century skills. The book contains the following chapters:
>
> 1. Introduction
> 2. Twenty-First Century Skills and Global Education Roadmaps
> 3. Twenty-First Century Skills Education in Hong Kong and
> Shenzhen, China: Inquiry Project-Based and Collaborative
> Teaching/Learning Supported by Wiki
> 4. Twenty-First Century Skills Education in Switzerland: An
> Example of Project-Based Learning Using Wiki in Science Education
> 5. Twenty-First Century Skills Education in the U.S.: An Example
> of an Inquiry-Based Game Design Learning Approach
> 6. Teachers' Professional Development
> 7. Guides and Suggestions for Classroom Implementation
> 8. Assessment Instruments for Twenty-First Century Skills
> 9. Summary and Conclusions
>
>
> The book targets at academic researchers, education practitioners,
> policymakers, parents, and e-learning service providers who wish to
> support an evolving set of skills and knowledge in learners to prepare
> them well for active engagement in the drastic technological changes
> in the twenty-first century.
>
>
> Sam
> --------------------------------------------------
> Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> Head, Division of Information and Technology Studies
> Deputy Director, Centre for Information Technology in Education
> Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (Ranked 6th best in
> the world - QS 2015, 2016)
> Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
> Managing Editor, Journal of Information & Knowledge Management
> Tel: (852) 2241-5894 | Fax: (852) 2517-7194
> E-mail: samchu(a)hku.hk
> Skype Name - chukaiwahsamuel
> Homepage: http://web.edu.hku.hk/staff/academic/samchu
> --------------------------------------------------
> Latest publications:
> Chu, S.K.W., Reynolds, R.B., Tavares, N.J., Notari, M. & Lee., C.W.Y.
> (2017). 21st Century Skills Development through Inquiry-based
> Learning: From Theory to Practice. New York: Springer Science. (eBook
> - http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811024795)
>
> Huang, H., Chu, S.K.W., & Chen, D. (2015). Interactions between
> English-Speaking and Chinese-Speaking users and librarians on Social
> Networking Sites. Journal of the American Society for Information
> Science and Technology, 66(6), 1150-1166.
> (http://web.hku.hk/~samchu/docs/Huang-in-press-Interactions-between-English.…)
> Ranked 13/85 in ISI's Information & Library Science category - top
> 15%; Impact Factor: 1.9 (JCR 2014)
>
> Cheng, E.W.L., Chu, S.K.W., & Ma, C.S.M. (2015). Tertiary students'
> intention to e-collaborate for group projects: Exploring the missing
> link from an extended theory of planned behaviour model. British
> Journal of Educational Technology. Ranked 61/262 in ISI's Education
> category - top 23%; Impact Factor: 1.3 (JCR 2014)
>
Elena
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> 1. Re: [GLAM-US] Getting ready for #1lib1ref 2017 (Jake Orlowitz)
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> That's perfect cause this year we're running #1lib1ref this year from
> Jan
> 15th for almost *3* weeks, to give people more time to participate and
> get
> involved.
>
> Jake
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 10:10 AM Kathleen DeLaurenti <
> kathleendelaurenti(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would love to participate in something at Midwinter!
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Proffitt,Merrilee
>> wrote:
>>
>> Good timing. I’m in Seattle for the day so we can do some planning
>> for our
>> grants. We want to use #1lib as a way of building interest in our
>> program
>> and this would tie in nicely!
>>
>>
>>
>> Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer
>> OCLC Research
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Libraries [mailto:libraries-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On
>> Behalf Of *Marks, Sara R
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 01, 2016 6:19 AM
>> *To:* Wikimedia & Libraries *Cc:* Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration
>> [Public] ;
>> Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination <
>> cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>; North American Cultural Partnerships
>> <
>> glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [libraries] Getting ready for #1lib1ref 2017
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> ALA Mid-winter in Atlanta happens during this time period: January
>> 20-24.
>> Do we want to organize something at a local library, at the
>> convention, or
>> someplace else.
>>
>> Would OCLC or one of the interest groups be willing to sponsor an
>> edit-a-thon?
>>
>> I am going to post this to the FB group too.
>>
>> Sara
>>
>>
>>
>> Sara Marks
>> Instruction & Outreach Librarian
>> UMass Lowell - O'Leary Library Rm. 260A
>> 978-934-4581
>> sara_marks(a)uml.edu
>> Appointments: https://saramarks.youcanbook.me
>> Twitter: @sara_marks
>> Wikipedia: Librarygurl
>> " I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent;
>> curiosity,
>> obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have
>> brought
>> me to my ideas.” - Albert Einstein
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 31, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Alex Stinson wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello Wikimedians!
>>
>>
>>
>> We are excited to finally start coordinating among #1lib1ref
>> organizers
>> this month.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you haven’t yet, we invite you to read the lessons that we learned
>> from
>> last year’s great campaign:
>>
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> As with last year, we hope to launch #1lib1ref on Wikipedia’s 16th
>> birthday in January, asking librarians to “Give a birthday present to
>> Wikipedia, by adding a reference”.
>>
>>
>>
>> *What’s new?*
>>
>>
>>
>> Last year we got a lot of feedback from librarians that they would
>> have
>> planned more activities if “they just had a bit more warning and
>> time” so
>> we are* extending the campaign from eight days to 19 days, from
>> January
>> 15 through February 3*.
>>
>>
>>
>> We hope this does two things: a) it allows for several waves of
>> communications and people adopting the campaign for local events and
>> b)
>> fits better with the start of the Spring Term at many universities in
>> the
>> Northern Hemisphere, where librarians are in demand for various
>> activities.
>>
>>
>>
>> We also noticed last year a lot of social media about informal
>> gatherings:
>> librarians wanted to learn about Wikipedia socially at physical
>> events. We
>> think this is a great opportunity, so the Wikipedia Library team is
>> developing a* coffee hour kit* that provides enough material to help
>> librarians coordinate a small gathering, where they can talk about
>> Wikipedia with their peers and add their one reference.
>>
>>
>>
>> The kit is going to include: a) recommendations for planning, b) a
>> series
>> of discussion questions, c) easy suggested activities, and d) a flyer
>> template for promoting the event locally. If you would like to help
>> build
>> the kit, or a new 1lib1ref logo, let us know.
>>
>>
>>
>> *How you can help*
>>
>>
>>
>> We hope the campaign offers a platform for engaging librarians in
>> your
>> region and context to learn more about Wikimedia projects. We know
>> librarians use Wikipedia for a variety of purposes, but the
>> campaign’s
>> story--specifically how our references work--becomes a shared
>> foundation
>> for understanding and entering our community. If you would like to
>> coordinate #1lib1ref in your area, here are the main steps:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group:
>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilibrary
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. Fill out this survey:
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflWCp9QkNbIZWXCWU02bp_FGCAua4Z6Ua…
>>
>>
>> 1. Review Citation Hunt -- a volunteer-developed tool that allows
>> for
>> randomly being offered a citation. Check if your language is
>> supported in
>> the top right.
>>
>>
>> 1. URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/
>>
>>
>> 1. Report Bugs or request features or language support:
>> https://github.com/eggpi/citationhunt/issues
>>
>>
>> 1. Review Hashtag Tracking -- a way to track edits made through
>> the
>> edit summary field.
>>
>>
>> - URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags
>>
>>
>> - Report bugs or request features or language support:
>> https://github.com/hatnote/hashtags/issues/new
>>
>>
>> 1. Translate the campaign page to your local language. We want to
>> have
>> it ready for translation no later than November 10th and will
>> notify you
>> with an email that it’s ready.
>>
>>
>> 1. Begin reaching out to partners that you think will want to
>> participate during the campaign through a) communications or b)
>> activities.
>>
>>
>>
>> We look forward to collaborating with you! Thanks so much for your
>> help--it should be a lot of fun.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Alex Stinson
>>
>> Jake Orlowitz
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Alex Stinson
>>
>> GLAM-Wiki Strategist
>>
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>
>> Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
>>
>>
>>
>> Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and
>> other
>> Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
>> http://glamwiki.org
>>
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Introducing you our new book: Chu, S.K.W., Reynolds, R.B., Tavares, N.J., Notari, M. & Lee., C.W.Y. (2017). 21st Century Skills Development through Inquiry-based Learning: From Theory to Practice. New York: Springer Science. (eBook - http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811024795)
The 21st century is characterized by the rapid progress in technology. It is also defined by the complex nature of problems we face in the world today. Hence, it is crucial for a learner to be information and computer-literate in order to tackle the challenges that lie ahead.
The monotonous and burdensome nature of traditional teaching has failed to cultivate innovativeness and learning interest among students. This book offers the key to making learning environments fun and inspiring. The book explores the theoretical implications of inquiry-based pedagogical approaches and uses empirical evidences collected from comprehensive and well-designed research studies to offer innovative instructional interventions that support inquiry project-based learning as an approach to equip students with twenty-first century skills. The book contains the following chapters:
1. Introduction
2. Twenty-First Century Skills and Global Education Roadmaps
3. Twenty-First Century Skills Education in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China: Inquiry Project-Based and Collaborative Teaching/Learning Supported by Wiki
4. Twenty-First Century Skills Education in Switzerland: An Example of Project-Based Learning Using Wiki in Science Education
5. Twenty-First Century Skills Education in the U.S.: An Example of an Inquiry-Based Game Design Learning Approach
6. Teachers' Professional Development
7. Guides and Suggestions for Classroom Implementation
8. Assessment Instruments for Twenty-First Century Skills
9. Summary and Conclusions
The book targets at academic researchers, education practitioners, policymakers, parents, and e-learning service providers who wish to support an evolving set of skills and knowledge in learners to prepare them well for active engagement in the drastic technological changes in the twenty-first century.
Sam
--------------------------------------------------
Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Head, Division of Information and Technology Studies
Deputy Director, Centre for Information Technology in Education
Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (Ranked 6th best in the world - QS 2015, 2016)
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Managing Editor, Journal of Information & Knowledge Management
Tel: (852) 2241-5894 | Fax: (852) 2517-7194
E-mail: samchu(a)hku.hk
Skype Name - chukaiwahsamuel
Homepage: http://web.edu.hku.hk/staff/academic/samchu
--------------------------------------------------
Latest publications:
Chu, S.K.W., Reynolds, R.B., Tavares, N.J., Notari, M. & Lee., C.W.Y. (2017). 21st Century Skills Development through Inquiry-based Learning: From Theory to Practice. New York: Springer Science. (eBook - http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811024795)
Huang, H., Chu, S.K.W., & Chen, D. (2015). Interactions between English-Speaking and Chinese-Speaking users and librarians on Social Networking Sites. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 66(6), 1150-1166. (http://web.hku.hk/~samchu/docs/Huang-in-press-Interactions-between-English.…) Ranked 13/85 in ISI's Information & Library Science category - top 15%; Impact Factor: 1.9 (JCR 2014)
Cheng, E.W.L., Chu, S.K.W., & Ma, C.S.M. (2015). Tertiary students' intention to e-collaborate for group projects: Exploring the missing link from an extended theory of planned behaviour model. British Journal of Educational Technology. Ranked 61/262 in ISI's Education category - top 23%; Impact Factor: 1.3 (JCR 2014)
I hate to argue with Bob, or Daniel (or anyone frankly) but I’d like to weigh in and say that for MOST librarians, the most useful thing would be an overview and introduction to Wikipedia. This is the resource they are most familiar with (or think that they are….). Most librarians do not do cataloging or authority control and although they may be interested in this I do not think that Wikidata is a natural starting point for MOST librarians. And if you are talking about ALA you are talking about librarians of all stripes.
Start with the thing they already know about, demystify it for them, and leave them wanting more. There is plenty. Wikidata for some, Commons for others, and the Education track for others. But patrons start at Wikipedia and so should librarians.
I’m seeing if OCLC would be willing to help host something at ALA midwinter (I think the dates do not exactly line up with #1lib1ref, but that’s okay…)
Your librarian in residence,
Merrilee
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Folks,
I may be preaching to the choir, but I think that there are two important pieces for encouraging librarians in entering bibliographic data into & retrieving it from Wikidata .
The first would be some sort of web form that has multiple inputs with pre-determined properties such as Work, Edition, & Cataloging properties listed at :wikidata:Template:Book properties<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Book_properties> & :d:Wikidata:WikiProject Books <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books> . (especially the OCLC #!!!) While this may be contrary to the way things normally go into Wikidata, it could provide a format that I believe many librarians would find more user friendly. I write this as someone who once entered journal bibliographic data into a minicomputer<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicomputer>-based online university catalog about 2½ decades ago. Some means for automatically loading MARC &/or OCLC data into Wikidata might also be a viable method, too.
The second would be to implement a citation module for placing data into articles. The French Wikipedia (& I have also heard the Arabic Wikipedia) has already done this. It would be truly beneficial to get this translated to the English Wikipedia, although it would be better yet if we could come up a means of putting the module on a repository that could be used across projects. I am neither fluent in Lua or French, so producing an English version is a challenge for me, otherwise I would do it.
Here's an example of how the French Wikipedia & Wikidata work together to produce a citation:
Du chocolate : discours curieux divisé en quatre parties item in Wikdata:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23906197?uselang=en
The Modèle:Bibliographie (bibliographic template):
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Bibliographie
How the Wikimarkup looks for its use in Chocolat article ( {{bibliographie|Q23906197}} should be at the top):
https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chocolat&action=edit§ion=50
What the end result looks like (Du chocolate : discours curieux divisé en quatre parties should be at the top):
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolat#Bibliographie
Yours,
Peaceray<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray>
--
peaceray(a)cascadia.wiki<mailto:peaceray@cascadia.wiki> (forwards to)
raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com<mailto:raymond.f.leonard.jr@gmail.com>
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Bob Kosovsky <bobkosovsky(a)nypl.org<mailto:bobkosovsky@nypl.org>> wrote:
Great suggestion, Daniel. I think there can should be a greater effort to promoting Wikidata among librarians with technical expertise because it is closer to what these librarians do (especially among catalogers and other tech types). In sessions introducing editing Wikipedia that included librarians, I've seen the librarians express greater interest in Wikidata than the encyclopedia.
Bob
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On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Daniel Mietchen <daniel.mietchen(a)googlemail.com<mailto:daniel.mietchen@googlemail.com>> wrote:
Thanks, Alex and Jake, for keeping the ball rolling on this.
Have you considered including a Wikidata component? In the long run, I
expect librarians to spend more of their Wikimedia time on Wikidata,
especially around
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData .
Cheers,
d.
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org<mailto:astinson@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
> Hello Wikimedians!
>
>
> We are excited to finally start coordinating among #1lib1ref organizers this
> month.
>
>
> If you haven’t yet, we invite you to read the lessons that we learned from
> last year’s great campaign:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons
>
>
> As with last year, we hope to launch #1lib1ref on Wikipedia’s 16th birthday
> in January, asking librarians to “Give a birthday present to Wikipedia, by
> adding a reference”.
>
>
> What’s new?
>
>
> Last year we got a lot of feedback from librarians that they would have
> planned more activities if “they just had a bit more warning and time” so we
> are extending the campaign from eight days to 19 days, from January 15
> through February 3.
>
>
> We hope this does two things: a) it allows for several waves of
> communications and people adopting the campaign for local events and b) fits
> better with the start of the Spring Term at many universities in the
> Northern Hemisphere, where librarians are in demand for various activities.
>
>
> We also noticed last year a lot of social media about informal gatherings:
> librarians wanted to learn about Wikipedia socially at physical events. We
> think this is a great opportunity, so the Wikipedia Library team is
> developing a coffee hour kit that provides enough material to help
> librarians coordinate a small gathering, where they can talk about Wikipedia
> with their peers and add their one reference.
>
>
> The kit is going to include: a) recommendations for planning, b) a series of
> discussion questions, c) easy suggested activities, and d) a flyer template
> for promoting the event locally. If you would like to help build the kit,
> or a new 1lib1ref logo, let us know.
>
>
> How you can help
>
>
> We hope the campaign offers a platform for engaging librarians in your
> region and context to learn more about Wikimedia projects. We know
> librarians use Wikipedia for a variety of purposes, but the campaign’s
> story--specifically how our references work--becomes a shared foundation for
> understanding and entering our community. If you would like to coordinate
> #1lib1ref in your area, here are the main steps:
>
>
> Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group:
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilibrary
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>
> Review Citation Hunt -- a volunteer-developed tool that allows for randomly
> being offered a citation. Check if your language is supported in the top
> right.
>
> URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/
>
> Report Bugs or request features or language support:
> https://github.com/eggpi/citationhunt/issues
>
> Review Hashtag Tracking -- a way to track edits made through the edit
> summary field.
>
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> Report bugs or request features or language support:
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>
> Translate the campaign page to your local language. We want to have it ready
> for translation no later than November 10th and will notify you with an
> email that it’s ready.
>
> Begin reaching out to partners that you think will want to participate
> during the campaign through a) communications or b) activities.
>
>
> We look forward to collaborating with you! Thanks so much for your help--it
> should be a lot of fun.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Alex Stinson
> Jake Orlowitz
>
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Hey Daniel, et al,
I do think Wikidata is going to open up a lot of doors for us really,
really soon: and we are starting to see a lot of early adopters do
experiments with it in campaigns ( If you haven't yet, weigh in on the
proposal at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Music_in_Canada_@_150:_A_Wik…
).
I want to echo Peaceray's note about the complication of working in
Wikidata for Archival/Library specialists around bibliographic data:
- Part of the problem with metadata work on Wikidata, is that I don't
think I have seen an optimal "Quick and simple introduction to Wikidata
contribution for professionals" yet. I think the Wikidata Games make a big
difference, but aren't fully their yet for bibliographic data (one or two
more years of WikiCite work, and I think we will be there). Building out
teaching modules, and the simple activities that would be appealing to
different audiences would be awesome!
- Also, unlike adding a reference to a source to a Wikipedia page (which
is like answering a reference desk question), freely changing bibliographic
metadata could really challenge the broader culture of libraries which tend
to not favor rapid transformation of metadata. The libraries community uses
citation/bibliographic for a variety of purposes, and there is a culture of
applying different schemas for different local purposes, and then not being
comfortable with changing someone else's record, because it might have
unintended impact on those local purposes. Until we have really clear
Wikimedia and external use cases for the data, and we have engaged more
librarians in understanding if our current schemas/recommendations work
well for many library purposes, I (personally) am not quite ready to ask
thousands of librarians to add bibliographic metadata to Wikidata. I think
it would invite a lot of confusion and/or force less-than thorough
solutions to some of the questions being worked on by the WikiCite
community (correct me if I am wrong librarians and WikiCite-rs on this
thread).
That being said, I would love to see some local experiments around Wikidata
in the campaign: if you have ideas, and want to host either small events or
try sharing an engagement activity as part of the social media push: do it!
Whatever works well can be iterated more broadly into the campaign for
2018. We hope that #1lib1ref offers a platform for experimenting with
library outreach, in any number of directions (like how Art+Feminism has
opened up conversations with the arts community).
The other opportunity, in my mind, is to do a seperate identifier and
authority control campaign at some other point -- that relies heavily on
Mix-n-match and the Distributed Game and could call on collaboration across
all GLAMs. Building awareness that we are doing Authority Control
Synchronization and how Wikidata adds value to using Authority controls,
could open up a lot of conversations with these wider professional
communities.
Cheers,
Alex Stinson
P.S. Love the idea of an ALA gathering :)
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Raymond Leonard <
raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I may be preaching to the choir, but I think that there are two important
> pieces for encouraging librarians in entering bibliographic data into &
> retrieving it from Wikidata .
>
> The first would be some sort of web form that has multiple inputs with
> pre-determined properties such as Work, Edition, & Cataloging properties
> listed at :wikidata:Template:Book properties
> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Book_properties> & :d:Wikidata:WikiProject
> Books <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books>. (*especially
> the OCLC #!!!*) While this may be contrary to the way things normally go
> into Wikidata, it could provide a format that I believe many librarians
> would find more user friendly. I write this as someone who once entered
> journal bibliographic data into a minicomputer
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicomputer>-based online university
> catalog about 2½ decades ago. Some means for automatically loading MARC
> &/or OCLC data into Wikidata might also be a viable method, too.
>
> The second would be to implement a citation module for placing data into
> articles. The French Wikipedia (& I have also heard the Arabic Wikipedia)
> has already done this. It would be truly beneficial to get this translated
> to the English Wikipedia, although it would be better yet if we could come
> up a means of putting the module on a repository that could be used across
> projects. I am neither fluent in Lua or French, so producing an English
> version is a challenge for me, otherwise I would do it.
>
> Here's an example of how the French Wikipedia & Wikidata work together to
> produce a citation:
>
> *Du chocolate : discours curieux divisé en quatre parties* item in
> Wikdata:
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23906197?uselang=en
>
> The Modèle:Bibliographie (bibliographic template):
> https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Bibliographie
>
> How the Wikimarkup looks for its use in *Chocolat* article (
> {{bibliographie|Q23906197}} should be at the top):
> https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chocolat&action=edit§ion=50
>
> What the end result looks like (Du chocolate : discours curieux divisé en
> quatre parties should be at the top):
> https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolat#Bibliographie
>
> Yours,
>
> Peaceray <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray>
> --
>
> peaceray(a)cascadia.wiki (forwards to)
> raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com
>
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Bob Kosovsky <bobkosovsky(a)nypl.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Great suggestion, Daniel. I think there can should be a greater effort
>> to promoting Wikidata among librarians with technical expertise because it
>> is closer to what these librarians do (especially among catalogers and
>> other tech types). In sessions introducing editing Wikipedia that included
>> librarians, I've seen the librarians express greater interest in Wikidata
>> than the encyclopedia.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
>> Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
>> blog: http://www.nypl.org/blog/author/44 Twitter: @kos2
>> Listowner: OPERA-L ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users
>> - My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions -
>>
>> *Inspiring Lifelong Learning* | *Advancing Knowledge* | *Strengthening
>> Our Communities *
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Daniel Mietchen <
>> daniel.mietchen(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Alex and Jake, for keeping the ball rolling on this.
>>>
>>> Have you considered including a Wikidata component? In the long run, I
>>> expect librarians to spend more of their Wikimedia time on Wikidata,
>>> especially around
>>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData .
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> d.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hello Wikimedians!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > We are excited to finally start coordinating among #1lib1ref
>>> organizers this
>>> > month.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > If you haven’t yet, we invite you to read the lessons that we learned
>>> from
>>> > last year’s great campaign:
>>> >
>>> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > As with last year, we hope to launch #1lib1ref on Wikipedia’s 16th
>>> birthday
>>> > in January, asking librarians to “Give a birthday present to
>>> Wikipedia, by
>>> > adding a reference”.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > What’s new?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Last year we got a lot of feedback from librarians that they would have
>>> > planned more activities if “they just had a bit more warning and time”
>>> so we
>>> > are extending the campaign from eight days to 19 days, from January 15
>>> > through February 3.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > We hope this does two things: a) it allows for several waves of
>>> > communications and people adopting the campaign for local events and
>>> b) fits
>>> > better with the start of the Spring Term at many universities in the
>>> > Northern Hemisphere, where librarians are in demand for various
>>> activities.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > We also noticed last year a lot of social media about informal
>>> gatherings:
>>> > librarians wanted to learn about Wikipedia socially at physical
>>> events. We
>>> > think this is a great opportunity, so the Wikipedia Library team is
>>> > developing a coffee hour kit that provides enough material to help
>>> > librarians coordinate a small gathering, where they can talk about
>>> Wikipedia
>>> > with their peers and add their one reference.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > The kit is going to include: a) recommendations for planning, b) a
>>> series of
>>> > discussion questions, c) easy suggested activities, and d) a flyer
>>> template
>>> > for promoting the event locally. If you would like to help build the
>>> kit,
>>> > or a new 1lib1ref logo, let us know.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > How you can help
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > We hope the campaign offers a platform for engaging librarians in your
>>> > region and context to learn more about Wikimedia projects. We know
>>> > librarians use Wikipedia for a variety of purposes, but the campaign’s
>>> > story--specifically how our references work--becomes a shared
>>> foundation for
>>> > understanding and entering our community. If you would like to
>>> coordinate
>>> > #1lib1ref in your area, here are the main steps:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group:
>>> > https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilibrary
>>> >
>>> > Fill out this survey:
>>> > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflWCp9QkNbIZWXCWU0
>>> 2bp_FGCAua4Z6UaBj7P6Gcn1csT-6g/viewform
>>> >
>>> > Review Citation Hunt -- a volunteer-developed tool that allows for
>>> randomly
>>> > being offered a citation. Check if your language is supported in the
>>> top
>>> > right.
>>> >
>>> > URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/
>>> >
>>> > Report Bugs or request features or language support:
>>> > https://github.com/eggpi/citationhunt/issues
>>> >
>>> > Review Hashtag Tracking -- a way to track edits made through the edit
>>> > summary field.
>>> >
>>> > URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags
>>> >
>>> > Report bugs or request features or language support:
>>> > https://github.com/hatnote/hashtags/issues/new
>>> >
>>> > Translate the campaign page to your local language. We want to have it
>>> ready
>>> > for translation no later than November 10th and will notify you with an
>>> > email that it’s ready.
>>> >
>>> > Begin reaching out to partners that you think will want to participate
>>> > during the campaign through a) communications or b) activities.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > We look forward to collaborating with you! Thanks so much for your
>>> help--it
>>> > should be a lot of fun.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Best,
>>> >
>>> > Alex Stinson
>>> > Jake Orlowitz
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Alex Stinson
>>> > GLAM-Wiki Strategist
>>> > Wikimedia Foundation
>>> > Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
>>> >
>>> > Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and
>>> other
>>> > Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
>>> > http://glamwiki.org
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> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 11:58:14 -0400
> From: Alex Stinson To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners
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> Hey All,
>
> I just wanted to remind you all to participate in the open commenting
> period: we only have a couple more weeks to weigh in and help
> solifidify
> the version of the white papers presented below.
>
> I have been hearing lots of positive conversation at both in person
> events
> and through the communications backchannels: keep up the great work at
> socializing the papers or if you want to spread it on social media,
> point
> at the blog:
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/09/19/engaging-libraries-wikipedia/
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex Stinson
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 5:38 PM, Alex Stinson wrote:
>
>> Hi GLAM-Wiki Folks,
>>
>> With the cooperation of IFLA, we have been working on white papers.
>> We
>> have prepared the below email to forward to library communities in
>> your
>> context to solicit feedback on the draft white papers. Please share
>> with
>> your partners and community coordinators.
>>
>> Also if you are on social media, we would welcome sharing of the
>> following:
>>
>> https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/777923564150325248
>>
>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/09/19/engaging-libraries-wikipedia/
>>
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/GLAMWiki/posts/1037706443016172
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope you get a chance to engage, and that these papers prove useful
>> for
>> your outreach efforts.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Alex Stinson
>> GLAM-Wiki Strategist
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>> Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
>>
>> Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and
>> other
>> Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
>> http://
>> glamwiki.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> As you probably have noticed, in the last few years more and more
>> library
>> communities are engaging with Wikipedia as a tool for teaching our
>> patrons
>> effective internet research, but also as contributors of Wikimedia
>> projects, through projects like Art and Feminism
>> and the #1lib1ref campaign
>> .
>>
>> But these kinds of collaborations, only scratch the surface -- whole
>> networks of libraries are integrating Wikipedia into their
>> professional
>> work of sharing knowledge, and using it as a tool for serving their
>> patrons. Take for example the public libraries in Catalonia: nearly
>> 200
>> libraries are actively contributing to Wikimedia projects, as an
>> effort to
>> preserve Catalan language and culture.
>>
>> Since early 2016, IFLA Headquarters and the Wikipedia Library Team at
>> the
>> Wikimedia Foundation, have been supporting a group of Wikipedians and
>> Library experts in writing two white papers on the opportunities for
>> library and Wikipedia collaboration. Initial drafts of these papers
>> were
>> presented at the WLIC 2016, and were well received.
>>
>> We hope to continue to refine these papers, and we need your help to
>> do
>> it: though the committees that wrote the papers include leading
>> experts on
>> these collaboration, we know that their are hundreds of leaders in
>> library
>> and Wikipedia communities who also have valuable experience with
>> these
>> important partnerships. We hope to revise the current drafts to fully
>> reflect the global experience of Wikipedia and Library collaborators.
>>
>> To this end, we invite you to join our open commenting period on the
>> white
>> papers, that just opened on September 19 and will remain open through
>> October 31st. Instructions for commenting, are available in the
>> following
>> Google docs:
>>
>> -
>>
>> Opportunities for Public Libraries and Wikipedia
>> [1]
>> -
>>
>> Opportunities for Academic and Research Libraries and Wikipedia
>> [2]
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your time! And please feel free to share the invitation
>> for
>> comment widely!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> Alex Stinson, GLAM-Wiki Strategist, Wikimedia Foundation
>>
>> Julia Brungs, Policy and Research Officer, IFLA
>>
>>
>> [1]https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ysh1N6BT29-
>> rrAGRidMj1i0BHBzcwIms7TUamUbcg98
>>
>> [2]https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nrqxK46pqDs6DgSGHtfzAJLjQ94rA
>> -3bgLDa2BZpF5M
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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> Wikimedia Foundation
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