Hi all,
I wanted to let you that we have officially wrapped up our project!
The OCLC Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together ran from from December 2016 through May
2018. The focus of the project was strengthening ties between US public libraries and
English-language Wikipedia. The goal of the project was to expand public access to
authoritative information and serve public libraries' diverse communities through
library training, outreach, and awareness building. The curriculum and materials are
outcomes of this initiative. The project was funded by the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation and the Wikimedia Foundation. In addition to the funding we received for this
project we could not have been successful without the support and encouragement of
Wikimedia DC, Wikimedia NYC and the Wikipedia Library. We are also indebted to our
Wikipedia Guides, volunteers who helped answer questions and gave practical guidance to
those taking our course. They served as additional faces and voices of the project and we
are so appreciative of their help!
The WebJunction and OCLC communications team did a great job on the website which has
links to all the curriculum materials plus the "Librarians that Wikipedia"
series of interviews.
https://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/wikipedia-libraries.html
I also want to encourage you all to read the final report for the grant - this is full of
information on the entire project. A reminder as you read this; much of what is shared
under project outcomes was funded by the Knight Foundation - for the sake of simplicity
and transparency we decided to combine reporting about the entirety of the project with
the WMF funded portion of the project.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/OCLC/A_Wikipedian-in-Residen…
I can't wait to see what others are able to do with materials and learnings from this
course. Please feel free to share on other lists as you see fit.
Best,
Merrilee
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