Re: [libraries] Wikipedia + Libraries: it's a wrap

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-Residence_to_Engage_500_Librarians_and_ their_Communities/Final 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 -- Merrilee Proffitt *OCLC* · Senior Manager, OCLC Research Library Partnership 155 Bovet Rd, Suite 500, San Mateo, CA 94402 *T* +1-650-287-2136 *M* +1-510-684-4717 [image: cid:image001.png@01D35EEA.1997BFD0]orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-8337 [image: OCLC] <http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_logo> OCLC.org <http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_link> *·* Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/OCLC/20530435726> *·* Twitter <http://twitter.com/MerrileeIam> *·* YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/OCLCvideo> The OCLC Research Library Partnership <http://www.oclc.org/research/partnership/> provides a unique transnational collaborative network of peers to address common issues as well as the opportunity to engage directly with OCLC Research. Join with us! _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries