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Re: Open commenting Period on Wikipedia and Libraries > Opportunities Paper’s (Alex Stinson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 11:58:14 -0400 > From: Alex Stinson To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners > coordination > , North American Cultural > Partnerships , "Wikimedia & GLAM > collaboration [Public]" , "Wikimedia & > Libraries" Subject: Re: [libraries] Open commenting Period on > Wikipedia and > Libraries Opportunities Paper’s > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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 >> >> >> > > > -- > 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 >