Wow - thanks Dominic and Max for setting things up! I've begun a draft of
this outreach email message.
In the true participatory spirit of Wikipedia, I hope that others will jump
in, fix things up and add more content that will make it appeal to those
who'll read it.
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On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Klein,Max
kleinm@oclc.org wrote:
> Bob,****
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> ****
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> You are understandably confounded about where to organize. There are 3
> Wikipeida Loves Libraries pages that have been started:****
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> **1. **On Wikipedia
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries****
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> **2. **On Meta
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http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries****
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> **3. **On Outreach
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http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries****
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> ** **
>
> As it happens, I am an administrator on the outreach wiki, and I agree
> with you that it is probably the most apt home for such things. So I took
> the liberty of copying the GLAM tabbed interface to start a proper WLL
> portal. ****
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> ** **
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> If you want a place to draft the rhetoric in question, I set up a page for
> it at
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http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries/Communication
> ****
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> ** **
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> I guess we should discuss about how to organize the portal on-wiki, but
> I’m happy to take requests for features about this portal.****
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> ** **
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> Max Klein****
>
> Wikipedia in Residence****
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> kleinm@oclc.org****
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> +17074787023****
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> ** **
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> *From:* Anne Britton [mailto:anne_britton@yahoo.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, June 04, 2012 4:14 PM
> *To:* Wikimedia & Libraries
> *Subject:* Re: [libraries] Outreach to library staff****
>
> ** **
>
> Great idea, Bob.****
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> ** **
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> 1. I think the phrasing of our email message should emphasize that pretty
> much anything goes with respect to goals or formats for WLL participation.
> We should be careful not to overdetermine how "WLL" might be interpreted.*
> ***
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> ** **
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> 2. That said, if we suggest possible event ideas in the email message, we
> might include language that characterizes Wikipedia-editing as one of
> today's must-have literacies. A library might hold a WLL event for
> non-Wikipedians in order to highlight Wikipedia as a participatory
> platform, "the encyclopedia anyone can edit," an everyday skill.****
>
> ** **
>
> Anne****
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> ** **
>
>
> --- On *Mon, 6/4/12, Bob Kosovsky
bobkosovsky@nypl.org* wrote:****
>
>
> From: Bob Kosovsky
bobkosovsky@nypl.org
> Subject: [libraries] Outreach to library staff
> To: "Wikimedia & Libraries"
libraries@lists.wikimedia.org
> Date: Monday, June 4, 2012, 6:27 PM****
>
> [...]****
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> ** **
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> So it's time to spring into action in order to prepare for Wikipedia Loves
> Libraries 2012 (WLL). To start, I propose that we create an email message
> to be posted to various library-related email lists notifying people of the
> existence of and advantages of WLL. (When I say "library" I mean to be
> inclusive of the other GLAM participants, although - for now - focusing on
> library staff [who are not always "librarians"].)****
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> ** **
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> [...]****
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> I'm thinking of some kind of concise, direct, and appealing message that
> lays out about 5 bullet points as to why library staff and libraries should
> be involved in WLL. From there they can go to the Get Started page above.
> ****
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> ** **
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> Some of the points I'm thinking of are:****
>
> - Welcoming Wikipedians into your library can increase the number of
> users****
> - Wikipedia activity in the library can foster a greater sense of
> community ****
> - As the 6th most frequently visited site on the Internet, Wikipedia
> as the ability to highlight your library ****
> - Wikipedia's underlying message of access to information can
> underscore your library's efforts to provide access to patrons****
> - If your library has unique materials, Wikipedians can help reveal
> knowledge and information about those materials****
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> ** **
>
> So how about it? Maybe someone can set up a planning space on
> outreach.wikimedia.org so we can gather & organize our thoughts and share
> them with others?****
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> ** **
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> [...]****
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