Wow - thanks Dominic and Max for setting things up! I've begun a draft of
this outreach email message.
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries/Communication
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(a)oclc.org> wrote:
Bob,****
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You are understandably confounded about where to organize. There are 3
Wikipeida Loves Libraries pages that have been started:****
**1. **On Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries****
**2. **On Meta
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries****
**3. **On Outreach
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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If you want a place to draft the rhetoric in question, I set up a page for
it at
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries/Communication
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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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Max Klein****
Wikipedia in Residence****
kleinm(a)oclc.org****
+17074787023****
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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****
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Great idea, Bob.****
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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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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.****
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Anne****
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--- On *Mon, 6/4/12, Bob Kosovsky <bobkosovsky(a)nypl.org>* wrote:****
From: Bob Kosovsky <bobkosovsky(a)nypl.org>
Subject: [libraries] Outreach to library staff
To: "Wikimedia & Libraries" <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Monday, June 4, 2012, 6:27 PM****
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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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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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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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