One area in which the interests of Wikimedia and libraries are pretty
much aligned happens to be Open Access, and I am regularly invited to
such conferences - last one was
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/Talks/Open_Access_in_Pola…
.
However, as others have pointed out, there has been very little in
terms of tangible outcomes so far.
I am planning for some edit-a-thons during Open Access Week, though,
which will be October 22 - 28. I would be glad to see this run under a
GLAM flag.
Cheers,
Daniel
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Àlex Hinojo <alexhinojo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I agree with the point of view of Andrea and Remi. As Remi and Andrea told,
is "not only" a problem of Wikipedia. They are changing their whole system
and we are in the middle.
Due to our "success" with museums, some libraries in Barcelona have
contacted me asking if there is a way to connect with Wikipedia. Our project
here in Barcelona (still at a very very very draft point) is to expand the
library experience for the users/readers. The claim should be like something
similar to this:
"Did you enjoy reading this book? Did you learned many things?, now please
help us to improve related contents on wiki!" -> It is an idea of the
National librarian, who wants to go-wiki somehow.
So we are thinking on training the librarians Wiki skills, so they will use
Wikipedia as a tool to interact with their visitors. We are also interested
in creating a "Wiki-point" in several libraries -> With a computer
connected
to Wikipedia and some "how to edit" printed handbooks". But as I told
you,
this is only at a very draft point, so opinions are welcome.
IMHO, Librarians wants to work with us, and we should create some "welcome
model" and some model projects that would be usable everywhere.
So Bob, If you achieve the W-i-R position at NYPL, it would be great as a
laboratory for everybody, as liam did at the BM :)
--
Àlex Hinojo
GLAMwiki Partnership Ambassador
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