Call for Proposals
Project title: Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project
Editors: Laurie M. Bridges, Raymond Pun, Roberto A. Arteaga
OA Publisher: Maize
Books<https://www.fulcrum.org/maizebooks>ks>, an imprint of
Michigan
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License: CC BY
4.0<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>
Email: WikiGlobalProject(a)gmail.com
Website:
https://sites.google.com/view/globalwikipedia/
Proposals due: June 1, 2020
Notifications sent by: June 30, 2020
Send proposals as MS Word Document to: WikiGlobalProject(a)gmail.com
Questions: WikiGlobalProject(a)gmail.com
Project Information
This open access edited volume will be a collection of approximately 20 chapters authored
by academic library workers and faculty, Library and Information Science (LIS) faculty,
and disciplinary faculty from around the globe that highlights engagement with
Wikimedia-related projects and activities.
This volume will be divided into two sections, and possibly a third:
1. The first section will include real-world examples of activities and approaches to
working with Wikipedia.
2. The second section will focus on the theories and underlying concepts required for
the development of pedagogical approaches to teaching with and within Wikipedia.
3. A third thematic section may be added, depending on the breadth and number of
submissions, for example, a section related specifically to WikiData.
Possible Topics
We are seeking chapters that include both practical and theoretical work. Possible topics
for chapters include (but are not limited to) the following list:
* Case studies of Wikipedia in information literacy instruction
* Student researchers in Wikipedia
* Collaboration between Wikimedia user groups and academic library staff
* Wikipedia student clubs and their connection to libraries
* Benefits of academic libraries partnering with Wikimedia projects
* The role of Wikimedians/Wikipedians in Residence
* Collaborating with university faculty in the classroom
* Edit-a-thon pedagogy and practice
* Critical Librarianship and Wikipedia
* Wikipedia's fight against misinformation and "fake news"
* Medical students and training
* Use of Wikibooks in classes
* Wikidata visualizations for education
* Increasing and diversifying the audience for archival collections through
Wikipedia
* Addressing gaps in Wikipedia, such as gender, LGBTQ+, racial, linguistic, regional,
etc.
Editorial Timeline (tentative)
April 1 – June 1, 2020: Call for chapter proposals is distributed
June 15, 2020: Chapter proposals selected and authors notified
October 1, 2020: First draft of chapters due to editors
December 1, 2020: Second draft of chapters due to editors
January 1, 2021: Manuscript to publisher
Submission Information
Please send the following information to the editors by June 1, 2020:
* A tentative title and abstract proposal: Up to 500 words in MS Word describing what
you would intend to submit for this book. In your abstract, indicate which section of the
book your proposal is aligned to.
* Please include links to any other publications you may have (i.e. an article, a blog
post, or anything else that best reflects your writing style)
* Author CVs or resumes (no more than 2 pages)
Information for Accepted Proposals
Final chapters will be approximately 3,000 words in length. All citations must be APA 7th
edition. This OA publication will be licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license. After final
chapters have been edited and approved in English, authors will have the option of
providing a second-language translation of their chapter. (example: English and Basque or
English and Yoruba).This will be determined on a case by case basis.
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Laurie Bridges
Instruction and Outreach Librarian / Associate Professor
Oregon State University
OSU Libraries and Press
+1.541.737.8821