Congratulations, Merrilee!
Best regards,
Scott_WUaS
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Proffitt,Merrilee <proffitm(a)oclc.org>
wrote:
Hi all,
I wanted to let you that we have officially wrapped up our project!
The OCLC Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together ran from from December
2016 through May 2018. The focus of the project was strengthening ties
between US public libraries and English-language Wikipedia. The goal of the
project was to expand public access to authoritative information and serve
public libraries' diverse communities through library training, outreach,
and awareness building. The curriculum and materials are outcomes of this
initiative. The project was funded by the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation and the Wikimedia Foundation. In addition to the funding we
received for this project we could not have been successful without the
support and encouragement of Wikimedia DC, Wikimedia NYC and the Wikipedia
Library. We are also indebted to our Wikipedia Guides, volunteers who
helped answer questions and gave practical guidance to those taking our
course. They served as additional faces and voices of the project and we
are so appreciative of their help!
The WebJunction and OCLC communications team did a great job on the
website which has links to all the curriculum materials plus the
“Librarians that Wikipedia” series of interviews.
https://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/wikipedia-libraries.html
I also want to encourage you all to read the final report for the grant –
this is full of information on the entire project. A reminder as you read
this; much of what is shared under project outcomes was funded by the
Knight Foundation – for the sake of simplicity and transparency we decided
to combine reporting about the entirety of the project with the WMF funded
portion of the project.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/OCLC/A_
Wikipedian-in-Residence_to_Engage_500_Librarians_and_
their_Communities/Final
I can’t wait to see what others are able to do with materials and
learnings from this course. Please feel free to share on other lists as you
see fit.
Best,
Merrilee
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