Hello Community -
A recent comment by a public librarian revealed her "fear" of Wikipedia ... so what are 10 very useful things - not editing related, please - a public librarian ought to know about Wikipedia?
I've put together 10 slides to present to a group of public librarians .. and am curious to get feedback/input, 'specially since I am NOT a librarian!
Here is the list - please comment.
1. Wikipedia has 5 pillars 2. Wikipedia editors never sleep (with a link to the inkdroid wikistream) 3. Wikipedia articles are under constant review and revision for accuracy and citation 4. Cats in Trees - a peek at categories and search structures 5. Anybody can access an article's talk page, and everyone can edit an article 6. Inside Wikipedia there are WikiProjects for almost every interest 7. Wikipedia is only one of the sister projects 8. Donating to Commons will help the Library's website 9. Start a GLAM and join the listserv 10. Wikipedia Loves Libraries
Each slide has a relevant link or short commentary.
Thanks for your time and interest.
Cheers, Bettina
(Comments/projects are my own and do not reflect the policies of my employer)
Great job, Bettina!
I would start with Wikipedia Loves Libraries.
C
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Bettina Cousineau bdcousineau@gmail.comwrote:
Hello Community -
A recent comment by a public librarian revealed her "fear" of Wikipedia ... so what are 10 very useful things - not editing related, please - a public librarian ought to know about Wikipedia?
I've put together 10 slides to present to a group of public librarians .. and am curious to get feedback/input, 'specially since I am NOT a librarian!
Here is the list - please comment.
- Wikipedia has 5 pillars
- Wikipedia editors never sleep (with a link to the inkdroid wikistream)
- Wikipedia articles are under constant review and revision for accuracy
and citation 4. Cats in Trees - a peek at categories and search structures 5. Anybody can access an article's talk page, and everyone can edit an article 6. Inside Wikipedia there are WikiProjects for almost every interest 7. Wikipedia is only one of the sister projects 8. Donating to Commons will help the Library's website 9. Start a GLAM and join the listserv 10. Wikipedia Loves Libraries
Each slide has a relevant link or short commentary.
Thanks for your time and interest.
Cheers, Bettina
(Comments/projects are my own and do not reflect the policies of my employer)
Libraries mailing list Libraries@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries
I would start with...
Your patrons are already there. It's the encyclopedia YOU can edit. 3. Wikipedia articles are under constant review and revision for accuracy and citation I think the fact that everything is visible for ever and ever is appealing to info professionals.
I think GLAM and WLL are evidence that Wikipedia is more welcoming to cultural heritage institutions than ever. The argument for Commons can't just be about getting more people on your webpage - your stuff needs to fit there. Sorry, this is hasty. Merrilee
From: libraries-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:libraries-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Leeder Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 4:23 PM To: Wikimedia & Libraries Subject: Re: [libraries] 10 Things to know about Wikipedia
Great job, Bettina!
I would start with Wikipedia Loves Libraries.
C On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Bettina Cousineau <bdcousineau@gmail.commailto:bdcousineau@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Community -
A recent comment by a public librarian revealed her "fear" of Wikipedia ... so what are 10 very useful things - not editing related, please - a public librarian ought to know about Wikipedia?
I've put together 10 slides to present to a group of public librarians .. and am curious to get feedback/input, 'specially since I am NOT a librarian!
Here is the list - please comment.
1. Wikipedia has 5 pillars 2. Wikipedia editors never sleep (with a link to the inkdroid wikistream) 3. Wikipedia articles are under constant review and revision for accuracy and citation 4. Cats in Trees - a peek at categories and search structures 5. Anybody can access an article's talk page, and everyone can edit an article 6. Inside Wikipedia there are WikiProjects for almost every interest 7. Wikipedia is only one of the sister projects 8. Donating to Commons will help the Library's website 9. Start a GLAM and join the listserv 10. Wikipedia Loves Libraries
Each slide has a relevant link or short commentary.
Thanks for your time and interest.
Cheers, Bettina
(Comments/projects are my own and do not reflect the policies of my employer)
_______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@lists.wikimedia.orgmailto:Libraries@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries
-- Thanks,
Chris Leeder School of Information University of Michigan
Wikipedia's emphasis on citing sources and making those sources transparent by listing them at the bottom of each article should be of interest to a public librarian. For one thing, it gives all users an opportunity to assess the authority, accuracy, and relevance of each piece of information. And the "References" and "External Links" sections provide a shortcut for finding sources to delve deeper into a topic. These elements of Wikipedia also make it a great teaching tool for public librarians -- an opportunity to show library users how to use citations to do research.
On Jul 15, 2013, at 7:10 PM, Bettina Cousineau wrote:
Hello Community -
A recent comment by a public librarian revealed her "fear" of Wikipedia ... so what are 10 very useful things - not editing related, please - a public librarian ought to know about Wikipedia?
I've put together 10 slides to present to a group of public librarians .. and am curious to get feedback/input, 'specially since I am NOT a librarian!
Here is the list - please comment.
1. Wikipedia has 5 pillars 2. Wikipedia editors never sleep (with a link to the inkdroid wikistream) 3. Wikipedia articles are under constant review and revision for accuracy and citation 4. Cats in Trees - a peek at categories and search structures 5. Anybody can access an article's talk page, and everyone can edit an article 6. Inside Wikipedia there are WikiProjects for almost every interest 7. Wikipedia is only one of the sister projects 8. Donating to Commons will help the Library's website 9. Start a GLAM and join the listserv 10. Wikipedia Loves Libraries
Each slide has a relevant link or short commentary.
Thanks for your time and interest.
Cheers, Bettina
(Comments/projects are my own and do not reflect the policies of my employer) _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@lists.wikimedia.orgmailto:Libraries@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries
- Anybody can access an article's talk page, and everyone can edit an article
There are articles that are frozen and can't be edited. I think information about these, why they are frozen and how to contact the author to ask him/her to make a change, would be useful.
Patricia O'Tuama
I think that public library are interested on promoting their comunity; so it will be usefull to emphasize that information on local historical churchhttp://it.dicios.com/enit/churches, monuments (note: I live in Italy ;-) has most visiblity on the web if they are on WIkipedia than on the website of the library. Bye Susanna
====================== *Susanna Giaccai - Firenze*
2013/7/16 Patricia O'Tuama rissa@panix.com
- Anybody can access an article's talk page, and everyone can edit an
article
There are articles that are frozen and can't be edited. I think information about these, why they are frozen and how to contact the author to ask him/her to make a change, would be useful.
Patricia O'Tuama
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That's a good point - public libraries have a mandate to help their comunities connect with their history. Edit-a-thons that encourage patrons to work on local articles fill that need, and also help connect patrons with the p.l.'s holdings through their research.
Patrick, Vancouver, B.C.
From: giaccai@gmail.com Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:37:45 +0200 To: libraries@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [libraries] 10 Things to know about Wikipedia
I think that public library are interested on promoting their comunity; so it will be usefull to emphasize that information on local historical churches, monuments (note: I live in Italy ;-) has most visiblity on the web if they are on WIkipedia than on the website of the library.
Bye Susanna====================== Susanna Giaccai - Firenze
2013/7/16 Patricia O'Tuama rissa@panix.com
- Anybody can access an article's talk page, and everyone can edit an article
There are articles that are frozen and can't be edited. I think
information about these, why they are frozen and how to contact
the author to ask him/her to make a change, would be useful.
Patricia O'Tuama
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Public libraries also give local Wikipedians a place to access licensed resources. Yes, those resources may be limited (let's face it, they probably aren't licensing Elsevier journals) but they DO frequently license newspaper archives and sometimes there is some pretty great stuff that would be useful for bettering up articles. You don't even need to be in the building to access these resources, just a library card.
In my dream world, a library based editathon means that every librarian comes away with a Wikipedia username and every Wikipedian gets a library card, but I'm getting ahead of myself!
From: libraries-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:libraries-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Earley Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 10:43 AM To: Wikimedia & Libraries Subject: Re: [libraries] 10 Things to know about Wikipedia
That's a good point - public libraries have a mandate to help their comunities connect with their history. Edit-a-thons that encourage patrons to work on local articles fill that need, and also help connect patrons with the p.l.'s holdings through their research.
Patrick, Vancouver, B.C. ________________________________ From: giaccai@gmail.commailto:giaccai@gmail.com Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:37:45 +0200 To: libraries@lists.wikimedia.orgmailto:libraries@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [libraries] 10 Things to know about Wikipedia
I think that public library are interested on promoting their comunity; so it will be usefull to emphasize that information on local historical churchhttp://it.dicios.com/enit/churches, monuments (note: I live in Italy ;-) has most visiblity on the web if they are on WIkipedia than on the website of the library. Bye Susanna
====================== Susanna Giaccai - Firenze
2013/7/16 Patricia O'Tuama <rissa@panix.commailto:rissa@panix.com>
- Anybody can access an article's talk page, and everyone can edit an article
There are articles that are frozen and can't be edited. I think information about these, why they are frozen and how to contact the author to ask him/her to make a change, would be useful.
Patricia O'Tuama
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