Hello all,
I'm excited to share with you some recent updates from our global branches.
Ukrainian RX and OA pages have been deployed in the last couple weeks: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Вікіпедія:Бібліотека Вікіпедії/ВД and https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Вікіпедія:Запити_на_джерелаItalian Library coverage http://aibnotizie.aib.it/storti-1lib1ref-wikimedia/Persian had successful conversations with multiple sources, including NoormagsMiramar ship database donation was secured by Dutch User:StunteltjeCatalan Wikipedia Library was really excited about their participation in #1lib1ref, garnishing at least 350 edits, including contributions from: New accounts created during the campaign (15-20%)Old accounts reactivated (15-20%)Active users leading other librarians (30%)Very active users improving several articles (30%)
We'd love to hear of any updates we might have missed. What's happening in your branch?
Cheers,
Nikki
Hey all,
This looks like a good opportunity to talk about the Wikimedia community in
light of research and libraries.
Cheers,
Alex Stinson
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From: Ashwill, Cynthia Jayne <cashwill(a)illinois.edu>
Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:48 AM
Subject: [IFLA-L] Library Trends CFP: Hyper-Connected Societies and
Empowerment
To: "ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr" <ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr>
*Library Trends Call for Papers: Hyper-Connected Societies and Empowerment*
In 2013, IFLA released a succinct and evocative document entitled, "Riding
the Waves or Caught in the Tide? Insights from the IFLA Trend Report." It
was part of a strategy that was intended to encompass "more than a single
document — it is a selection of resources to help you understand where
libraries fit into a changing society."
The IFLA Trend Report <http://trends.ifla.org/> identifies five top level
trends which will play a key role in shaping our future information
ecosystem:
- TREND 1 <http://trends.ifla.org/access-to-information>: New
Technologies will both expand and limit who has access to information.
- TREND 2 <http://trends.ifla.org/online-education>: Online Education
will democratise and disrupt global learning.
- TREND 3 <http://trends.ifla.org/privacy-and-data-protection>:
The boundaries of privacy and data protection will be redefined.
- TREND 4 <http://trends.ifla.org/hyper-connected-societies>:
*Hyper-connected
societies will listen to and empower new voices and groups. *
- TREND 5 <http://trends.ifla.org/new-technologies>: The global
information environment will be transformed by new technologies.
IFLA gives some key indications of the ways in which the report and
supporting materials are intended to promote discussion and further
insights; see for instance:
- Building the Trend Report <http://trends.ifla.org/about>
- How to Use the Trend Report <http://trends.ifla.org/how-to-use>
This Call for Papers
<http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/library_trends/calls.html> invites
submission of papers that focus on Trend 4, which is concerned with
empowerment of "new voices and groups" in hyper-connected societies.
The editors of this special issue of *Library Trends *invite contributions
that take up this theme, developing it in the light of specific examples
that address the ways in which "our future information system" does or does
not listen to and empower new voices and groups.
Papers not centrally located in a library context but which impinge on, or
have implications for, libraries are very welcome. We are particularly
keen to publish papers that focus on Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Other
possible topics are suggested below, but there are many other appropriate
ones, and we encourage a wide variety of subjects.
- The sense in which certain groups or forms of internet presence are
"listened to," and whether this goes any further towards actual
empowerment; also the extent to which certain groups are ignored,
discounted, or worse
- Empowerment and disempowerment — the upsides and the downsides of
empowerment
- The struggles for control and openness across the internet
- The internet as a site for struggles around class, raced, gender, and
sexuality
- Issues for libraries and archives
*SCHEDULE*
This issue is scheduled to appear in mid-2017. Papers should be submitted
by November 30, 2016, following the guidelines detailed on the publisher’s
website. <https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/library_trends/guidelines.html>
If you are intending to submit an article, or require further guidance
regarding topicality or suitability, please contact Tony Bryant
<a.bryant(a)leedsbeckett.ac.uk>, issue editor.
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Cindy Ashwill
Assistant Dean for Communications
Managing Editor, *Library Trends
<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/newsroom/publications/librarytrends>*
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Mailing Address: 501 E. Daniel Street, MC-493
Champaign, IL 61820-6211
Telephone: (217) 244-4643
Fax: (217) 244-3302
www.lis.illinois.edu