Post on 27-Jun-2020
Librarians & WikipediaBy Cory Chainsman
http://bit.ly/librarians-and-wikipedia
About Me: Cory Chainsman@corychainsman
BS in Biology - William & Mary
User Experience Designer - Isobar
Wikipedianin
Residence
2007
2011
2012
2013
2017
MSIS - UNC SILS
DryadRepository
for Biological
Data
http://bit.ly/librarians-and-wikipedia
What Can Librarians Do?
- Edit- Organize- Engage Others
What Can Librarians Do?
- Edit- Organize- Engage Others
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What Can Librarians Do?
- Edit- Organize- Engage Others
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What Can Librarians Do?
- Edit- Organize- Engage Others
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Engage
Librarians Can
Edit Wikipedia
Edit WIkipedia Yourself
Make your Collections Accessible
Wikimedia Movement's GLAM outreach strategy
GalleriesLibrariesArchivesMuseums
#1Lib1Ref“Imagine a world where every librarian added one more reference to wikipedia.”
Source: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref
Librarians Can
Organize Wikipedia
Categories, Lists, and Info Boxes! Oh my!
CategoriesAdministration categories or project categories
Used mainly by Wikipedia's editors for project management purposes, rather than for browsing.
Category:All_articles_with_unsourced_statements
Container categories Only contain other categories Category:Wikipedia_categories
Set categories Contain articles on subjects in a particular class Category:Taylor_Swift_albums
Topic categories Contain articles relating to a particular subject Category:Pop_music
Set-and-topic categories A combinations of the two above types Category:Taylor_Swift
Universal categories Provide a complete list of articles which are otherwise normally divided into subcategories
Category:1989_births
Lists
Lists
Category of
Lists of Lists
List of Lists of Lists
Info Boxes
This is confusing.You can make it better
Librarians Can
Engage Others in Wikipedia
How?
- Partner to provide free access to paywalled publications, databases, universities, and libraries
- Facilitate research for Wikipedians, helping editors to find and use sources
- Build relationships among our community of editors, libraries, and librarians
- Connect editors with their local library and freely accessible resources
- Promote broader open access in publishing and research
Source: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
Partnerto provide free access to paywalled publications, databases, universities, and libraries
Facilitateresearch for Wikipedians, helping editors to find and use sources
That’s us!
Buildrelationships among our community of editors, libraries, and librarians
GalleriesLibrariesArchivesMuseums
Other Librarians
Connecteditors with their local library and freely accessible resources
Promotebroader open access in publishing and research
Thank You
Cory ChainsmanSr. UX Designer, Isobar
Twitter: @corychainsmanEmail: cory@chainsman.comWeb: http://corychainsman.com/about
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Engage