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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