Librarians & Wikipedia
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Short presentation given at the 30th Charleston Acquisitions Conference, Charleston SC. Presents an overview of Wikipedia & the Wikimedia Foundation, and suggests ways libraries & librarians can help.
Transcript of Librarians & Wikipedia
Wikimedia’s visionImagine a world in which every
single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.
15 million articles…
• Free • Volunteer-written• Supported by readers• Neutral, encyclopedic, factual,
non-original• No top down editorial control:• Community curated work
reference librarians and Wikipedia
adding references
user education
reference projects
archive & collection partnerships
Unexpected risks are accounted for, unexpected rewards are
discounted.
– Liam Wyatt
(2010 British Museum “Wikipedian-in-Residence”)
Tapei, Taiwan: Wikimania 2007
Be Bold