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Wikipedia and libraries
May 2013Stuart Lawson
Anglia Ruskin University
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Wikipedia
• collaboratively edited online encyclopaedia• over 4 million articles in English• community driven
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Five pillars
• Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia
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Five pillars
• Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia• Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view
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Five pillars
• Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia• Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view• Wikipedia is free content that anyone can edit, use,
modify and distribute
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Five pillars
• Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia• Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view• Wikipedia is free content that anyone can edit, use,
modify and distribute• Editors should interact with each other in a civil and
respectful manner
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Five pillars
• Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia• Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view• Wikipedia is free content that anyone can edit, use,
modify and distribute• Editors should interact with each other in a civil and
respectful manner• Wikipedia does not have firm rules
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Policies
• neutral point of view• verifiability• no original research
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so what?
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so what?
• contribute to knowledge
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so what?
• contribute to knowledge• size
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so what?
• contribute to knowledge• size• shared mission
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• “As someone professionally affiliated with an institution in the cultural sector (such as a museum, library, archive, public art gallery or similar) you are a custodian of our cultural heritage, which places you in a unique position to improve Wikipedia. Our goal is to provide access to knowledge freely (gratis and libre), and your expertise and institution's collection are welcome and necessary if we are to achieve that goal.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Advice_for_the_
cultural_sector (Accessed: 26 March 2013)
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Wikipedia and libraries
• Wikipedia loves libraries http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries
• Wikipedian in residence http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence
• Library resources box http://everybodyslibraries.com/2013/03/04/from-wikipedia-to-our-libraries/
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Information literacy
• critically evaluate information sources• difference between primary and secondary sources• explain difficult concepts• collaborative working• make a contribution
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References – Wikipedia pages
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
Advice for the cultural sector http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Advice_for_the_cultural_sector
FAQ For Librarianshttp://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ_For_Librarians
Five pillarshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars
Wikipedian in residence http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence
Wikipedia loves libraries http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries
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References
Flood, Alison, 2012. Philip Roth’s complaint to Wikipedia. The Guardian [online], 11 September 2011. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/11/philip-roth-wikipedia?INTCMP=SRCH [Accessed: 28 March 2013].
Ockerbloom, John Mark. 2013. From Wikipedia to our libraries. Everybody’s Libraries [online], 4 March 2013. Available at: http://everybodyslibraries.com/2013/03/04/from-wikipedia-to-our-libraries/ [Accessed: 28 March 2013].
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by Stuart Lawson
@lawsonstu
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