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Librarians Who Wikipedia: Allison Frick, Glenside Free Library
Allison Frick, Youth Services Librarian at Glenside Free Library, a branch of the Cheltenham Township Library System (Glenside, PA), recently began to use Wikipedia as a tool to teach information literacy skills at her library. She finds that engagin...
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Wikipedia and Public Libraries: OCLC Research Update at ALA 2017
A video presentation of Wikipedia and Public Libraries project by Sharon Streams and Monika Sengul-Jones at the OCLC Research Update in Chicago, at ALA Annual Chicago, on June 26, 2017.
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Webinar Will Preview Free Training Program and Explore Benefits of Working with Wikipedia
Registration is open for a July 19 webinar, "Wikipedia for Libraries: Preview the Possibilities, Discover the Opportunities," that will preview WebJunction’s fall 2017 training program and describe how public library staff ca...
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Librarians Who Wikipedia: Susan Barnum, El Paso Public Library
Susan Barnum, Public Services Librarian at El Paso Public Library, taught herself to edit Wikipedia to improve the quality of information online. She also incorporates editing into her librarianship, editing Wikipedia articles in response to patron r...
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Librarians Who Wikipedia: Andrea Davis and Christina Moretta, San Francisco Public Library
In the mid-2000s, San Francisco Public Library staff members Andrea Davis, teen services librarian, and Christina Moretta, photo curator, created Wikipedia accounts but never really used them. In June 2016 they revisited Wikipedia by hosting a public...
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Wikipedia Book Citation Tool Links Readers to Local Library Collections
Book citations on Wikipedia pages can now connect readers to the closest library that carries the book. Thanks to a partnership between the Wikimedia Foundation and OCLC, Wikipedia's citation tool is now able to use...
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Librarians Who Wikipedia: Tiffany Bailey, Dallas Public Library
In December 2016, three novice Wikipedia editors partnered to organize an Art+Feminism event at the Dallas Public Library. Over the next three months, Tiffany Bailey, division manager of the Fine Arts Divi...
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Librarians Who Wikipedia: János McGhie, Saint Paul Public Library
Meet János McGhie, a reference librarian at Saint Paul Public Library. An editor of Wikipedia since 2006, McGhie—who goes by the username McGhiever—has made almost 22,000 edits and uploaded 1,300 photos to the Wikipedia Commons. If you’ve read about ...
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Extending the Reach of Public Libraries
This compilation includes examples of ways that patrons can engage with public library materials, resources and community spaces at Wikipedia editing events.
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Librarians Who Wikipedia: Mary Phillips, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Meet Mary Phillips, a reference librarian at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Phillips edits Wikipedia when she sees a missing reference. She also collaborates with nearby museums and universities to co-organize Art+Feminism editing events, a global o...
