Leveraging Wikipedia : connecting communities of knowledge / edited by Merrilee Proffitt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Proffitt, Merrilee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Technological innovations.

Libraries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 263 pages) ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : ALA Editions, the American Library Association, 2018.

Summary:

Speaking directly to librarians, this book shows how libraries can partner with Wikipedia to improve content quality while simultaneously ensuring that library services and collections are more visible on the open web.

Contents:

Leveraging Wikipedia: Connecting Communities of Knowledge

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

1. Introduction

2. What Are Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM) to the Wikimedia Community?

3. Connecting Citizens and the Military

4. Bringing Wiki(p/m)edians into the Conversation at Libraries

5. Minding the Gaps

6. The Wikipedia Library

7. Wikipedia and Education

8. Wikipedia and New Service Models

9. Edit-a-Thons and Beyond

10. Embracing Wikiepdia at the New York Public Library

11. Wikidata and Libraries

12. Wikipedia and Wikidata Help Search Engines Understand Your Organization

13. Bringing Archival Collections to Wikipedia with the Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP) Editor

14. "I'm a Librarian on Wikipedia"

15. Becoming a Wikipedian

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780838917329

OCLC:

1048595713