Slides for a talk on "Why and How Librarians Should Engage With Wikipedia" given by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton at the CILIPS Autumn Gathering 2014 event in Edinburgh on 30 October 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/why-and-how-librarians-should-engage-with-wikipedia/
Slides from national WIkipedia information sessions conducted by Wikimedia Australia for members of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).
This session considered ways libraries and Wikimedia Australia could work together, and provided an introduction to how Wikipedia works.
Meet key Australian Wikimedians from your area, and discover:
how Wikipedia really works
what other projects are associated with Wikipedia
why Wikipedia uses a Creative Commons licence
how libraries and Wikimedia are helping each other
how you, and your library community can get involved
answers to your wiki questions
Citation needed: Information literacy lessons from WikipediaPru Mitchell
This session presented as a webinar for the Australian School Library Association is an opportunity for educators to learn about how Wikipedia works to realise its position as a ‘neutral compilation of verifiable, established facts.’ Participants will consider what information literacy education looks like in 2015, and how Wikipedia projects provide a way to move from a consumer to creator culture of learning.
This is the slide deck of a presentation I did in 2009 at the University of the Sunshine Coast to a group of teacher-librarians. Most of the content is almost certainly out of date now in 2016, but some might find parts of it useful for their own presentations.
Building Bridges Not Walls - Wikipedia's new Content Translation toolEwan McAndrew
Slides from today's presentation at the Open Educational Resources Conference 2017 held at Resource for London on 5-6 April 2017.
Wikimedia’s mission is to be ‘the sum of all human knowledge’. That Wikipedia has amassed over 40 million articles in over 290 languages in its short existence is quite incredible and a testament to the dedication of its community of volunteers. Yet the distribution of articles in these different language Wikipedias is nowhere near evenly spread.
Wikipedia’s new Content Translation tool offers an impactful means of sharing open knowledge globally between languages as it brings up an article on one side of the screen in one language and helps translate it, paragraph by paragraph, to create the article in a different language taking all the formatting across to the new article so a native speaker just has to check to make sure the translation is as good as it can be.
This presentation outlines the successful models already employed in a Higher Education context where one editor was able to translate five articles on notable Women in STEM onto Portuguese Wikipedia in one afternoon and where thirty Translation Studies MSc students were able to complete the translation of Wikipedia articles of 4000 words into different language Wikipedias. In this way, sharing open knowledge between languages and improving areas of under-representation.
Slides from today's presentation at the Open Educational Resources Conference 2017 held at Resource for London on 5-6 April 2017.
Description
“Gamification is a powerful tool due to its ability to capture people’s attention, to engage them in a target activity, and even to influence their behavior.” (Kim, 2015)
“Gamification is the use of game design elements and game mechanics in non-game contexts. This idea has been used successfully in many web based businesses to increase user engagement. Some researchers suggest that it could also be used in web based education as a tool to increase student motivation and engagement.”(Dominguez et al, 2013)
This workshop will demonstrate that crowdsourcing contributions to Wikimedia’s family of Open Education projects does not have to involve a heavy time component and that short fun, enjoyable activities can be undertaken which enhance the opportunities for teaching & learning and the dissemination of open knowledge. Participants will be guided through a series of Wikimedia tools; running through the purpose of each tool, how they can be used to support open education alongside practical demos.
Slides from national WIkipedia information sessions conducted by Wikimedia Australia for members of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).
This session considered ways libraries and Wikimedia Australia could work together, and provided an introduction to how Wikipedia works.
Meet key Australian Wikimedians from your area, and discover:
how Wikipedia really works
what other projects are associated with Wikipedia
why Wikipedia uses a Creative Commons licence
how libraries and Wikimedia are helping each other
how you, and your library community can get involved
answers to your wiki questions
Citation needed: Information literacy lessons from WikipediaPru Mitchell
This session presented as a webinar for the Australian School Library Association is an opportunity for educators to learn about how Wikipedia works to realise its position as a ‘neutral compilation of verifiable, established facts.’ Participants will consider what information literacy education looks like in 2015, and how Wikipedia projects provide a way to move from a consumer to creator culture of learning.
This is the slide deck of a presentation I did in 2009 at the University of the Sunshine Coast to a group of teacher-librarians. Most of the content is almost certainly out of date now in 2016, but some might find parts of it useful for their own presentations.
Building Bridges Not Walls - Wikipedia's new Content Translation toolEwan McAndrew
Slides from today's presentation at the Open Educational Resources Conference 2017 held at Resource for London on 5-6 April 2017.
Wikimedia’s mission is to be ‘the sum of all human knowledge’. That Wikipedia has amassed over 40 million articles in over 290 languages in its short existence is quite incredible and a testament to the dedication of its community of volunteers. Yet the distribution of articles in these different language Wikipedias is nowhere near evenly spread.
Wikipedia’s new Content Translation tool offers an impactful means of sharing open knowledge globally between languages as it brings up an article on one side of the screen in one language and helps translate it, paragraph by paragraph, to create the article in a different language taking all the formatting across to the new article so a native speaker just has to check to make sure the translation is as good as it can be.
This presentation outlines the successful models already employed in a Higher Education context where one editor was able to translate five articles on notable Women in STEM onto Portuguese Wikipedia in one afternoon and where thirty Translation Studies MSc students were able to complete the translation of Wikipedia articles of 4000 words into different language Wikipedias. In this way, sharing open knowledge between languages and improving areas of under-representation.
Slides from today's presentation at the Open Educational Resources Conference 2017 held at Resource for London on 5-6 April 2017.
Description
“Gamification is a powerful tool due to its ability to capture people’s attention, to engage them in a target activity, and even to influence their behavior.” (Kim, 2015)
“Gamification is the use of game design elements and game mechanics in non-game contexts. This idea has been used successfully in many web based businesses to increase user engagement. Some researchers suggest that it could also be used in web based education as a tool to increase student motivation and engagement.”(Dominguez et al, 2013)
This workshop will demonstrate that crowdsourcing contributions to Wikimedia’s family of Open Education projects does not have to involve a heavy time component and that short fun, enjoyable activities can be undertaken which enhance the opportunities for teaching & learning and the dissemination of open knowledge. Participants will be guided through a series of Wikimedia tools; running through the purpose of each tool, how they can be used to support open education alongside practical demos.
What if knowledge was free? : Open Educational Resources and their place in o...Heather Seibert-Jenks
Open Education Resources (OERs) are becoming more common throughout educational institutions, however, there is still a need for conversation and to promote the free resources that are available. OERs can be used as an outreach tool for patrons to gain access to works and materials that may only be available through a paid educational institution, school or for profit entities.
Slides for an hour-long workshop on Wikipedia Editing facilitated by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton and Toni Sant at the SpotOn 2013 conference from 14.30-15.30 on Saturday 9 November 2013.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/spoton-2013-wikipedia-editing-workshop/ or http://www.nature.com/spoton/event/spoton-london-2013-wikipedia-editing-workshop/
Slides for a talk on "Open Practices for the Connected Researcher" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the University of Exeter on 23 October 2012, as part of a series of Open Access Week events held at the university.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/seminars/exeter-open-access-week-2012/
Wikipedia for GLAMS_by_jentzsch_&_ockerbloomTracy Jentzsch
Presentation for Small Museum Association 2014 Conference, #SMA_14, on Wikipedia for GLAMS (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums). By Tracy Jentzsch of the University of Delaware's Museum Studies Program and Mary Mark Okerbloom, Wikipedian in Residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Slides for a workshop session on "Open Knowledge: Wikipedia and Beyond" facilitated by Brian Kelly and Simon Grant, Cetis at the Cetis 2014 conference at the University of Bolton on 17-18 June 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/cetis-2014-open-knowledge-wikipedia-and-beyond/
Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your Userslisbk
Slides for a talk on "Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your Users" to be given by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis at the CILIP Wales 2014 conference in Cardiff on 15 May 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/cilip-wales-2014-editing-wikipedia/
and
http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/top-wikipedia-tips-for-librarians/
What if knowledge was free? : Open Educational Resources and their place in o...Heather Seibert-Jenks
Open Education Resources (OERs) are becoming more common throughout educational institutions, however, there is still a need for conversation and to promote the free resources that are available. OERs can be used as an outreach tool for patrons to gain access to works and materials that may only be available through a paid educational institution, school or for profit entities.
Slides for an hour-long workshop on Wikipedia Editing facilitated by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton and Toni Sant at the SpotOn 2013 conference from 14.30-15.30 on Saturday 9 November 2013.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/spoton-2013-wikipedia-editing-workshop/ or http://www.nature.com/spoton/event/spoton-london-2013-wikipedia-editing-workshop/
Slides for a talk on "Open Practices for the Connected Researcher" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the University of Exeter on 23 October 2012, as part of a series of Open Access Week events held at the university.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/seminars/exeter-open-access-week-2012/
Wikipedia for GLAMS_by_jentzsch_&_ockerbloomTracy Jentzsch
Presentation for Small Museum Association 2014 Conference, #SMA_14, on Wikipedia for GLAMS (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums). By Tracy Jentzsch of the University of Delaware's Museum Studies Program and Mary Mark Okerbloom, Wikipedian in Residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Slides for a workshop session on "Open Knowledge: Wikipedia and Beyond" facilitated by Brian Kelly and Simon Grant, Cetis at the Cetis 2014 conference at the University of Bolton on 17-18 June 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/cetis-2014-open-knowledge-wikipedia-and-beyond/
Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your Userslisbk
Slides for a talk on "Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your Users" to be given by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis at the CILIP Wales 2014 conference in Cardiff on 15 May 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/cilip-wales-2014-editing-wikipedia/
and
http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/top-wikipedia-tips-for-librarians/
Wikipedia, Wikimedia UK and Higher Education: Developments in the UKlisbk
Slides for a talk on "Wikipedia, Wikimedia UK and Higher Education: Developments in the UK" given by Brian Kelly, Cetis at the Eduwiki 2014 conference in Belgrade, Serbia on 24 March 2014.
Note that due to the talk being limited to 15 minutes rather than the 45 minutes originally expected only a summary version of these slides was presented,
For further information see http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/eduwiki-serbia-2014/
Can you imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge? Every day Wikipedia’s audacious vision comes closer to reality, as humans (and other information services) exploit this top-ranking information source.
Here is an opportunity for educators to learn about how Wikipedia works to realise its position as a ‘neutral compilation of verifiable, established facts.’ and consider what information literacy education looks like in 2015, and how Wikipedia projects provide a way to move from a consumer to creator culture of learning.
Developing an Ethical Approach to Using Wikipedia as the Front Matter to all ...lisbk
Slides for a talk on "Developing an Ethical Approach to Using Wikipedia as the Front Matter to all Research" given by Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus Ltd. at the Wikipedia Science 2015 conference at The Wellcome Trust, London on 3 September 2015.
See http://ukwebfocus.com/events/an-ethical-approach-to-using-wikipedia-as-the-front-matter-to-research/
Since Wikipedia launched in 2001, librarians have maintained a cautious and, at times, hostile relationship with the online, crowd-sourced encyclopedia. Librarians have largely ignored Wikipedia, citing it as an unreliable and non-authoritative resource, and steering information seekers toward traditional reference materials. While librarians waged this quiet war, Wikipedia has gained increasing dominance as an information resource, and is now the indisputable starting point for most quick research. In this presentation, attendees will learn how to wield the power of Wikipedia in their libraries and embrace Wikipedia as an information resource. Presenters will discuss how to use Wikipedia for reference and instruction, linking online resources, increasing search engine optimization, and creating linked data for the semantic web. Presenters will also discuss the great need for librarians to delve into the world of Wikipedia as researchers and contributors; including the ethics of contributing to Wikipedia. Presenters: Dustin Fife, Rebekah Cummings, Jessica Breiman
Lo and Behold: Reveries of a Connected CampusEwan McAndrew
Slides from presentation at the Open Educational Resources Conference 2017 held at Resource for London on 5-6 April 2017.
The innovation remit of the Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh has been to raise awareness of Wikimedia and its sister projects, design and deliver digital skills engagement events such as editathons (groups of staff & student editors coming together to edit Wikipedia pages on a focused theme – both inside and outside the curriculum) and to work with colleagues all across the institution to find ways in which the University – as a knowledge creation organisation – can most benefit and contribute to the development of this huge open knowledge resource.
An overview of Wikipedia, followed by a discussion of the relationship between libraries and Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is a really important resource but a lot of people don’t fully understand how it works, and I think it’s particularly important for educators and librarians to do so. This presentation is about what WIkipedia is, how to edit it, and why we can use it as not only a useful source of information but a great information literacy teaching tool.
Brief introduction to Wikimedia, and overview of classroom Wikipedia assignments -- benefits, best practices, pitfalls and gains. (Updated May 2014). Thanks to LiAnna Davis and Jami Mathewson at WMF for their help and content (quotes, education project slides).
Wikipedia and Archives: The Why and How of Using Wikipedia for Archival AccessDominic McDevitt-Parks
Presented at "Access Techniques and Systems for Archives" LIS course (Kenneth Heger) at University of Maryland iSchool 4/16/2014.
This presentation covers an introduction to the principles and practices of using Wikipedia for archives and other cultural institutions. I focus especially on profession's conception of access and Wikipedia's place within an archival framework, with some discussion of the history of archives, NARA, and the GLAM-Wiki movement.
Getting to Grips with Wikipedia: a Practical Sessionlisbk
Slides for "Getting to Grips with Wikipedia: a Practical Session" to be facilitated by Brian Kelly, Cetis and Nancy Graham, University of Roehampton at the LILAC 2014 conference on 23 April 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/lilac-2014-getting-to-grips-with-wikipedia/
Wikipedia and Healthcare: effective uses, future directions. Introduction to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Foundation projects, focusing on medical articles and projects.
Predicting and Preparing For Emerging Learning Technologieslisbk
Slides for talk on "Predicting and Preparing For Emerging Learning Technologies" given by Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus at the CILIP West Midlands Annual Members Day in Birmingham on 10 Feb 2017.
See http://ukwebfocus.com/events/cilip-west-midlands-2017/
Web Preservation, or Managing your Organisation’s Online Presence After the O...lisbk
Slides for talk on "Web Preservation, or Managing your Organisation’s Online Presence After the Organisation Ceases to Exist" given by Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus at the IRMS 2016 conference in Brighton on 17 May 2016.
See http://ukwebfocus.com/events/irms-2016-web-preservation
Slides "G1: Conclusions" for a one-day workshop on "Preparing for the Future: Technological Challenges and Beyond" by Brian Kelly and Tony Hirst at the ILI 2015 conference. Held on Monday 19 October 2015.
For further information see
http://ukwebfocus.com/events/ili-2015-preparing-for-the-future
Slides "F1 Making the Case" for a one-day workshop on "Preparing for the Future: Technological Challenges and Beyond" by Brian Kelly and Tony Hirst at the ILI 2015 conference on Monday 19 October 2015.
For further information see
http://ukwebfocus.com/events/ili-2015-preparing-for-the-future
Slides "E1: Scenario Planning" for a one-day workshop on "Preparing for the Future: Technological Challenges and Beyond" by Brian Kelly and Tony Hirst at the ILI 2015 conference. Held on Monday 19 October 2015
For further information see
http://ukwebfocus.com/events/ili-2015-preparing-for-the-future
Slides "D1: The NMC Methodology" for a one-day workshop on "Preparing for the Future: Technological Challenges and Beyond" by Brian Kelly and Tony Hirst at the ILI 2015 conference. Held on Monday 19 October 2015
For further information see
http://ukwebfocus.com/events/ili-2015-preparing-for-the-future
Slides "C1: Future Technology Detecting Tools & Techniques" for a one-day workshop on "Preparing for the Future: Technological Challenges and Beyond" by Brian Kelly and Tony Hirst at the ILI 2015 conference. Held on Monday 19 October 2015
See http://ukwebfocus.com/events/ili-2015-preparing-for-the-future
Slides "B1: Exploring emerging technologies" for a one-day workshop on "Preparing for the Future: Technological Challenges and Beyond" by Brian Kelly and Tony Hirst at the ILI 2015 conference. Held on Monday 19 October 2015.
For further information seehttp://ukwebfocus.com/events/ili-2015-preparing-for-the-future
Preparing for the Future: Technological Challenges and Beyond A1 Introductionlisbk
Slides "A1 Introduction" for a one-day workshop on "Preparing for the Future: Technological Challenges and Beyond" by Brian Kelly and Tony Hirst at the ILI 2015 conference. Held on Monday 19 October 2015.
For further information seehttp://ukwebfocus.com/events/ili-2015-preparing-for-the-future
Slides for a talk on "Digital Life Beyond The Institution" given by Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus at the MmIT 2015 conference on “With Power Comes Great Responsibility – How Librarians can Harness the Power of Social Media for the Benefit of its Users” at the University of Sheffield on 14-15 September 2015.
See http://ukwebfocus.com/events/mmit-2015-digital-life-beyond-the-institution/
Slides for a talk on "The Agile University" presented by Niall Lavery and Dan Babington, PwC at the IWMW 2015 event held at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk on 27-29 July 2015.
See http://iwmw.org/iwmw2015/talks/beyond-digital-the-agile-university/
Slides for a talk on "Welcome to IWMW 2015", given by Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus at the IWMW 2015 event held at Edge Hill University, Ormnskirk on 27 July 2015.
See http://ukwebfocus.com/events/iwmw-2015/
BS 8878: Systematic Approaches to Documenting Web Accessibility Policies and ...lisbk
Slides for a workshop session on "BS 8878: Systematic Approaches to Documenting Web Accessibility Policies and Practices" facilitated by Brian Kelly at the IWMW 2015 event held at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk on 27 July 2015.
See http://iwmw.org/iwmw2015/talks/systematic-approaches-to-documenting-web-accessibility-policies-and-practices/
Preparing Our Users For Digital Life Beyond the Institutionlisbk
Sides for a talk on "Digital Life Beyond the Institution" given by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton at a seminar for the iSchool, University of Northumbria on 11 February 2015.
See https://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/digital-life-beyond-the-institution/
Slides for a talk on "Working with Wikimedia Serbia" given by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton at the Eduwiki 2014 conference in Edinburgh on Friday 31 October 2013.
See https://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/eduwiki-2014/
Major Technology Trends that will Impact Library Services?lisbk
Slides for talk on "What are the Major Technology Trends that will Impact Library Services and their Users?" to be given by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate, Cetis at the ILI 2014 conference in London on 21-22 October 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/ili-2014/
Web accessibility is not primarily about conformance with standardslisbk
Slides for a talk on "Web accessibility is not primarily about conformance with standards" given by Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis, University of Bolton at the IDRAC 2014 conference held in Second Life on 3-4 October 2014.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/web-accessibility-is-not-primarily-about-conformance-with-web-accessibility-standards/
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Why and how librarians should engage with Wikipedia
1. Event hashtag:
#CILIPSAG14
Why and How Librarians Should
Engage With Wikipedia
Presentation by Brian Kelly, UKOLN on 25 October 2012
for an Open Access Week event at the University of Exeter
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Talk by Brian Kelly, Cetis on 30 October 2014 at the
CILIPS Autumn Gathering in Edinburgh
2. Event hashtag: #CILIPSAG14
Why and How Librarians Should
Engage With Wikipedia
Brian Kelly
Innovation Advocate
Cetis
University of Bolton
Bolton, UK
Contact Details
Email: ukwebfocus@gmail.com
Twitter: @briankelly
Cetis Web site: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/
Blog: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/
Slides and further information available at
http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/why-and-how-librarians-should-engage-
with-wikipedia/
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4. About Me
Brian Kelly:
• Innovation Advocate at Cetis, Bolton University
Involvement in Wikipedia and Wikimedia UK:
• Created first article in 2004 and involved in training / edit-a-thons
since 2013 as an accredited Wikipedia trainer
• Recent talks on:
Wikipedia, Wikimedia UK and Higher Education: Developments in
the UK, Eduwiki Serbia 2014
Editing Wikipedia: Why You Should and How You Can Support Your
Users, CILIP Wales 2014
Wikipedia Editing Workshop – In a Nutshell, LILAC 2014
Open Knowledge: Wikipedia and Beyond, Cetis 2014
• Poster display on Wikimedia & Metrics at 1:AM Alt.metrics conference
Regard Wikipedia as:
• An example of an Open Educational Practice
• Of particular importance to library sector
Introduction
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5. About This Talk
Abstract
It's a popular information resource: it's one of the
five most popular websites in the world, clocking
over 21 billion hits every month.
So why wouldn't librarians engage with
Wikipedia?
Don't librarians and information professionals
have responsibilities to ensure that not only are
they able to evaluate Wikipedia articles and
advise their users but also for improving
Wikipedia articles and helping their users to do
this? 5
6. Your Approaches
Which aspect of following
spectrum best summarises your
library’s approaches to use of
Wikipedia by your users:
A. Against: Warn against it
B. Neutral, but negative:
Accept it will be used, but
begrudgingly
C. Neutral, but positive:
Accept it will be used, and
content with this approach
D. Positive & pro-active:
Welcome its use and advise
on its strengths and
weaknesses (courses,
posters, etc.)
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Poster on teaching Wikipedia to school
pupils at University of Birmingham
7. About You
Who has:
• Used Wikipedia?
• Has a Wikipedia account?
• Has edited Wikipedia
articles?
• Has taught or advised their
users on use of Wikipedia
Who would:
• Like to create an account?
• Create a user profile?
• Perhaps even update an
article?
Feel free to do this during this
talk!
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Is the article accurate?
Can it be improved?
8. Wikipedia's Purpose and Key Principles
Wikipedia's purpose is:
to benefit readers by acting as an
encyclopedia, a comprehensive written
compendium that contains information
on all branches of knowledge.
As described by Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's founder:
Imagine a world in which every single person on the
planet is given free access to the sum of all human
knowledge. That's what we're doing.
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9. Wikipedia's Key Principles
Wikipedia seeks to achieve its goal by its five pillars:
1. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia: Wikipedia is not, for example, a soapbox,
an advertising platform, a vanity press, an indiscriminate collection of
information, or a web directory.
2. Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view: Wikipedia strives for
articles that document & explain the major points of view, giving due weight
with respect to their prominence in an impartial tone. It avoids advocacy
and we characterize information and issues rather than debate them.
3. Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute:
Since all editors freely licence their work to the public, no editor owns an
article and any contributions can and will be freely edited and redistributed.
4. Editors should treat each other with respect and civility: Contributors
are expected to respect fellow Wikipedians, even when you disagree.
Apply Wikipedia etiquette, and don't engage in personal attacks.
5. Wikipedia has no firm rules: Wikipedia has policies and guidelines, but
they are not carved in stone; their content and interpretation can evolve
over time. Their principles and spirit matter more than their literal wording,
and sometimes improving Wikipedia requires making an exception.
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10. Characteristics of Librarians
According to LibraryScienceList.com key characteristics
of librarians include:
• A love of knowledge and learning
• A desire to work around people
• Broad overall knowledge of life and the world
• Strong organisational skills
• Good with numbers
• Friendly
• Ethical
• Personable
• Affinity for working with large volumes of information
• Computer skills
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In addition, IMHO, a desire to:
• Share these interests & passions
with others
• Enhance the information literacy of
others
• Encourage others to adopt ethical
approaches in use of information
See http://librarysciencelist.com/core-competencies-of-librarianship/
11. Librarians and Wikipedia – An Ideal Match!
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Librarian Characteristics Relevance to Wikipedia
A love of knowledge and
learning
Aligned with Wikipedia's goal of "a world in which every single
person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all
human knowledge".
A desire to work around
people
There is a strong Wikipedia community: in October 2013 there
were 31,000 active editors with about half of the active
editors spending at least one hour a day editing.
Broad overall knowledge of
life and the world
Wikipedia provides access to broad knowledge of life and the
world and the ability to share such knowledge with others.
Strong organizational skills In order to help manage the 4,616,531+ articles there will be a
need to have good organisation skills.
Friendly and personable Aligned with Wikipedia principle that Editors should treat
each other with respect and civility.
Ethical Ethical considerations underpin the five pillars.
Affinity for working with
This is of direct relevance to Wikipedia.
large amount of information
Computer skills This is of direct relevance to Wikipedia.
12. Wikipedia and Librarians – An Ideal Match!
How do Wikipedia’s five pillars relate to librarians:
1. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia: Librarians are familiar with encyclopedias,
including their strengths and weaknesses.
2. Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view: Librarians will warn
against personalisation features of Google, which can act as an ‘echo
chamber’ and not provide neutral answers to queries.
3. Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute:
Librarians have been pro-active in encouraging open access policies, to
minimise costs of journal subscriptions and maximise access to research.
4. Editors should treat each other with respect and civility: Librarians will
have similar rules regarding use of library space.
5. Wikipedia has no firm rules: Hmm
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Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science (1931):
And growth due to technological developments!
5: The library is a growing organism
This law focused on the need for internal change than on changes in the environment itself.
Ranganathan argued that library organizations must accommodate growth in staff, the physical
collection and patron use. This involved allowing for growth in the physical building, reading
areas, shelving, and in space for the catalog.
13. Creating A Wikipedia Account
Who would:
• Like to create an account?
• Create a user profile?
Feel free to do this during this
talk. Note:
• Creating a user account
takes ~ a minute!
• Creating / updating a user
profile takes ~ 1 - 5 minutes!
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Click here from any Wikipedia page
If you create a Wikipedia account or create/ update a profile page, feel free to:
• Send a Twitter message that you have done so.
• Say how long it took
14. Is Wikipedia Relevant?
Is Wikipedia:
• Relevant to your engagement with your
user community?
• A problem for your engagement with your
user community?
Wikipedia in the library - the elephant in the
(reading) room? Nancy Graham and Andrew
Gray, LILAC 2014
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15. Is Wikipedia Relevant?
Is Wikipedia:
• Relevant to your engagement with your
user community?
• A problem for your engagement with your
user community?
Wikipedia in the library - the elephant in the
(reading) room? Nancy Graham and Andrew
Gray, LILAC 2014
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16. Why Wikipedia is Important
From Wikimedia UK
https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach
17. Top Tips
No. 1: Understand why Wikipedia is important to librarians
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18. Eduwiki (UK) 2013
Eduwiki 2013 conference:
• Held in Cardiff on 1-2 Dec
2013
• Second EduWiki UK
conference
Covered:
• Case studies from higher
education and schools
• Broader considerations
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Note
Eduwiki 2014 conference to be
held in St Leonard's Hall,
Edinburgh tomorrow (fully booked)
19. Two Case Studies
Summary of two case studies presented at EduWiki 2013:
• Safe Use of Wikipedia in the Transition from School
to University, Lisa Anderson and Nancy Graham,
University of Birmingham (now Roehampton)
• Introducing Students to Independent Research
through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English
Villages, Humphrey Southall, University of
Portsmouth
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EduWiki 2013
20. Outreach work by University
of Birmingham Library
• Demonstrate information
literacy approaches to
school pupils
• Students surprised that
Wikipedia was shown
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21. Introducing Students to Independent Research
through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages
This was the assignment (see “Telling the stories of rural
England with Wikipedia” )
Humphrey Southall at
EduWiki conference
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22. Introducing Students to Independent Research
through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages
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Notice how Neutral Point of View principle was
addressed
23. Introducing Students to Independent Research
through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages
Original Wikipedia article for
Sawley, North Yorkshire
Example of article chosen for updating by student 23
24. After Updates
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EduWiki 2013
Map and factual
information in “infobox”
Introduction (with
links to other relevant
Wikipedia articles
Table of contents
(auto-generated)
History
25. Introducing Students to Independent Research
through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages
Students learn about researching and citations
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26. Top Tips
No. 2: Understand how Wikipedia is being used in
education
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27. Wikipedia Behind the Article
Who has looked at the information about a Wikipedia
article (the Talk and View history pages)? 27
28. Wikipedia Behind the Article
We can see the history of the development of an
article (contributors, update dates; …) 28
29. Top Tips
No. 3: Gain a better understanding of the Wikipedia service
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30. Be Willing to Update Wikipedia Articles
You:
• Spot an error in a
Wikipedia article
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Are there still 28 public
libraries in Edinburgh?
31. Be Willing to Update Wikipedia Articles
You:
• Spot an error in a
Wikipedia article
• Identify an area for
improvement
As an information professional
wouldn’t you wish to ensure that
information (text, links &
metadata) is accurate and
comprehensive? Especially if:
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• This can be done in
minutes (or seconds!)
• Page is likely to be easily
found in Google
Do these links still work?
Are these categories
comprehensive?
Text & images
Links
Metadata
32. Top Tips
No. 4: Be willing to update Wikipedia articles
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33. Metadata for Wikipedia Articles
You:
• Identify gaps in
Wikipedia’s
coverage
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Does this category cover all
Libraries in Edinburgh with
Wikipedia articles? Note there
are 28 public libraries
34. Metadata for Wikipedia Articles
You:
• Identify gaps in
Wikipedia’s
coverage
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Does this category cover all
Cities in Scotland with
Libraries
35. Top Tips
No. 5: Be willing to create new Wikipedia articles
(but first learn editing basics by creating a Wikipedia profile)
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36. Why You Should Have a Wikipedia
Account
Using a Wikipedia
account to edit
articles is
recommended:
• Openness
• Record of
contributions
Ability to:
• Create new
articles
• Join in
discussions
• Have customised
preferences
• …
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37. Creating an Account
Feel free to:
• Go to a Wikipedia page
and click Create
Account
• Then complete the form
A: New
users
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Did you do it in less than
a minute?
39. Create a User Profile
Nancy Graham’s user profile
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msnancygraham
Use search box as a quick
way to find user profiles
User: msnancygraham
40. Create a User Profile
Nancy Graham’s user profile
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msnancygraham
User: msnancygraham
41. Today’s Goal : Create a User Profile
http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/User:Lawsonstu
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43. Be Ethical!
Quality of
Wikipedia
articles is
provided by
volunteer effort
Please do not:
• Introduce
errors to see
how soon
they are
corrected
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[[London]]
44. Outreach work by Uni of
Birmingham Library
• Demonstrate information
literacy approaches to
school pupils
• Surprise that Wikipedia
was shown
Discussion:
“Live edit a Wikipedia entry – highlight
how quickly edits are corrected”
But should pages be ‘vandalised’ in order
to demonstrate how the community fixes
such vandalism?
Highlighted need to address best practices
for those who teach use of Wikipedia.
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46. Content Can Change!
Changes to the Jalalpur, Bihar arty=icle
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Pages which can be improved are
tagged (can be useful for new editors)
Minor edit made
47. Content Can Change!
Changes to the Jalalpur, Bihar arty=icle
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This article was proposed for deletion by
Lfstevens on 2 May 2014 with the comment:
unnotable, uncited stub
It was contested by Necrothesp on 7 May 2014
with the comment:
deprod; all settlements are considered to be
notable; cleaned up
49. Top Tips
No. 9: Be prepared for your contributions to be changed
(normally improved!)
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50. The Five Pillars
Fundamental principles by which the Wikimedia
community operates...
Wikipedia:
1. is an encyclopedia
2. is written from a neutral point of view
3. is free content that anyone can
edit / use/ modify / share
4. editors should respect each other
5. does not have any firm rules
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51. Key Principles for Content (1)
No original research
All research must come from published sources e.g.
• Peer-reviewed journals
• Peer-reviewed books
• University-level textbooks
• Magazines, journals and books published by
respected publishing houses
• Mainstream newspapers
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52. Key Principles for Content (2)
Neutral Point of View
Content should be provided from a neutral point of view:
• If your viewpoint is in the majority, then it should be
easy to substantiate it with reference to commonly
accepted reference texts;
• If your viewpoint is held by a significant minority,
then it should be easy to name prominent
adherents;
• If your viewpoint is held by an extremely small
minority, then — whether it's true or not, whether
you can prove it or not — it doesn't belong in
Wikipedia, except perhaps in some ancillary article.
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53. Top Tips
No. 10: Understand the Wikipedia principles
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55. User Queries About CILIP
Queries which you might expect answers to be easily
found:
• How many members does CILIP have?
• What are the trends in membership numbers
since CILIP was founded?
• (What are the reasons for trends in membership
numbers?)
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59. What Do The Numbers Tell Us?
Linear trends in decline of CILIP membership numbers
No evidence of impact of:
• Change of government
• Onset of austerity measures
• Changes in CILIP management
• Changes in CILIP governance
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ALA membership numbers
ALA membership nos. available
(and easily found) since 1900
60. Advocacy Or Unbiased Information?
Member attrition 1st
January – 28th February
2014
.. Whilst there has been a
slight increase in attrition
rates for the same period
last year, the recent
figures support the trend
towards an “attrition
plateau”.
Trends
Looking at the year on
year graph of
membership figure, 2014
continues to reflect
positive trends compared
with previous years, but
this will become more
realistic as the year
progresses.
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Taken from Financial report for the year ended
December 2013 and membership report to 28
February 2014 (page 8)
61. Advocacy Or Unbiased Information?
“CILIP is the leading body representing the information
professions. We believe in a literate, knowledgeable and
connected society. We build the professionalism of our
members by supporting the development of skills,
knowledge and excellence. We provide unity through
shared values and advocate on behalf of the information
professions.”
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Tension: CILIP acts as a advocacy body for a profession in which
neutrality and objectivity are an important characteristic
62. A Wikipedia Article for CILIPS?
Should there be a
Wikipedia article
for CILIPS?
Issues:
• Is CILIPS
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noteworthy?
• Sources of
information for
an article.
• Having a
neutral POV
• See CILI talk
page
63. Top Tips
No. 11: Be aware of tensions and conflicts of interest when
seeking to provide factual information on Wikipedia
(and use Talk page to declare possible conflicts of interest)
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64. Conclusions
1. Understand why Wikipedia is important to librarians
2. Understand how Wikipedia is being used in
education
3. Gain a better understanding of the Wikipedia service
4. Be willing to update Wikipedia articles
5. Be willing to create Wikipedia articles
6. Create a Wikipedia account
7. Create a Wikipedia profile
8. Be ethical
9. Be prepared for your contributions to be changed
10.Understand the Wikipedia principles
11.Be aware of tensions and conflicts of interest when
seeking to provide factual information on Wikipedia
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67. Licence and Additional Resources
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Wikipedia” by Brian Kelly, Cetis is licensed under the Creative Commons
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