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.
This document provides an overview of Wikipedia, including its purpose and strengths/limitations as an information source. Key points:
- Wikipedia is a free, online encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers and available in many languages. It has over 25 million articles.
- Strengths include up-to-date coverage, self-correction of errors, and breadth of topics. However, reliability is a concern due to its open editing structure.
- The document provides tips on evaluating Wikipedia articles by examining discussion tabs, edit histories, references, and article quality. The "best" articles are featured or marked as good.
Wikipedia - How Should Pharma go about editing?Gary Monk
This document discusses guidelines for pharmaceutical companies and their employees editing Wikipedia articles. It advises that individuals rather than companies should make edits, using their own user names. Editors must declare any conflicts of interest relating to their employer. They should not directly edit articles about their own organizations but rather work with the Wikipedia community by suggesting edits on talk pages and requesting that others make changes. The guidelines emphasize transparency, neutrality, and working collaboratively with other editors.
This document discusses several studies and expert opinions on the reliability of Wikipedia as a source of information. A 2005 study found that Wikipedia articles contained slightly more factual errors than Britannica articles, though both contained errors. Librarians found Wikipedia to have good coverage of current events but warned that sole reliance on it limits research. Academics noted Wikipedia can provide a good starting point but has inherent reliability issues due to potential bias and inaccuracies in cited sources. Conclusions drawn were that Wikipedia provides a good first approximation for topics but should not be the only source used in research.
This document provides an overview of Wikipedia, including its purpose, strengths, limitations, and how to evaluate Wikipedia articles. Wikipedia is a free, collaborative online encyclopedia written by volunteers. It has over 5 million articles in many languages. Strengths include timely coverage of current events and self-correction of errors. However, articles may contain unreliable information and be subject to editing wars or vandalism. The document reviews how to evaluate articles by examining the discussion history, references, and quality of writing. Featured articles represent the highest quality. In general, Wikipedia can provide a good starting point for research when articles are evaluated and sources verified.
This document provides instructions for a Wikipedia editing assignment. Students are asked to select a "stub" article on Wikipedia - an incomplete article - and expand it to meet criteria for a "good article" status. This involves adding thorough, verifiable content about the topic, citing reliable sources, and following Wikipedia style guidelines. Students will then write an e-portfolio blog post discussing and linking to their edited Wikipedia article. The assignment aims to improve Wikipedia content while building students' writing and research skills.
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.
This document provides an overview of Wikipedia, including its purpose and strengths/limitations as an information source. Key points:
- Wikipedia is a free, online encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers and available in many languages. It has over 25 million articles.
- Strengths include up-to-date coverage, self-correction of errors, and breadth of topics. However, reliability is a concern due to its open editing structure.
- The document provides tips on evaluating Wikipedia articles by examining discussion tabs, edit histories, references, and article quality. The "best" articles are featured or marked as good.
Wikipedia - How Should Pharma go about editing?Gary Monk
This document discusses guidelines for pharmaceutical companies and their employees editing Wikipedia articles. It advises that individuals rather than companies should make edits, using their own user names. Editors must declare any conflicts of interest relating to their employer. They should not directly edit articles about their own organizations but rather work with the Wikipedia community by suggesting edits on talk pages and requesting that others make changes. The guidelines emphasize transparency, neutrality, and working collaboratively with other editors.
This document discusses several studies and expert opinions on the reliability of Wikipedia as a source of information. A 2005 study found that Wikipedia articles contained slightly more factual errors than Britannica articles, though both contained errors. Librarians found Wikipedia to have good coverage of current events but warned that sole reliance on it limits research. Academics noted Wikipedia can provide a good starting point but has inherent reliability issues due to potential bias and inaccuracies in cited sources. Conclusions drawn were that Wikipedia provides a good first approximation for topics but should not be the only source used in research.
This document provides an overview of Wikipedia, including its purpose, strengths, limitations, and how to evaluate Wikipedia articles. Wikipedia is a free, collaborative online encyclopedia written by volunteers. It has over 5 million articles in many languages. Strengths include timely coverage of current events and self-correction of errors. However, articles may contain unreliable information and be subject to editing wars or vandalism. The document reviews how to evaluate articles by examining the discussion history, references, and quality of writing. Featured articles represent the highest quality. In general, Wikipedia can provide a good starting point for research when articles are evaluated and sources verified.
This document provides instructions for a Wikipedia editing assignment. Students are asked to select a "stub" article on Wikipedia - an incomplete article - and expand it to meet criteria for a "good article" status. This involves adding thorough, verifiable content about the topic, citing reliable sources, and following Wikipedia style guidelines. Students will then write an e-portfolio blog post discussing and linking to their edited Wikipedia article. The assignment aims to improve Wikipedia content while building students' writing and research skills.
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.
Wikipedia is one of the top six most visited websites with over 500 million unique visitors per month. It contains over 35 million articles across 288 languages, with the largest being English. The site relies on volunteer contributors to write and edit articles according to core policies of neutral point of view, verifiability, and no original research. While most editing improves Wikipedia, conflicts of interest can undermine its goal of producing a neutral encyclopedia and are strongly discouraged.
Open Access Theses & Dissertations: Airing the Anxieties & Finding the FactsJill Cirasella
Writing a thesis or dissertation is hard, and now that most theses and dissertations are deposited and distributed electronically, graduating students face an additional complication: they must decide whether they want to make their dissertations immediately open access (OA), or, at universities that require OA, they must come to terms with the fact that their work will be OA. In this presentation, I survey and scrutinize the anxieties and myths surrounding OA theses and dissertations.
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
This document discusses Wikipedia and its role in medicine. It notes that Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites globally, containing over 4 million English articles. Though editor numbers have declined since 2007, automated processes and experienced editors help ensure accuracy. Medical articles receive around 200 million monthly views. While anyone can edit, safeguards like required citations and experienced editors help ensure quality. The goal is to provide free access to health information for all in their preferred language.
This document outlines the social media and digital archiving activities of Architecture_MPS, a research organization that publishes an open-access journal. It describes Architecture_MPS' participation in social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest to promote its journal articles, conferences, and other resources. The document also provides guidance to interns on social media best practices and analytics to measure engagement. It discusses challenges in utilizing social media and opportunities to expand the audience and conversation around architecture, media, politics and society.
Social Media and Architecture Journal ArchivesNoreen Whysel
This document outlines the social media and digital archiving activities of Architecture_MPS, a research organization that publishes an open-access journal. It describes Architecture_MPS' participation in social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest to promote its journal articles, conferences, and other resources. The document also provides guidance to interns on social media best practices and analytics for measuring the effectiveness of Architecture_MPS' social media campaigns.
Editing Expeditions & Explorers on Wikipedia: Tips & Tricks meghaninmotion
Tips, Tools, and Considerations for editing as we begin work on the Field Book Project material in our Expeditions & Editors Wikipedia Edit-a-thon; also best ways we can build a resilient relationship between GLAMs and Wikipedia. Visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Field_Notes for more details.
What is the internet?
What is a search engine?
What do search engines not search?
What if you are getting too many results?
What are filters?
What if the results are not relevant?
The Website-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named: Using Wikipedia to Teach Information Li...idatig
This document discusses using Wikipedia to teach information literacy skills in college classrooms. It begins by outlining why Wikipedia should be used, noting its popularity and ubiquity. Several classroom activities are described that use Wikipedia, such as evaluating the credibility of Wikipedia entries, identifying and following citations, and editing Wikipedia entries. The document concludes by listing additional resources for using Wikipedia in information literacy instruction and posing the question of whether Wikipedia represents "Wikiality".
The document discusses how to evaluate and appropriately use Wikipedia for research. It begins by outlining Wikipedia's strengths such as up-to-date information and external references, as well as weaknesses like potential inaccuracies. The document recommends using Wikipedia for topic development, keywords, and finding external sources. It provides tips for evaluating articles, such as checking the talk page for questions, the editing history for signs of vandalism, and references for credibility. Examples are given and students practice the evaluation techniques on sample article topics.
Watch out, it's behind you: publishers' tactics and the challenge they pose f...Danny Kingsley
This presentation to the libraries@cambridge conference held on the 7th January 2016 describes some of the more surprising activities academic publishers are engaged in and discusses the opportunities and threats these pose for the library community. Prepared and presented by Sally Rumsey Head of Scholarly Communications & RDM, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University and Dr Danny Kingsley Head of Scholarly Communication, Cambridge University Libraries.
Open Access: What it is and why it is required for scholarly community?Sukhdev Singh
Introduction to Open Access to scholarly literature. Problems with traditional academic publishing and impact of Internet. Definition of Open Access and models. Why Open Access is required for the scientific and scholarly community? What can bloggers do to support Open Access. Open Access status in India.
This document provides information on managing your online presence and social media as an academic. It discusses social media platforms like Twitter and using hashtags for conferences. It also covers representing yourself online through platforms like ResearchGate, Academia.edu, and LinkedIn. Additionally, it addresses maintaining your digital identity, privacy settings, and author's rights when posting work online. The document aims to help academics create and manage their professional online profiles and digital identities.
The document discusses digital humanities at UNC. It outlines six kinds of digital humanities work: digital pedagogy, online social networking, digital libraries and repositories, digital publishing, data visualization and digital mapping, and text mining and data analysis. It also discusses common values, funding sources, training opportunities, and campus resources available for digital humanities projects at UNC.
The document discusses the Shared Learning Collaborative, which aims to accelerate student achievement through personalized learning using shared data and content. It outlines plans to build implementations of standards in production-level shared data and content services, organize a coalition of states and districts to use these services, and attract education companies. Key elements include linking student data from different sources, developing learning maps and resources aligned to standards, and enabling applications from various providers.
Digital humanities project: visual analytic tool for human rights remembrance...Lu Xiao
This is a work-in-progress project in digital humanities. We have developed a visual analytic prototype to facilitate the analysis of curated video/audio interview testimonies about human rights. The curated data are stored in Stories Matter, an open source database developed by The Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) at Concordia University http://storytelling.concordia.ca/
Wikipedia is one of the top six most visited websites with over 500 million unique visitors per month. It contains over 35 million articles across 288 languages, with the largest being English. The site relies on volunteer contributors to write and edit articles according to core policies of neutral point of view, verifiability, and no original research. While most editing improves Wikipedia, conflicts of interest can undermine its goal of producing a neutral encyclopedia and are strongly discouraged.
Open Access Theses & Dissertations: Airing the Anxieties & Finding the FactsJill Cirasella
Writing a thesis or dissertation is hard, and now that most theses and dissertations are deposited and distributed electronically, graduating students face an additional complication: they must decide whether they want to make their dissertations immediately open access (OA), or, at universities that require OA, they must come to terms with the fact that their work will be OA. In this presentation, I survey and scrutinize the anxieties and myths surrounding OA theses and dissertations.
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
This document discusses Wikipedia and its role in medicine. It notes that Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites globally, containing over 4 million English articles. Though editor numbers have declined since 2007, automated processes and experienced editors help ensure accuracy. Medical articles receive around 200 million monthly views. While anyone can edit, safeguards like required citations and experienced editors help ensure quality. The goal is to provide free access to health information for all in their preferred language.
This document outlines the social media and digital archiving activities of Architecture_MPS, a research organization that publishes an open-access journal. It describes Architecture_MPS' participation in social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest to promote its journal articles, conferences, and other resources. The document also provides guidance to interns on social media best practices and analytics to measure engagement. It discusses challenges in utilizing social media and opportunities to expand the audience and conversation around architecture, media, politics and society.
Social Media and Architecture Journal ArchivesNoreen Whysel
This document outlines the social media and digital archiving activities of Architecture_MPS, a research organization that publishes an open-access journal. It describes Architecture_MPS' participation in social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest to promote its journal articles, conferences, and other resources. The document also provides guidance to interns on social media best practices and analytics for measuring the effectiveness of Architecture_MPS' social media campaigns.
Editing Expeditions & Explorers on Wikipedia: Tips & Tricks meghaninmotion
Tips, Tools, and Considerations for editing as we begin work on the Field Book Project material in our Expeditions & Editors Wikipedia Edit-a-thon; also best ways we can build a resilient relationship between GLAMs and Wikipedia. Visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Field_Notes for more details.
What is the internet?
What is a search engine?
What do search engines not search?
What if you are getting too many results?
What are filters?
What if the results are not relevant?
The Website-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named: Using Wikipedia to Teach Information Li...idatig
This document discusses using Wikipedia to teach information literacy skills in college classrooms. It begins by outlining why Wikipedia should be used, noting its popularity and ubiquity. Several classroom activities are described that use Wikipedia, such as evaluating the credibility of Wikipedia entries, identifying and following citations, and editing Wikipedia entries. The document concludes by listing additional resources for using Wikipedia in information literacy instruction and posing the question of whether Wikipedia represents "Wikiality".
The document discusses how to evaluate and appropriately use Wikipedia for research. It begins by outlining Wikipedia's strengths such as up-to-date information and external references, as well as weaknesses like potential inaccuracies. The document recommends using Wikipedia for topic development, keywords, and finding external sources. It provides tips for evaluating articles, such as checking the talk page for questions, the editing history for signs of vandalism, and references for credibility. Examples are given and students practice the evaluation techniques on sample article topics.
Watch out, it's behind you: publishers' tactics and the challenge they pose f...Danny Kingsley
This presentation to the libraries@cambridge conference held on the 7th January 2016 describes some of the more surprising activities academic publishers are engaged in and discusses the opportunities and threats these pose for the library community. Prepared and presented by Sally Rumsey Head of Scholarly Communications & RDM, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University and Dr Danny Kingsley Head of Scholarly Communication, Cambridge University Libraries.
Open Access: What it is and why it is required for scholarly community?Sukhdev Singh
Introduction to Open Access to scholarly literature. Problems with traditional academic publishing and impact of Internet. Definition of Open Access and models. Why Open Access is required for the scientific and scholarly community? What can bloggers do to support Open Access. Open Access status in India.
This document provides information on managing your online presence and social media as an academic. It discusses social media platforms like Twitter and using hashtags for conferences. It also covers representing yourself online through platforms like ResearchGate, Academia.edu, and LinkedIn. Additionally, it addresses maintaining your digital identity, privacy settings, and author's rights when posting work online. The document aims to help academics create and manage their professional online profiles and digital identities.
The document discusses digital humanities at UNC. It outlines six kinds of digital humanities work: digital pedagogy, online social networking, digital libraries and repositories, digital publishing, data visualization and digital mapping, and text mining and data analysis. It also discusses common values, funding sources, training opportunities, and campus resources available for digital humanities projects at UNC.
The document discusses the Shared Learning Collaborative, which aims to accelerate student achievement through personalized learning using shared data and content. It outlines plans to build implementations of standards in production-level shared data and content services, organize a coalition of states and districts to use these services, and attract education companies. Key elements include linking student data from different sources, developing learning maps and resources aligned to standards, and enabling applications from various providers.
Digital humanities project: visual analytic tool for human rights remembrance...Lu Xiao
This is a work-in-progress project in digital humanities. We have developed a visual analytic prototype to facilitate the analysis of curated video/audio interview testimonies about human rights. The curated data are stored in Stories Matter, an open source database developed by The Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) at Concordia University http://storytelling.concordia.ca/
An infographic is a visual representation of data or information that combines images and text to quickly convey insights and concepts. Infographics are effective for B2B marketing because they draw many views when shared on social media, allow complex ideas to be understood at a glance, and can generate leads. Topics for infographics can come from surveying sales and customer service staff about customer questions or from reviewing existing content. Visual content like infographics performs well on social media as images are processed faster than text and are more likely to be engaged with and shared. Popular platforms for sharing infographics include LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube.
What Web Applications can Learn from the HarpsichordElaine Wherry
Baroque harpsichordists excelled at taking simple melodies and creating elaborate, beautiful pieces of music. But in their desire to push the boundaries of experimentation, these keyboard virtuosi eventually ornamented the music beyond the limits of good taste, making the composer's original melody unrecognizable. Listen to enough Baroque music, and you'll ultimately decide, "This is ridiculous. I never want to hear another harpsichord!"
Something similar happens in Web design. With new technology comes a natural desire to experiment, challenging fundamental design rules to push the limits of web applications. As designers explore just how far they can go, there inevitably comes a breaking point, where you think, "This is ridiculous. I never want to see another rounded corner!"
In both cases, the lesson learned is that just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
Web application interaction design brings a wealth of creative freedom and makes it increasingly important to identify the functional rationale for UI choices rather than gut reactions like "this is the way users are accustomed to it" or "this just looks better." Elaine discusses how to approach web application design when, instead of one dominant voice, there's a multitude of web product and design philosophies.
This document discusses key issues around sharing and searching for open educational resources (OER) in Asia. It identifies the weakest link in OER repositories as poor metadata and outlines approaches to address this such as text mining algorithms that can read, learn from, and recommend metadata to improve search and discovery of resources. The document provides an overview of the OERScout tool which uses text mining of resource content and metadata to generate keyword mappings to strengthen metadata quality and enhance search.
Power Point as an illustrative tool squidinc.SquidInc.
I use Microsoft PowerPoint in a way most designers don't. I use it to create quick, memorable, highly individual stylized images. InDesign images can take days - I find PowerPoint much faster, more intuitive and therefore more creative. I hope you enjoy a taste of my designs
Rock Your Blog, End Anxiety and Double Your Blogging Productivity! Bonnie
This document discusses how a person's personality and talents do not need to change to accomplish more, and that who they are will only enhance their work. It introduces the concept of categorizing tasks into good, better and best to determine priorities and how to get things done. Focusing on this simple framework can help a person avoid being overwhelmed and instead focus on making progress.
The document proposes an app called EasyTO to make transportation around Turin more efficient and environmentally friendly. It would allow people to rent electric cars, bikes, and scooters to travel between locations, reducing traffic and pollution. Young people would prefer scooters and bikes while older people prefer electric cars. The app aims to save users money and time while providing discounts at local businesses to incentivize its use. A communication plan is outlined to promote the app's goal of convenient, green transportation across the city.
Las membranas fetales como el corión, amnios y saco vitelino se desarrollan a partir del cigoto inicial pero no forman parte del embrión o feto. El trofoblasto del corión desarrolla vellosidades que se conectan con los vasos sanguíneos maternos para formar la placenta, la cual tiene funciones como el metabolismo, transporte y producción de hormonas entre el feto y la madre. El cordón umbilical conecta al feto con la placenta transportando sangre. El amnios protege y nutre al feto
This document discusses issues related to metadata for audio preservation. It begins by defining metadata as "data about data" and describes the three broad categories of metadata: administrative, descriptive, and structural. The document outlines several problems with metadata standards for audio files, including a lack of uniform standards and incompatible software. It emphasizes that comprehensive metadata is important for long-term preservation of digital audio files and suggests planning for future integration and standardization to address current metadata challenges in the field.
El esqueleto humano está compuesto por 206 huesos y 250 articulaciones. Los huesos sirven para sostener los músculos, proteger los órganos internos y permitir el movimiento. Están formados principalmente por sales minerales de calcio depositadas en una matriz de tejido conectivo. Dentro de los huesos se encuentra la médula ósea roja, que produce células sanguíneas.
This document provides an overview of Wikimedia projects for schools. It discusses Wikimedia's mission to provide free access to knowledge and its projects like Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and Wikimedia Commons. It addresses common concerns about accuracy and reliability but notes studies have found Wikipedia to be comparable to traditional sources. The document provides tips for school projects involving contributing to Wikimedia sites and ends with contact information and additional resources.
This document discusses how to evaluate the credibility of Wikipedia articles. It provides the CARS method for evaluation, which stands for Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, and Support. Credibility can be evaluated by looking at whether articles have citations and were recently edited. Accuracy is suggested by recent edits and flags for articles needing improvement. Reasonableness is questioned if articles are flagged as biased. Support is indicated by other articles linking to it and viewing edit histories. Protected pages that require special permission to edit are also likely more credible.
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that can be edited by the public. It contains over 4.4 million articles in over 280 languages and had over 116 million visitors in September 2013, making it one of the most popular websites. Articles on Wikipedia contain text, pictures, references, and hyperlinks to other related articles to provide information on a wide range of topics. Users can also discuss and improve articles on talk pages.
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that can be edited by the public. It contains over 4.4 million articles in over 280 languages and had over 116 million visitors in September 2013, making it one of the most popular websites. Articles on Wikipedia contain text, pictures, references, and hyperlinks to other related articles to provide information on a wide range of topics. Users can also discuss and improve articles on talk pages.
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that can be edited by the public. It contains over 4.4 million articles in over 280 languages and had over 116 million visitors in September 2013, making it one of the most popular websites. Articles on Wikipedia contain text, pictures, references, and hyperlinks to other related articles to provide information on a wide range of topics. Users can also discuss and improve articles on talk pages.
Intro to Editing Wikipedia - Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-ThonSara Snyder
This document provides information about editing Wikipedia. It discusses how Wikipedia works as a free, community-created online encyclopedia. It notes that Wikipedia has over 4 million articles in 285 languages, far surpassing other encyclopedias. The document then outlines best practices for editing Wikipedia, such as using reliable sources, avoiding original research, and assuming good faith in discussions with other editors. It provides guidance on creating user accounts and pages, editing article structure and markup, adding references and images appropriately, and resolving conflicts of interest. The overall purpose is to introduce new editors to Wikipedia and encourage contributions that improve coverage of topics.
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.
Art of GLAM-wiki:The Basics of Sharing Cultural Knowledge on WikipediaSara Snyder
A hands-on workshop instructing library, archives, and museum professionals on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Presented at ARLIS 2013 on April 26, 2013.
This deck is a training presentation for the 2017 IA Summit session on editing wikipedia. The session was a working edit-a-thon and the deck was presented as a guide for attendees to access as needed. Slide 2 of this deck has links to the event dashboard and a list of diversity groups at Wikipedia. I also gave a talk at this conference on diversity and inclusion programs at Wikipedia and referenced a number of active user groups related to supporting diversity in Wikipedia. Attendees at the edit-a-thon were encouraged to either work on information architecture related content selected in the event dashboard, or a diversity project of their choice. Much of the content in this deck is from the Art + Feminism training guide.
A talk delivered to the NIH on 16 July 2009. A description of Wikipedia's articles (their structure and quality), its contributors and reasons why scientists and science educators&writers should contribute.
Presented by Samara Carter and Monique Clark at the 2013 Power Up Your Pedagogy Conference held at the Annandale campus of Northern Virginia Community College.
Beyond Academia: Teaching Life Skills with WikipediaEld presentation jun2016IrisLynne
This document discusses using Wikipedia in education to teach life skills and digital literacies. It provides examples of Wikipedia editing assignments for students, such as comparing articles on the same topic, evaluating article references, and adding images. Students who have done such assignments reported that it improved their research skills and gave them a new appreciation for Wikipedia editors. The document also briefly explains Wikipedia's five pillars and that anyone can be a producer rather than just a consumer of information on Wikipedia.
Adrianne Wadewitz Memoriad Wikipedia Edit a-thon slidesanitaconchita
This document summarizes the key points from a Wikipedia editing tutorial. It discusses Adrianne Wadewitz who advocated for more women to edit Wikipedia. It notes that currently only 13% of Wikipedia editors are women. The tutorial then covers Wikipedia's rules including writing from a neutral point of view, avoiding conflicts of interest, not including original research, using reliable sources, and not plagiarizing. It demonstrates how to edit pages, add citations, and improve existing articles or start new stub articles with at least three citations. The goal of the tutorial is to encourage participants to make bold edits to increase coverage of underrepresented topics on Wikipedia.
SLA Presentation - Institutional Partnerships with Wikipedia dorohoward
This document discusses ways that institutions can collaborate with Wikipedia. It provides an overview of why institutions contribute content, such as to increase access to information and support open access. Examples of institutional goals in engaging with Wikipedia include improving discoverability of resources and coverage of institutional history. The document also outlines Wikipedia's core content policies and provides suggestions for how institutions can participate, such as by developing articles, hosting editing events, and contributing images and metadata.
The document summarizes the Wikipedia editing process and community. It describes how Wikipedia is written and maintained by volunteers, discusses policies around editing conflicts and controversial issues, and encourages readers to make contributions by writing about their areas of expertise and improving existing articles through citations and organization.
Wikipedia, the encylopedia that anyone can edit, “can never work in theory, only in practice.” Accounting for one in every 200 page views on the Internet, it has become a part of our everyday lives. Wikipedia is changing the way we think about the economics of the web, the potential and the pitfalls of engaging the masses, and the role of professional information architects in a world in which content arrives from literally every direction.
In this session, we’ll explore the nuts-and-bolts of how the Wikipedia project works. Who writes Wikipedia, and why? How does the English Wikipedia maintain quality, consistent tagging, and coherent organization across over two million articles? What happens when contributors disagree? We will take a tour behind the scenes at Wikipedia to learn what happens when users are encouraged to - as they say on Wikipedia… “be bold.”
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A Visual Guide to 1 Samuel | A Tale of Two HeartsSteve Thomason
These slides walk through the story of 1 Samuel. Samuel is the last judge of Israel. The people reject God and want a king. Saul is anointed as the first king, but he is not a good king. David, the shepherd boy is anointed and Saul is envious of him. David shows honor while Saul continues to self destruct.
Walmart Business+ and Spark Good for Nonprofits.pdfTechSoup
"Learn about all the ways Walmart supports nonprofit organizations.
You will hear from Liz Willett, the Head of Nonprofits, and hear about what Walmart is doing to help nonprofits, including Walmart Business and Spark Good. Walmart Business+ is a new offer for nonprofits that offers discounts and also streamlines nonprofits order and expense tracking, saving time and money.
The webinar may also give some examples on how nonprofits can best leverage Walmart Business+.
The event will cover the following::
Walmart Business + (https://business.walmart.com/plus) is a new shopping experience for nonprofits, schools, and local business customers that connects an exclusive online shopping experience to stores. Benefits include free delivery and shipping, a 'Spend Analytics” feature, special discounts, deals and tax-exempt shopping.
Special TechSoup offer for a free 180 days membership, and up to $150 in discounts on eligible orders.
Spark Good (walmart.com/sparkgood) is a charitable platform that enables nonprofits to receive donations directly from customers and associates.
Answers about how you can do more with Walmart!"
This presentation was provided by Racquel Jemison, Ph.D., Christina MacLaughlin, Ph.D., and Paulomi Majumder. Ph.D., all of the American Chemical Society, for the second session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session Two: 'Expanding Pathways to Publishing Careers,' was held June 13, 2024.
This presentation was provided by Rebecca Benner, Ph.D., of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, for the second session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session Two: 'Expanding Pathways to Publishing Careers,' was held June 13, 2024.
Andreas Schleicher presents PISA 2022 Volume III - Creative Thinking - 18 Jun...EduSkills OECD
Andreas Schleicher, Director of Education and Skills at the OECD presents at the launch of PISA 2022 Volume III - Creative Minds, Creative Schools on 18 June 2024.
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
8. The Five Pillars of WikiPedia
-Wikipedia is an Encylopedia
-Wikipedia is written from a Neutral
point of view
9. The Five Pillars of WikiPedia
-Wikipedia is an Encylopedia
-Wikipedia is written from a Neutral
point of view
10. The Five Pillars of WikiPedia
-Wikipedia is an Encylopedia
-Wikipedia is written from a Neutral
point of view
-Wikipedia is free content that anyone
can use, edit, modify & distribute
11. The Five Pillars of WikiPedia
-Wikipedia is an Encylopedia
-Wikipedia is written from a Neutral
point of view
-Wikipedia is free content that anyone
can use, edit, modify & distribute
-Editors should treat each other with
respect and civility
12. The Five Pillars of WikiPedia
-Wikipedia is an Encylopedia
-Wikipedia is written from a Neutral
point of view
-Wikipedia is free content that anyone
can use, edit, modify & distribute
-Editors should treat each other with
respect and civility
-Wikipedia does not have firm rules
16. Wikipedia – GLAM Partnerships
• Meeting informational needs
• Building new or “unintended” audiences
• Find additional information relevant to your
collections and build partnerships
• Facilitating deeper levels of engagement
17. Getting Involved
• Wikipedia Meetups
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup
• Wikipedia Chapters
http://bit.ly/1l2e7AM
• Wikipedia & Libraries List serv
– libraries@lists.wikimedia.org
19. Using
Wikipedia
for GLAM
Part II:
Mary Mark Ockerbloom,
Wikipedian in Residence,
Chemical Heritage Foundation
MOckerbloom@chemheritage.org @MMOckerbloom
20. The mission of the Wikimedia
Foundation is … to collect and develop
educational content … and to
disseminate it effectively and globally.
Chemical Heritage Foundation is a library,
museum and archive. Our vision is to collect,
study and communicate human stories
about the sciences and technologies that
shape material culture.
www.chemheritage.org
21. The Goal
To improve the quality of articles on Wikipedia
by sharing Chemical Heritage Foundation resources
“People see maybe 1% of what we have”
books, artworks, artifacts, papers, photographs, oral history
events, awards, media (videos, magazine &website)
22. What Do I Do?
Image release on Wikimedia Commons:
People (Events)
Rare books (Alchemy)
Artworks, Artifacts, Other
Editing of articles on Wikipedia:
Adding images and video, improving citations, writing
Creating new articles (often for special events)
Outreach:
GLAM Café
Art And Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
32. For Each Image, An Editable Page
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different shades of green, red, white, and amber; some have brass fasteners.
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[[Category:Images from the Chemical Heritage Foundation]]
[[Category:Bakelite]]
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35. Save the Date: March 11, 2014
The second Tuesday of each month, 5-8 p.m.
315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
36. Using
Wikipedia
for GLAM
Part III:
HANDS ON
Mary Mark Ockerbloom,
Wikipedian in Residence,
Chemical Heritage Foundation
MOckerbloom@chemheritage.org
@MMOckerbloom
38. Best Practices
– Present a neutral point of view in an impartial voice. You are
writing an encyclopedia, not a press release or journal article.
– Accuracy and verifiability: Reference known facts using
verifiable sources and fact-check references for accuracy.
– Avoid Conflict of Interest: Editing articles about yourself, or an
organization or person for whom you work, is a potential
conflict of interest. Simple factual changes (maybe); more
substantive changes (propose first on talk page)
– Transparency: Disclose your affiliation to any organization for
whom you work on your user page.
This summary has been adapted from NARA (National Archives
and Records Administration)’s Guidelines.
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/National_Archive
s_and_Records_Administration/Guidelines
40. Searching
• Wikipedia tries to be as
helpful as possible
• It assumes you want
content
• It takes you straight to a
page if you match its title
• You see more alternatives if
you don’t exactly match the
title of a target page
41. To Find Pages Which Mention a Topic
Search “Content pages”
47. Create Your User Page
While logged in, click on your name to go to your user page. Say yes if it asks
you to start or create the user page.
48. This is Your User Page
•
•
•
•
Your user page “belongs” to you
All other pages are communal
All pages in Wikipedia are editable
It’s impolite to edit someone else’s user page
63. A Good Article Should:
•
•
•
•
Be neutral in tone
Be a reasonable length
Be well organized and readable
Include inline citations supporting all
information, for the article’s {{reflist}}
• Link to other relevant topics on Wikipedia
• Be linked to by other relevant topics on Wikipedia
• Contain relevant images when possible
64. Tips for Creating New Articles
• Start in your Sandbox
• Create an article of some length – don’t stop
at three sentences
• The ‘lead’ or first paragraph must establish the
significance of the topic of the article – why
should this person/thing be in an
encyclopedia
• If robots or people leave messages, ask
yourself “How can I improve my article?”
65. Exploring and Asking for Help
• If you like what someone has done on a page, click edit on the page
to see how they did it
• Read the talk page of an article to assess the integrity of the
content and past questions or concerns.
• Ask for advice on Project talk pages (e.g. Chemistry) if you have a
concern about something you want to write
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Beginner's_guide_to
_Wikipedia
• Search on both Content and Help and Project pages
• Explore the Help item on the sidebar and its decision tree
• Go to the Teahouse “A friendly place to ask questions”
• Add a {{helpme}} template to your talk page with an outline of your
question to attract a volunteer
66. Q&A
Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Wikipedian in Residence,
Chemical Heritage Foundation
MOckerbloom@chemheritage.org @MMOckerbloom
Tracy H. Jentzsch
Staff Assistant, University of Delaware Museum Studies Program
jentzsch@udel.edu @Tracy_Jentzsch
Final Resource:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing
Editor's Notes
I will give a brief introduction of what Wikipedia is and is not. Mary Mark Okerbloom who is the Wikipedian in residence for the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, will discuss Wikipedia more in depth, and then Mary will lead us in a brief hands on intro-to-editing Wikipedia Some of you will walk away from this session with a better understanding of what Wikipedia is; some will be ready to upload or edit their first articles. With a quick show of hands, how many of you here have already edited a Wikipedia article? Hopefully after this session all of you will understand Wikipedia’s relevance and importance to Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums.
Wiki is the Hawaiian word for Quick. A wikii is a special kind of website which allows people to quickly collaborate online. Wikipedia is just one of the many Wikis online - so you can think of Wikipedia as the Wiki Encyclopedia Other examples of Wikis include: Choral Public Domain Wiki – used to maintain a free library of typeset musical scores, and Museum’s Wiki, which is set up for use by Cultural Heritage organizations. Wikipedia is now the one of the first places people go on the internet to do any sort of research or to look up a word. It is the world’s largest web-based, free-content encyclopedia project It is based on openly editable model and it is supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. The articles that appear on Wikipedia are written collaboratively by largely anonymous internet volunteers. At the end of 2013, they were approaching 4.5 MILLION articles! Who writes the articles? Anyone can! When you create or edit a Wikipedia article, you become a Wikipedian or an Editor!
So lets talk for a moment about what a tremendous resource Wikipedia is. Does anyone want to take a guess at where Wikipedia falls in the top 20 most popular website? #1 – Google, with 1.1 BILLION unique monthly visitors, Let’s make sure you understand that is UNIQUE visitors, not repeat visitors. #2 Youtube with 1 Billion unique monthly visitors #3 Facebook with 900 Million unique monthly visitors, #4 Yahoo with 500 million UMV #5 Amazon with 500 million UMV and finally -
Wikipedia with over 475 Million Unique Monthly Visitors (according to EBiz) for Feb. 2014 So you can see, that is a lot of internet traffic and visibility for your organization and for your collections. How many of you can even count a fraction of that number in monthly visitation, either virtual or physical visits?
Let’s take a moment to distinguish between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, Wikimedia commons and GLAM Wiki. So we know that Wikipedia is our online encyclopedia. Wikimedia is a 501 Charitable foundation based in San Francisco CA – dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual, educational content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, a top-ten internet property. Wikimedia Commons is a media repository that is created and maintained by volunteers. Its name, "Wikimedia Commons," is derived from that of the umbrella project "Wikimedia," which manages all Wikimedia projects, and from the plural noun "commons," as its contents are shared across all Wikimedia projects. It provides a central repository for freely licensed photographs, diagrams, animations, music, spoken text, video clips, and media of all sorts that are useful for any Wikimedia project.
The GLAM-WIKI project supports GLAMs and other institutions who want to work with Wikimedia to produce open-access, freely-reusable content for the public. GLAM Wiki is an initiative that supports Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums" with Wikipedia; this also includes botanic and zoological gardens – It helps cultural institutions share their resources with the world through collaborative projects with experienced Wikipedia editors.
Let’s talk about the Five Pillars of Wikipedia – the principals that it is based on, which should help you better understand what Wikipedia IS and IS NOT: Wikipedia combines many features of general and specialized encyclopedias, and almanacs. Wikipedia is not a soapbox, an advertising platform, a vanity press, an experiment in anarchy or democracy, an indiscriminate collection of information, or a web directory. It is not a dictionary, a newspaper, or a collection of source documents, although some of its fellow Wikimedia projects are.
Wikipedia strives for articles that document and explain the major points of view, giving due weight with respect to their prominence in an impartial tone. Wikipedia avoids advocacy and characterizes information and issues rather than debate them. In some areas there may be just one well-recognized point of view; in others, Wikipedia describe multiple points of view, presenting each accurately and in context rather than as "the truth" or "the best view". All articles must strive for verifiable accuracy, citing reliable, authoritative sources, especially when the topic is controversial or is on living person. Editors' personal experiences, interpretations, or opinions do not belong. If another editor challenges the neutrality of your article, Wikipedia will publish a dispute, like this:
Here is an example of a Neutrality dispute:The Wikipedia page for the State Corporation Commission includes a note explaining the neutrality of the article is disputed. That's because an official from the commission formally objected to changes to the page describing the agency's deliberations as secret. The Warning reads: The neutrality of this section is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved.
Since all editors freely license their work to the public, no editor owns an article and any contributions can and will be mercilessly edited and redistributed.Respect copyright laws, and do not plagiarize sources. Non-free content is allowed under fair use, but strive to find free alternatives to any media or content that you wish to add to Wikipedia. Since all your contributions are freely licensed to the public, no editor owns any article; all of your contributions can and will be mercilessly edited and redistributed.
You will be working with many people, probably non of whom you already know. Respect your fellow Wikipedians, even when you disagree. Apply Wikipedia etiquette, and don't engage in personal attacks. Seek consensus, avoid edit wars, and never disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Act in good faith, and assume good faith on the part of others. Be open and welcoming to newcomers. If a conflict arises, discuss it calmly on the nearest talk pages, follow dispute resolution,
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. Be bold but not reckless in updating articles, and do not agonize about making mistakes. Every past version of a page is saved, so any mistakes can be easily corrected.
The Wikipedia page contains the Article, Discussion(or TALK), Edit and HistoryThe info you read about a subject is on the Article page(or ABOUT), viewable by anyone. It should include references to publish resources, such as websites, books, newspapers and articles in journals. This can NOT include original research. This is KEY- Wikipedia gathers information from sources published elsewhere.
The Discussion (or TALK) tab is where you can find discussion or debate about the topic. This is where authors can leave notes to one another about changes they have made to an article, or questions they may have. This is one place where you can express your personal opinions.
The History Tab lists every change that has been made to the article. This includes dates, and the user name or IP address of who made the changes. For example on this page we can see that the article was created in August 2009, and edited in Dec 2010 by user DThomsen8, as part of a WikiProject Maryland. These changes can be made by the more then over 132,000 editors. Higher level changes can be made by the 1,415 administrators. An administrator can do things such as flag pages with poor quality content, or delete a page altogether.
So the big question you might be asking? Why should GLAMS partner with Wikipedia? Wikipedia might be the first source of information that people seek to discover your institution or collection. Wouldn't you like to have input into what is being said about your organization?If your information is out there and freely sharable, you will be bringing that information to new and often unintended audiences. How wonderful for someone who is using Wikipedia to get information on The Great Blizzard of 1888 to be able to access information (and maybe images) on the Lewes LifeSaving Station and be directed to the Lewes Historical Society and discover their Maritime Tours?In searching and creating articles in Wikipedia, it’s quite possible you will locate other institutions or collections similar in scope or complimentary in scope. It is an opportunity for museum professionals and librarians to engage with one another. What a great way for new collaborations to begin! There is a Wikipedia article on New Castle, Delaware on which there is a link to the Amstel House. If you follow that to the Wikipedia article on the Amstel House, you will discover information on 16-18th century Dutch decorative arts. New Castle Historical could easily partner with an institution such as The Getty to reference a digitized book in the Getty’s collection on Art in History/History in Art: Studies in Seventeenth-Century Dutch CultureEdited by David Freedberg and Jan de Vries, to not only include in the reference, but possible to have a librarian from the institute edit your article.When you post an article and and someone reads your article, you facilitate a deeper level of engagement with the learner as you provide further resources and content. You have the ability in Wikipedia to add links and various forms of content, such as images and video. This makes for a more content rich first experience with your institution, archive or collection.
Wikipedia Meetups are face to face gatherings of Wikipedians that can take place anywhere. If you follow the link on Wikipedia to the Wikipedia:Meetup page, it lists meetups by city, which anyone is free to join. A great way to learn more about Wikipedia, and get your questions answered by a real person. They also do edit-a-thons on particular topics, which I know Mary is going to touch on.Wikipedia Chapters The Wikipedia & Libraries list serv is a discussion list about collaborations between the world's libraries and the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia, and its sister projects. This is a space for a free exchange of ideas and advice between librarians, library technologists, archivists and Wikimedians.
Wikipedia Loves Libraries is a general initiative, begun in 2011, for improved Wikimedia engagement with libraries and archives, and more concretely an annual campaign of wiki-workshops and edit-a-thons at libraries, around Open Access Week in October/November. Open Access Week is a scholarly communication event which focuses on open access. Organizations large and small, from the Smithsonian to the MultomahCounty Library ( invite the public in to mine their resources, create and edit Wikipedia articles and share them on the web, exposing less recognizable names, artists and objects and giving them quality representation on Wikipedia.
My name is Mary Mark Ockerbloom, and I’m a Wikipedian in Residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. My position was created by Jeff Guin under the GLAM initiative, which connects people with knowledge of Wikipedia, and people with content knowledge from Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. My position is mutually mission driven: both Wikipedia and the Chemical Heritage Foundation want to share information about the history of science & technology.
A nice example where all of these came together was the ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, February 1, 2014.
This is the reference list for Andrea Polli. In everything that we’re doing here, we’re striving for Quality, Accuracy & Integrity.
After the Art And Feminism event, I did some followup on Wikipedia. I proposed the new Andrea Polli page for a feature called “Did You Know” on the Wikipedia main page. A new article has to be nominated within 5 days of its creation.
ForAda Lovelace Day, last fall, I also created an article and nominated it as a DYK. The suggestion for this article came from archivist Andy Mangravite who knew of Sibyl Rock from his collections.
Context is essential to meaning, and good metadata is essential to preserving context.
One of the things that GLAM institutions – Galleries, libraries, archives and museums – care about is context.
It’s possible to create descriptive metadata on Wikipedia that captures the information that matters to GLAM institutions, but it takes some extra work.
Metadata is only part of the Important information that has to be recorded to release an image; you also need accurate licensing information describing the copyrights that may be involved.
Underlying each image on Wikimedia Commons is an editable page for metadata and licensing information.
One of the things I’m doing at the Chemical Heritage Foundation is developing canonical examples of images with differing metadata and copyright conditions.
The templates on Wikipedia weren’t really designed with archives in mind, so they aren’t always an ideal fit.
That’s a quick introduction to some of the things that I’m doing at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. If you’re from the Philadelphia area and you want to find out more, one of our outreach activities is the GLAM Café, held the second Tuesday of every month… next is March 11 at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Everybody is welcome.
The first thing I’m going to do is to refer you to some useful online resources for learning about Wikipedia editing. These training guides were designed with students in mind, but there’s good information there, and Training/For Students is organized into a list of individual topics, so you can pick the topic that’s most useful to you at the time. Another really good way to learn about editing is to look at the structure of good pages, and model what they’ve done.
GLAM: Galleries, Libraries, Archives and MuseumsWikipedia:GLAM/National Archives and Records Administration/Guidelineshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration/Guidelines
Look at the upper right corner of your browser window. GET PEOPLE IN GROUPSDo you see the “Create account” and “Log in” links? If you already have a Wikipedia account, click “Log in” and log yourself in. Otherwise, click “Create account”.
How many people here have searched for something on Wikipedia?Wikipedia is large and interconnected, so finding things is an important skill. Try typing “clear toy candy” into the search box and press Search (look down the side bar, or at the upper right corner of the page, for Search boxes)
The default search for “Othmer Medal” doesn’t match any titles, so Wikipedia takes you to a more detailed Search page with possible links that might match my content search. You can also get to the search page by clicking “Search” or “Go” on an empty search string.
The search gives you more opportunities for searching than just content! Click on “Multimedia” and you’ll see a list of available images.
Click on the “Help and Project pages” link and you’ll get a different set of results.
Look at the upper right corner of your browser window.Do you see the “Create account” and “Log in” links? If you already have a Wikipedia account, click “Log in” and log yourself in. Otherwise, click “Create account”.
Go ahead and create an account.Pages that you see may differ somewhat from the slides I show: Wikipedia is constantly being edited. Speak up or ask questions if something is confusing!
Any time you want to log in, just find the “Log In” box (usually near the top right) and enter your name and password.
Click on the edit this page tab of your user page.
In the open area with the inner scroll bar, type in something describing your job: e.g. “I am a Wikipedian in Residence at the [[Chemical Heritage Foundation]].” Scroll down the Outer Scroll bar and click Save page at the bottom left of the window.
Congratulations! You’ve just created your first page and made your first edit to Wikipedia! Every page in Wikipedia is an editable page.
Text on the page that is highlighted in blue indicates a link to another Wikipedia page. Internal links make Wikipedia useful; they’re how people find one topic from another. The first occurrence of a significant term on a page is often linked.
Each user has a personal area for trying out edits, called a “Sandbox”. Click on “Sandbox” to the right of your name. You create and save the sandbox the same way you created your User page. As I demonstrate different types of edits, you are free to test out the sorts of changes I’m making by doing something similar in your “Sandbox”.
Whether you’re editing a user page, your sandbox, or an article, the first thing you have to do is invoke the editor. There are two ways to do this: the effect will be slightly different.The first choice edits the entire page; the second edits only a single section. If your edit involves adding inline citations, you may be better off editing the entire page. Then you’ll see all the areas affected when you preview.
First put your cursor at the spot in your text where you want a citation to appear.Then Click Cite (if you don’t see the Template pulldown), click on the template pulldown, and choose BOOK.
If you are citing a book and you know the ISBN, enter it and click the nearby market. It will fill in the rest of the description. If you don’t have the ISBN, you can fill in the fields by hand, or using cut and paste from another window. If you give the reference a name, you can reference it more than once later on.
With these three skills you can write a Wikipedia page. 1. write some text 2. Add some links 3. Reference your information.
Every edit you save is listed in the Contributions, which is a public record of what you’ve done on Wikipedia. This is useful if you’re trying to find an article you were working on.
One of the best ways to learn is to find a page that does something well, and click on the “edit this page” tab to see what they’ve done and how they’ve done it. Structure: infobox, picture, contents, lead : the lead is extremely important.
One of the simplest ways to learn on Wikipedia is to see what others are doing. You can also ask others when you want help or information.