Talks 9. Wikipedia and Libraries

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2013-06

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“Wikipedia and Libraries: a Special Relationship”: Wikipedia can be a highly influential source of information, and if libraries (and their unique holdings) were a part of Wikipedia, they would receive increased attention. Less publicized is Wikimedia’s GLAM-Wiki initiative. GLAM (an acronym for Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) is comprised of people whose purpose is to share their organizations’ cultural resources with the world through high-impact collaborations with experienced Wikipedia editors. A panel of four speakers who have engaged with Wikipedia or GLAM-Wiki will offer different viewpoints on how a variety of libraries, archives and similar organizations can collaborate with Wikipedia.

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Moderator: Hjordis Halvorson, Vice President for Library Services, Newberry Library; Speakers: Bob Kosovsky, New York Public Library; Ryan Cartwright, MNopedia Associate Project Editor, Minnesota Historical Society; János McGhie, St. Paul Public Library; Merrilee Proffit, OCLC Research

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2013 RBMS Preconference, Talks

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http://hdl.handle.net/11213/20512

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2013 Conference