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For almost fourteen years, Wikipedia has stirred strong emotions among librarians and educators - both pro and con. Regardless of any controversy students, patrons, and - yes - librarians are using Wikipedia, and it remains steadfastly in the top ten most-visited sites on the Internet. If patrons are going to be using Wikipedia, it is in librarians' interest to understand both its strengths and weaknesses and be able to communicate these to local patrons, students, and educators. This presentation will address these concerns and also look at how librarians can use the online encyclopedia to share their expertise and highlight their local resources. Presented at the Ohio Library Council
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Working with Wikipedia Leveragingthe Online
Encyclopediato Serve
Your Patrons(and the World)
OLC Convention & Expo 2014 - Columbus, Ohiopresented by Don Boozer
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Ya know, if we all worked together and added great content to Wikipedia, we could...
What is Wikipedia?
+ 277 others!
How much stuff is actually on Wikipedia?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_of_Wikipedia
Who adds all that to Wikipedia?
https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaZZ.htm#editor_activity_levels
http://listen.hatnote.com/
Peter Steiner.The New Yorker, July 5, 1993 issue (Vol.69, no. 20) page 61
Okay, so what does this have to do with us?
Wikipedia: #6World1. Google.com2. Facebook.com3. Youtube.com4. Yahoo.com5. Baidu.com6. Wikipedia.org7. Amazon.com8. Twitter.com9. Linkedin.com10.Qq.com
US1. Google.com2. Facebook.com3. Yahoo.com4. Youtube.com5. Amazon.com6. Wikipedia.org7. Linkedin.com8. Ebay.com9. Twitter.com10.Bing.com
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http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesPageViewsMonthlyMobile.htm
Oh my!
http://stats.grok.se/
60% of visitors are using the English version of Wikipedia
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikipedia.org
49% of visitors are coming from search engines
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikipedia.org
No CollegeSome College
Graduate SchoolCollege
Wikipedia Visitors: Demographics
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikipedia.org
As of September 2014, the size of just the English Wikipedia (without images) in print volumes…
2,037 volumeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_in_volumeshttp://what-if.xkcd.com/59/
Wikipedia is a monster!
http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/01/godzilla-roars-onto-criterion-blu-ray
Can we peacefully co-exist with the monster?
http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/File:SOG_-_Minilla_Sits_On_Top_of_Godzilla.jpg
Yes!
http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/File:SOG_-_Minilla_Sits_On_Top_of_Godzilla.jpg
Who is contributing to
Wikipedia?
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedian_librarians
The British Library
The British Library
National Archives
“The 4,000 Wikipedia articles featuring our records received more than one billion page views in Fiscal Year 2013.”
~ Open Government Plan 2014-2016
National Archives
“In 2013, we welcomed a full-time employee devoted to engaging the Wikipedia community.”
~ Open Government Plan 2014-2016
Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
“We see Wikipedia as a natural extension of one of our primary missions, which is to make our collections known and available to readers and researchers who can use them. By adding links in Wikipedia, we are helping ensure our material is discovered by a wide audience..., which is exactly what most libraries – and digital collections in general – strive to do.”
~ William BlueherSr. Library AssociateHead of Outreach for Digital Collections
Linked-in
Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Over the last 30 days, we have had 14,898 visits to the Digital Collections. Over the same period a year ago, we only had 4,928 visits… Of the 14,898… 57% were referred by Wikipedia, whereas a year ago, only 31% came from Wikipedia. As we’ve put more into Wikipedia, it has referred more back out to us.”
~ William BlueherSr. Library AssociateHead of Outreach for Digital Collections
Linked-in
Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Wikipedia [is] a natural extension… one of our primary missions… to make our collections known and available to readers and researchers”
“As we’ve put more into Wikipedia, it has referred more back out to us.”
~ William BlueherSr. Library AssociateHead of Outreach for Digital Collections
Linked-in
Free Access for Wikipedians!
JSTORBritish Newspaper ArchiveOxford University Pressand others...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries
Queens Borough Public Library
One of our primary missions [is] to make our collections known and available to readers and researchers.
We want people to use our stuff!
“As we’ve put more into Wikipedia, it has referred more back out to us.”
We want to generate stats!
One of our primary missions [is] to make our collections known and available to readers and researchers.
We want people to use our stuff!
“As we’ve put more into Wikipedia, it has referred more back out to us.”
We want to generate stats!
“One of our primary missions [is] to make our collections known and available to readers and researchers.”
We want people to use our stuff!
“As we’ve put more into Wikipedia, it has referred more back out to us.”
We want to generate stats!
One of our primary missions [is] to make our collections known and available to readers and researchers.
We want people to use our stuff!
“As we’ve put more into Wikipedia, it has referred more back out to us.”
We want to generate stats!
“Wise selfish people think of others, help others as much as they can, and the result is that they too receive benefit.”
Okay, but wherewould we start?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure
I’m in. What do I do?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure
SEMI-PROTECT THE CONSTITUTIONhttp://xkcd.com/285/
Slides available athttp://www.slideshare.net/donboozer
Handout available athttp://tinyurl.com/wikipedia-olc14
Working with Wikipedia:Leveraging the Online Encyclopedia to Serve Your Patrons (and the World)
Slides available at http://www.slideshare.net/donboozer
Handout available athttp://tinyurl.com/wikipedia-olc14
Email [email protected]
Thank you! Questions?
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