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Scottish Libraries, Hidden Gems, & a Wikimedian in ResidenceCILIPS Autumn GatheringThursday 26th OctoberDr Sara [email protected]@scottishlibraries.org
Open knowledge & working with Wikimedia for digital inclusion, literacy & learning.
What is Wikimedia?
Photographs by JarrahTree...commons.wikimedia.org [CC BY 2.5 au]
What’s a Wikimedian in Residence?
What does a Wikimedian in Residence do? (ANSWER: It Depends)
Some of my fellow residents...
Jason Evans at the National
Library of Walesimage by Llywelyn2000 CC BY-SA 4.0
Ewan McAndrew
at the University
of EdinburghImage by @emcandre
Dr Susan Ross at the
National Library of
ScotlandImage by NLS
Martin Poulter at
the University of
OxfordImage by University of Oxford
Resident at Glasgow Museums & Museums Galleries ScotlandJan 2015 - June 2016
Where our strategic goals coincide
Widening access to knowledge
Culture & creativity
Digital inclusion
Reading, literacy & learning
Education & learning
“Establish public libraries as quality content creators in the digital sphere, and to provide open access to freely usable content about Scottish culture, derived from our rich library collections.”
Why Wikimedia?
“Wikipedia is the single greatest Open Education resource the world has
ever seen”Jim Groom, Instructional technologist, speaking at #OER16
Wikipedia is not a social network
Wikipedia is more accurate than you think
Wikimedia has a global reach
Hidden Gems Editathon6th October
Library services & partner organisations in local areas invited to lend good quality sources
What happened?
● Articles created● Articles improved● Articles with minor improvements● Partnership with local library &
heritage connections
2 new articles
- The Govan Stones (205 views since creation)
- Kennetpans Distillery (103 views)
- (Campbeltown Picture House in draft)
5 improved
- East Wemyss
- John Roebuck
- Kinneil House
- The Howff
- Dalziel House
13 with minor improvements
The Catalonian Example
Wiki-enabled libraries in Catalonia
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/Catalonia%27s_Network_of_Public_Libraries
By Davidpar (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0] By Crispica (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0]
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