GLAMTLV2018/Submissions/Why before how: Program design strategies to strengthen ties between Wikipedia and libraries
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- Submission no. 80
- Title of the submission
- Why before how: Program design strategies to strengthen ties between Wikipedia and libraries
- Author(s) of the submission
Monika Sengul-Jones (User:Monikasj) with Merrilee Proffitt (User: Merrilee) Silvia Gutiérrez De la Torre (User: Silva Selva) Aidee Murrieta Vargas (User:Aidee_MV) Orly Simon (User:orlysi) Liora Halperin (user: liorahalperin) Saima Qutab (User: Raafey Ullah Jaan)
- E-mail address
jones.monika
gmail.com
- Country of origin
- USA, Mexico, Israel, Pakistan
- Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
OCLC, UC San Diego, El Colegio de México, David Yellin College for Education, University of Auckland
- Type of session
Panel
- Length of session
30 minutes
- Ideal number of attendees
No limit
- Abstract
Meet librarians where they are, this panel is about an approach to Wikipedia outreach to libraries that foregrounds, first, ways to answer the question of "why Wikipedia," then to give guidance and instruction on the cultural and technical skills needed to engage. The panel will be a conversation about Wikimedia program design strategies that have been undertaken in, and for, libraries in Israel, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the United States. Presenters will share their approaches, learnings and adaption ideas undertaken to establish (and strengthen) meaningful connections between libraries and Wikimedia projects for different audiences. The proposed format is a sixty-minute session consisting of four ten-minute presentations. After the presentations, a respondent (TBD) will frame connections between panelists, pose questions, and facilitate questions from the audience.
The panel is focused on libraries, but the spirit of this approach will be valuable for outreach and educational trainers working with institutional partners more generally, particularly those interested in developing an educational program design strategy that is centered on the needs of the learners/newcomers and helping them develop human-to-human connections and ties with Wikimedia.
Why we need academic librarians on board and what we have learned from the First Wikipedian in Residence in an Academic Library in Latin America Experience at El Colegio de México (Colmex)
Presenters:
- Silvia Gutiérrez De la Torre, Digital Humanities Librarian of the Daniel Cosío Villegas Library at El Colegio de México (User: Silva Selva)
- Aidee Murrieta Vargas, MLIS, Wikipedian in Residence in Daniel Cosío Villegas Library at El Colegio de México (User:Aidee_MV)
Wikipedia in the professional toolkit of library school students: Learnings and opportunities from adapting the OCLC Wikipedia + Libraries course into the MLS class “Digital content in cultural heritage institutions” at David Yellin College for Education in Israel
- Orly Simon, Head of Public Services Division - The National Library of Israel, Lecturer, David Yellin College for Education (User:orlysi) and
- Liora Halperin, MLIS student and research assistant in Librarianship and Information Systems at the David Yellin College in Jerusalem (user: liorahalperin)
The ripple effects: Perspectives from one librarian sharing Wikipedia insights with library colleagues in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
- Saima Qutab, PhD Student, University of Auckland, New Zealand; former Lecturer of Library Science, Liasion Librarian for the Health and Medical Science Colleges for Females, Deanship of Library Affairs, Imam Abdulrahman Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia (User: Raafey Ullah Jaan)
Wikipedia and Libraries: Better Together A discussion of the OCLC Wikipedia + Libraries course approach, the release of the curriculum for adaption, and the learnings from the project
- Monika Sengul-Jones, OCLC Wikipedian-in-Residence and PhC UC San Diego (User:Monikasj) and
- Merrilee Proffitt, OCLC Senior Program Manager (user:Merrilee)
- What will attendees take away from this session?
Attendees will take away insight including (but not limited to):
- How to adapt and tailor library outreach materials (as Orly put it: "How to use the plans for the house -- with your own furniture")
- Addressing the challenges of translating article content from one language to another given different socio-political situations and Wiki-cultural norms
- Practical examples of Wikipedia-related programming and education ideas for libraries that can be adapted or reacted to
- Deeper dive into what makes Wikipedia useful for information literacy and evaluation in Israeli, U.S. Mexican and Pakistani/Saudi contexts;
- Gain insight into the various distinctions between library types and library education programs (publics, special collections, research university, state/national, and library schools and professional education) in various settings
- Insight into the hearts and minds of library and information professionals
- Program evaluation samples and caveats
- Slides or further information
Slides to come
- Special requests
Projector and screen
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