Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together

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Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together

by: OCLC WebJunction

Publication date: 2018
Usage: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Topics: Wikimedia,Wikipedia,Beginners,Courses,Libraries,Wikipedia literacy
Publisher: OCLC WebJunction
Collection: opensource
Language: English
Item Size: 37.8M

This training curriculum will help you confidently begin to use, edit, and teach Wikipedia at your library. These materials were created duringOCLC's Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together project to strengthen ties between US public libraries and English-language Wikipedia. The project ran from December 2016 through May 2018 and was funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Wikimedia Foundation, and OCLC.

Download all training materials, which includes thecurriculum (7Z 107.0 KB) courseslides (7Z 34.9 MB),handouts (7Z 2.7 MB) and reading lists.

The materials are the product of research and expertise marshaled to design, deliver, and evaluate OCLC/WebJunction's nine-week Wikipedia online course for US public library staff. Participants learned to:

build a deeper understanding of Wikipedia
gain proficiency in evaluation and editing
develop a plan to implement Wikipedia programming in their libraries
amplify the role of libraries as information literacy leaders in their communities.

Item image credits:Green Box Better Together byMonikasj onWikimedia Commons released underCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

Addeddate: 2018-08-22 12:18:44
Identifier: 2018WikipediaLibrariesBetterTogether
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Year: 2018