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Leveraging Wikipedia: Connecting Communities of Knowledge

Leveraging Wikipedia: Connecting Communities of Knowledge

Proffitt, Merrilee

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Dictionaries & EncyclopediasGeneral Reference

ISBN10: 0838916325
ISBN13: 9780838916322
Publisher: ALA Editions
Published: Apr 2 2018
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The vision statement of the Wikimedia Foundation states, Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Libraries need not see Wikipedia as competition; rather, failing to leverage its omnipresence in the online world constitutes a missed opportunity. As a senior program officer at OCLC, Proffitt has encouraged collaboration between Wikipedia and cultural heritage institutions, leading to increased visibility and user engagement at participating organizations. Here, she brings onboard a raft of contributors from the worlds of academia, archives, libraries, and members of the volunteer Wikipedia community who together point towards connecting these various communities of knowledge. This book will inspire libraries to get involved in the Wikipedia community through programs and activities such as

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