Wow - thanks Dominic and Max for setting things up! I've begun a draft of this outreach email message.
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries/Communication In the true participatory spirit of Wikipedia, I hope that others will jump in, fix things up and add more content that will make it appeal to those who'll read it. -- Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts blog: http://www.nypl.org/blog/author/44 Twitter: @kos2 Listowner: OPERA-L ; SMT-TALK ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users - My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions - On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Klein,Max <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob,**** > > **** > > You are understandably confounded about where to organize. There are 3 > Wikipeida Loves Libraries pages that have been started:**** > > **1. **On Wikipedia > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries**** > > **2. **On Meta > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries**** > > **3. **On Outreach > http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries**** > > ** ** > > As it happens, I am an administrator on the outreach wiki, and I agree > with you that it is probably the most apt home for such things. So I took > the liberty of copying the GLAM tabbed interface to start a proper WLL > portal. **** > > ** ** > > If you want a place to draft the rhetoric in question, I set up a page for > it at > http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries/Communication > **** > > ** ** > > I guess we should discuss about how to organize the portal on-wiki, but > I’m happy to take requests for features about this portal.**** > > ** ** > > Max Klein**** > > Wikipedia in Residence**** > > [email protected]**** > > +17074787023**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Anne Britton [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, June 04, 2012 4:14 PM > *To:* Wikimedia & Libraries > *Subject:* Re: [libraries] Outreach to library staff**** > > ** ** > > Great idea, Bob.**** > > ** ** > > 1. I think the phrasing of our email message should emphasize that pretty > much anything goes with respect to goals or formats for WLL participation. > We should be careful not to overdetermine how "WLL" might be interpreted.* > *** > > ** ** > > 2. That said, if we suggest possible event ideas in the email message, we > might include language that characterizes Wikipedia-editing as one of > today's must-have literacies. A library might hold a WLL event for > non-Wikipedians in order to highlight Wikipedia as a participatory > platform, "the encyclopedia anyone can edit," an everyday skill.**** > > ** ** > > Anne**** > > ** ** > > > --- On *Mon, 6/4/12, Bob Kosovsky <[email protected]>* wrote:**** > > > From: Bob Kosovsky <[email protected]> > Subject: [libraries] Outreach to library staff > To: "Wikimedia & Libraries" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, June 4, 2012, 6:27 PM**** > > [...]**** > > ** ** > > So it's time to spring into action in order to prepare for Wikipedia Loves > Libraries 2012 (WLL). To start, I propose that we create an email message > to be posted to various library-related email lists notifying people of the > existence of and advantages of WLL. (When I say "library" I mean to be > inclusive of the other GLAM participants, although - for now - focusing on > library staff [who are not always "librarians"].)**** > > ** ** > > [...]**** > > ** ** > > I'm thinking of some kind of concise, direct, and appealing message that > lays out about 5 bullet points as to why library staff and libraries should > be involved in WLL. From there they can go to the Get Started page above. > **** > > ** ** > > Some of the points I'm thinking of are:**** > > - Welcoming Wikipedians into your library can increase the number of > users**** > - Wikipedia activity in the library can foster a greater sense of > community **** > - As the 6th most frequently visited site on the Internet, Wikipedia > as the ability to highlight your library **** > - Wikipedia's underlying message of access to information can > underscore your library's efforts to provide access to patrons**** > - If your library has unique materials, Wikipedians can help reveal > knowledge and information about those materials**** > > ** ** > > So how about it? Maybe someone can set up a planning space on > outreach.wikimedia.org so we can gather & organize our thoughts and share > them with others?**** > > ** ** > > [...]**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > >
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