Thanks Bettina and Pheobe, Pheobe, the 'Editing ideas' document that you have is very useful, and I will try to expand on it.
I'd like to contribute a document that I created as part of a GLAM workshop in NY. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_for_Libraries_Archives_Museums We talked about what kind of sustainable, regular, project librarians could build so that editing or training their library users became a more regular part of their work. Cheers, Dorothy On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Bettina Cousineau <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Phoebe - > > These are very useful, thanks! > In my region, public librarians admit to being "scared" of Wikipedia and > don't know much about it or how to use it. So... > > *...here's a slide deck developed for a branch-wide presentation as an > intro to Wikipedia: > > > http://www.slideshare.net/bdcousineaul/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-wikipedia-but?from_search=2 > > * ... and here's an adaptation of a manual originally developed by Susanna > Giaccai (still in my sandbox - feel free to improve!): > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bdcousineau/sandbox1 > > Cheers, > > Bettina > > -- > Opinions expressed are my own, and do not reflect the views of my employer. > > > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 8:00 AM, <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Send Libraries mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Libraries digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. handout for library edit-a-thons (phoebe ayers) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:45:58 -0700 >> From: phoebe ayers <[email protected]> >> To: "Wikimedia & Libraries" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [libraries] handout for library edit-a-thons >> Message-ID: >> < >> caai3vqh2jatuf0w6xq3knciyu5qxjott1s+ygnns36ylesi...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> >> As we enter Wikipedia Loves Libraries season (hooray!) I thought I'd share >> some material I'm working on ... it started as a handout for librarians >> but >> changed to being ideas for librarians and participants at library >> edit-a-thons. It is a list of editing ideas that (I think) are suited to >> taking advantage of library resources. >> >> pdf handout: >> >> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ten_ideas_for_editing_Wikipedia_handout_for_library_editathons.pdf >> >> wiki page: >> >> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries/Editing_ideas >> >> I have been reluctant to share this because "it's not finished"... but >> that >> is very un-wiki of me :) But, it's not finished -- especially the wiki >> page. So, please help me edit, clean-up, redesign, and in general let me >> know if you think this is a good idea or not. (And I will keep working on >> this over the next few weeks). >> >> cheers, >> Phoebe >> >> -- >> * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers >> <at> >> gmail.com * >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/libraries/attachments/20130919/b5906eb8/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Libraries mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries >> >> >> End of Libraries Digest, Vol 19, Issue 6 >> **************************************** >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > > -- Dorothy Howard, Open Data Fellow Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) 212.228.2320 x127 Web <http://metro.org/> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/tweetmetro> | LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/company/2197752> | Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/METRO-Metropolitan-New-York-Library-Council/20722206359>
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