Congratulations, Merrilee! Best regards, Scott_WUaS
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Proffitt,Merrilee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I wanted to let you that we have officially wrapped up our project! > > > > The OCLC Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together ran from from December > 2016 through May 2018. The focus of the project was strengthening ties > between US public libraries and English-language Wikipedia. The goal of the > project was to expand public access to authoritative information and serve > public libraries' diverse communities through library training, outreach, > and awareness building. The curriculum and materials are outcomes of this > initiative. The project was funded by the John S. and James L. Knight > Foundation and the Wikimedia Foundation. In addition to the funding we > received for this project we could not have been successful without the > support and encouragement of Wikimedia DC, Wikimedia NYC and the Wikipedia > Library. We are also indebted to our Wikipedia Guides, volunteers who > helped answer questions and gave practical guidance to those taking our > course. They served as additional faces and voices of the project and we > are so appreciative of their help! > > > > The WebJunction and OCLC communications team did a great job on the > website which has links to all the curriculum materials plus the > “Librarians that Wikipedia” series of interviews. > > https://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/wikipedia-libraries.html > > > > I also want to encourage you all to read the final report for the grant – > this is full of information on the entire project. A reminder as you read > this; much of what is shared under project outcomes was funded by the > Knight Foundation – for the sake of simplicity and transparency we decided > to combine reporting about the entirety of the project with the WMF funded > portion of the project. > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/OCLC/A_ > Wikipedian-in-Residence_to_Engage_500_Librarians_and_ > their_Communities/Final > > > > I can’t wait to see what others are able to do with materials and > learnings from this course. Please feel free to share on other lists as you > see fit. > > > > Best, > > > > Merrilee > > > > > > -- > > Merrilee Proffitt > > *OCLC* · Senior Manager, OCLC Research Library Partnership > > 155 Bovet Rd, Suite 500, San Mateo, CA 94402 > > *T* +1-650-287-2136 *M* +1-510-684-4717 > > [image: cid:[email protected]]orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-8337 > > [image: OCLC] <http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_logo> > > OCLC.org <http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_link> *·* > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/OCLC/20530435726> *·* Twitter > <http://twitter.com/MerrileeIam> *·* YouTube > <http://www.youtube.com/OCLCvideo> > > > > The OCLC Research Library Partnership > <http://www.oclc.org/research/partnership/> provides a unique > transnational > > collaborative network of peers to address common issues as well > > as the opportunity to engage directly with OCLC Research. Join with us! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > > -- -- - Scott MacLeod - Founder & President - https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch - World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org - http://scottmacleod.com - CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization.
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