Thank you, Merrilee, and Wikimedia Librarians! CC Wiki World University and School's libraries seek to be in each of all 7,097 living languages, and in all 8,475 entries in languages in Glottolog - and so to " Engage with libraries in communities with historically low participation in Wikimedia projects" in further and new ways - if you see any collaboration possibilities here.
Best, Scott - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Languages On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 12:03 PM, Merrilee Proffitt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Community members! > > Thank you for taking our survey which ran between May 24th and June 30th > (we left it open for a few extra days...). > > We received 84 responses. Results are in order of number of votes (people > could choose multiple items). This helps us to see where the energy of the > community is. The User Group steering committee will use these poll results > to help plan our activities in the coming year. > > > - 57 Engage with libraries in communities with historically low > participation in Wikimedia projects > - 53 Serve as ambassadors for the idea that Wikimedia work is business > as usual in libraries by sharing case studies and communicating the > benefits of engaging with Wikimedia > - 50 Proactively coordinate outreach to library professionals; arrange > for attendance at library conferences and events > - 41 Expand campaigns like 1lib1ref, and get librarians more involved > in other campaigns such as Wiki Loves Monuments, The 100,000 Challenge, > Women in Red, etc. > - 32 Explore how to roll out a Wikipedia + Libraries OCLC-style course > on a global scale > - 31 Help explain and promote The Wikipedia Library > - 28 Use social media and email channels to exchange expertise, share > resources, and support each other during events (such as edit-a-thons) > - 24 Revive Wikipedia Loves Libraries > - 22 Relieve anxiety about 'doing Wikipedia wrong' and get people > excited to join > - 15 Turn 1lib1ref from a campaign into a year-long, 24/7 branch > - 0 Engage with libraries in communities with historically low > participation in Wikimedia projects (this was on twice as an option) > > Thank you! > > Merrilee > > _______________________________________________ > 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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