Hi All, Just a change of subject for this email thread. Next month, my colleague and I will be introducing Wikipedia to a group of librarians and wanted to include a slide on conflict of interest and librarians. Is there a policy or best practice set of guidelines that we can reference and share?
Please let me know, Thank you, Rajene On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 05:30 Kerry Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, unfortunately the way we often promote 1Lib1Ref can leave that > impression (it’s cleaning-up after some lazy Wikipedians!). There are a > number of ways to deal with this. > > > > Firstly explain away “1 Ref”, just say that it’s asking librarians to take > a first step, and obviously we hope they will do more than 1. Tell them it > can 1Lib10Ref if they prefer. > > > > Second, the topic doesn’t have to be random. If the library has a > particular topic area of interest (probably something they actively collect > and are proud of), talk to them about adding citations in articles relating > to that topic area. Now your librarians are exploiting their special > collection material and their special expertise in that collections. Such > citations (particularly if they refer to online accessible content on their > website or at least a catalogue entry) will drive interest in the library > (and its website). Librarians like that because it provides a way by which > they can promote their special collection (without crossing the COI > boundary – remember [[WP:CURATOR]] says it is not COI for a GLAM to do > edits that relate to the content of the GLAM’s collections). > > > > The way to work with a special topic is to **not** use Citation Hunt but > rather use the tool Petscan to find the articles in their topic of interest > that need citations > > > > https://petscan.wmflabs.org/ > > > > with which you can construct a list of articles within a specific category > tree in Wikipedia (which relates to one of library’s area of interest) > which are intersected with the tracking category “All articles with > unsourced statements” (which means the article has a citation-needed > template in it). Note, that the documentation for most of those “quality” > tags usually mentions a tracking category (so you can look for other > quality issues if you want) > > > > So if your library’s special interests is Egypt, then here’s an example of > a search for citations needed in Egypt articles > > > > > https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?language=en&project=wikipedia&depth=3&categories=Egypt%0D%0AAll%20articles%20with%20unsourced%20statements&ns%5B0%5D=1&search_max_results=500&interface_language=en&active_tab=&doit > = > > > > That query (with depth 3) produced 845 articles. But if you want more, try > depth 4 (1465 results), then 5 (2186 results), etc (the greater the depth, > the slower the execution, but you probably have more than enough with 845 > possible articles! > > > > I print these Petscan lists out, and progressively cut them up into some > single article strips (for the total beginner) and into some larger > multiple-article strips (for the not-beginner), put them in a “lucky dip” > box and let people draw out one or a group at random. Or let them choose > from a single big list (but get them to mark off the one they are doing so > people aren’t duplicating their effort or creating edit conflicts). Whether > or not they succeed in finding a citation, throw away that topic after > their attempt. Don’t let them spend too long on any one topic (there’s > plenty more articles if one proves difficult). It’s quite OK to focus on > the easy wins as it is a more positive experience for them and all > citations added benefit Wikipedia. (Aside, if your expert librarians can’t > find a citation in their area of special interest, it may be a hint to you > that maybe it’s time to remove that content from Wikipedia as perhaps no > citation does exist). > > > > If adding citations doesn’t appeal, then try away the whole > citation-needed idea and pursue a “let’s expand articles about your topics > of interests” or “let’s add photos from your collection” Call it > 1Lib1Expand or1Lib1Photo if you like. Explain that the campaign is just to > provide a focus for librarians to engage with Wikipedia. However they want > to engage is just fine. It’s all improving Wikipedia. Here’s an idea that > might appeal to other libraries: > > > > At State Library of Queensland last year, we had a sub-goal for 1Lib1Ref. > We said to ourselves that public libraries are important civic amenities > (and what librarian doesn’t believe that!) and that every public library > in Queensland therefore should be mentioned in the Wikipedia article for > that town/suburb/district. So we used > > > > > http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/visit-us/find-a-public-library/browse-library-branches > > > > as our lucky dip list and the pages linked from it and also this master > spreadsheet of other info about all public libraries as our sources > > > > > http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf > > > > to add a few snippets about each public library (cited to the sources > above). We added the address of the library and who operates it and the > year it opened and anything special about that library that was worthy of > mention (e.g. special collections). So just a sentence or two with > citations. Thanks to 1Lib1Ref, we now have every Qld public library (and > its mobile libraries stop-off points) mentioned in the relevant Wikipedia > article. (The only catch is that it turned out that there were places with > public libraries but without Wikipedia articles – those were handed to me, > and I created a basic place article, and the library was thrown back in the > lucky dip jar when I had made the article.) Now the librarians involved > (about 40 of them who did about 25 edits each on average) really engaged > well with this; libraries are meaningful to them and so they saw value in > doing the task. When we finished doing public libraries, we started working > on lists of Qld schools (education matters to librarians too). I note that > we do 1Lib1Ref in “editathon” sessions and the librarians enjoy the social > aspect of that (although people are free to do it at their desks if they > prefer and many leave the editathon session with some extra lucky dip > topics saying they will do them at their desk or at home that night). OK, > this is not “traditional” 1Lib1Ref but let’s call it 1Lib1Lib or > 1Lib1School J > > > > So don’t see the format proposed for 1Lib1Ref as a straightjacket. It’s > just one way to engage librarians and Citation Hunt does provide a set of > tasks for the individual librarian who might be interested but who isn’t in > an outreach relationship. But if another way works better for the librarian > in an outreach situation (and particularly so if you are working with a > library rather than an individual librarian), then just do it that other > way. It’s the engagement that matters, not the format. No matter what they > do, they acquire some Wikipedia skills, which they might continue to use on > their own or be willing to use in another partnership or campaign. It’s a > first-step campaign. Once they have taken it, you need to work out what > step 2, 3, and 4 is for them. > > > > Kerry > > > > *“I would like*, if I may, to *take you* on a *strange journey” – Rocky > Horror Picture Show* > > > > *From:* Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Paulo Santos Perneta > *Sent:* Monday, 17 September 2018 10:54 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [libraries] Meeting Librarians Soon. Help! > > > > Last #1lib1ref was not successful here: The librarians we've contacted > were not interested in fixing references for random articles, and they had > difficulties on understanding why they should get through all the trouble > of learning to edit Wikipedia just to fulfill the objective of 1 ref per > librarian. > > > > Probably in the next edition we'll be reformulating the contest locally to > make it more attractive to them. > > > > Paulo > > > > Jean-Philippe Béland <[email protected]> escreveu no dia segunda, > 17/09/2018 à(s) 13:39: > > Hello Reem, > > > > I'm not a librarian, but what worked well with librarians here in Quebec, > Canada was the #1lib1ref campaign. We organized a little friendly > competition between different university and institutional libraries and it > was very successful in my opinion. We also invited students in relevant > university courses to participate and taught them how to add references to > Wikipedia. From what I have been told, since last year, the International > Federation of Library Association (IFLA) is actively supporting the > cooperation between libraries and WMF projects, especially through > #1lib1ref. I'm sure there are people more qualified than me on this mailing > list to explain to you what is #1lib1ref, but you can find information > about it on Meta-Wiki: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref. > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref> > > > > Thank you and good luck with your meeting! > > > > Jean-Philippe Béland > > Wikimédia Canada > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 7:23 AM Reem Al-Kashif <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > Hope this finds you well. I didn't plan on meeting librarians at a > university here in Cairo, Egypt, but they expressed interest in Wikipedia, > so we are meeting :). The problem is, I really don't know what activities > to offer them. I have zero experience in Wiki+libraries collaborations. It > would be more than great if anybody could help me out. What I need is: > 1. Understanding the nature of librarians work (I know it is a big topic, > but some general remarks would do). > 2. Having examples of activities they can be part of to contribute to Wiki > (be it Wikipedia or Wikimedia). > > 3. Understanding how rewarding those activities are (so that I explain to > them) > 4. Having examples of similar activities, if any, around the world. > Bonus point 5. Having a clear plan of action to give them (i.e. what do > we do after the meeting and so on) > > Thank you so so much in advance for helping me navigate this uncharted > territory. > > Best, > Reem > > > > -- > > > *Kind regards,Reem Al-Kashif* > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > -- Hi, it's RJ at Vizzylane here [email protected]
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