To add to Merrilee's, Kerry's, and others' points concerning conflict of interest,
As a new editor, you should first establish yourself as a trusted editor within the Wikipedian community. Once you've written and revised a number of articles (and received feedback from others), then you can create/revise an article on your institution. 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 ; EXLIBRIS-L ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users - My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions - *Inspiring Lifelong Learning* | *Advancing Knowledge* | *Strengthening Our Communities * On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 6:15 PM Kerry Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > While for most people, writing about their employer is usually a Conflict > of Interest, this does not apply to GLAM folk writing about the content in > the special collections held by their employer (that's encouraged). > However, GLAM folk should be cautious about writing about their institution > as an organisation. Things that are likely to be conflict of interest are > advertising events at the institution. > > This may be useful as it provides some questions to ask about an edit to > help GLAM folk decide if it might be a conflict of interest: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Getting_started > > Another point not mentioned above but is generally unwelcome is the > practice of adding links that are search results of your catalogue that > mention (say) Granny Smith apples: e.g. > > https://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q=Granny+Smith+apples > > It is much preferred to have a hand-curated small number of links to > rare/unique important works about Granny Smith apples in your collection. > Perhaps you hold Granny Smith's diary that records her excitement at > discovering this strange new apple in her garden, or the first still life > painting with a Granny Smith apple. > > Generally we are talking here about your institution's special > collections. We don't need catalogue links to commonplace items that many > GLAMs would hold, e.g. a Harry Potter book or a glass bottle. But a glass > bottle recovered from the wreck of the Some Famous Ship or some other > interesting history might be relevant to the Some Famous Ship article, but > maybe not to the glass bottle article. > > Kerry > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Patrick Borer > Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2018 7:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [libraries] Librarians and conflict of interest > > Hi all, > > this might be relevant: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/Paid_contributions_amendment#How_will_this_provision_affect_teachers,_professors,_and_employees_of_galleries,_libraries,_archives,_and_museums_(%E2%80%9CGLAM%E2%80%9D) > ? > > To quote: > > "The intent of these requirements is not to discourage teachers, > professors, or those working at galleries, libraries, archives, and museums > (“GLAM”) institutions from making contributions in good faith. > Disclosure is only required when contributors are compensated by their > employer or client specifically for edits and uploads to a Wikimedia > project. For example, if a professor at University X is paid directly by > University X to write about that university on Wikipedia, the professor > needs to disclose that the contribution is compensated. There is a direct > quid pro quo exchange: money for edits. If that professor is simply paid a > salary for teaching and conducting research, and is only encouraged by her > university to contribute to projects about topics of general interest > without more specific instruction, that professor does not need to disclose > her affiliation with the university. > > The same is true with GLAM employees. Disclosure is only necessary where > compensation has been promised or received in exchange for a particular > contribution. A museum employee who is contributing to projects about > topics of his general interest without more specific instruction from the > museum need not disclose his affiliation with the museum. At the same time, > when required, a simple disclosure that one is a paid Wikipedian in > Residence with a particular museum, for example, would be sufficient > disclosure for purposes of the proposed amendment." > > Best regards, Patrick > > > Am 19.09.2018 um 23:26 schrieb RJ Hardeman: > > 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&ca > >> tegories=Egypt%0D%0AAll%20articles%20with%20unsourced%20statements&ns > >> %5B0%5D=1&search_max_results=500&interface_language=en&active_tab=&do > >> it > >> = > >> > >> > >> > >> 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-libra > >> ry-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/0012/38849 > >> 7/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 > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 >
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