It depends. I know people there, but not all of them are professors, since I spent a semester there three years ago. I will add that event to the page if you could send me a direct link to their meetup.
Kevin Rutherford Sent from my iPhone On Nov 5, 2012, at 4:16 PM, "Gabriel Fishman" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks SJ! On the subject I noticed on the meetup.com group that UMass Lowell > is doing a WLL event on the 13th. Does anyone have a contact over there? I'll > be at the Wikidata presentation at the same time but it would be nice to > coordinate with them and add the event to the Wikipedia page for our New > England Wikimedia group. > > Gabe > > On Nov 5, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > >> FYI >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Sarah Stierch <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 1:02 PM >> Subject: [cultural-partners] [BLOG] Why Wikipedians should love Libraries >> To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination >> <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]" <[email protected]> >> >> >> By Merrrilee Profitt from the OCLC - please share! >> >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/05/why-wikipedians-should-love-librarians/ >> >> [image] >> >> Last year marked the start of Wikipedia Loves Libraries (WLL), and in 2012, >> WLL activities are in full swing, with many events planned in the coming >> month. WLL was originally conceived as a way of celebrating Open Access >> Week, but we now have WLL events throughout the year. As a librarian who is >> interested in seeing more coordination between libraries and other cultural >> heritage organizations (i.e. GLAM), I’d like to offer some perspectives on >> why libraries and Wikipedia are so well aligned with one another. >> >> The bottom line is that we share a common mission. We are dedicated to >> providing free access to information and knowledge. Wikipedians want to >> strengthen their articles by citing credible sources. If those sources are >> in print, or hidden behind paywalls, it undermines the important tenant of >> free access. >> >> Libraries collect those same credible sources and make them freely available >> to patrons. Partnering with libraries helps keep sources free. Librarians >> value “information literacy,” which means teaching the general public to >> recognize, appreciate and rely on credible sources. Sound familiar? Teaching >> basic Wikipedia editing skills can be a great, practical way to re-enforce >> information literacy skills. >> >> Encouraging more librarians to become Wikipedians will also help address the >> gender gap. Librarians are an almost mirror image of Wikipedians in terms of >> gender – a March 2012 survey of members of the American Library Association >> found that 80.7 percent of those in the profession are female (versus about >> 10 percent of Wikipedians). >> >> So, if you haven’t already, reach out to your local librarian. Suggest a WLL >> event, or find out if you can use library space to hold an editathon on a >> topic of local interest. Ask for help from your library in promoting events, >> not only to library patrons, but also to staff. Be patient, and recognize >> that librarians may move at a slower pace than Wikipedians (and that they >> have a range of other events and activities on top of their day-to-day >> duties). Be complementary to see if you can find a way for Wikipedia >> activities to harmonize with areas where the library is already investing. >> If you make the effort, I think you’ll have a good shot at creating a >> beautiful partnership, and creating some new Wikipedians in the process. >> >> -Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research (User:Mlet) >> >> >> >> -- >> Sarah Stierch >> Museumist and open culture advocate >> >>Visit sarahstierch.com<< >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cultural-partners mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/cultural-partners >> >> >> >> -- >> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Sarah Stierch <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> By Merrrilee Profitt from the OCLC - please share! >>> >>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/05/why-wikipedians-should-love-librarians/ >>> >>> [image] >>> >>> Last year marked the start of Wikipedia Loves Libraries (WLL), and in 2012, >>> WLL activities are in full swing, with many events planned in the coming >>> month. WLL was originally conceived as a way of celebrating Open Access >>> Week, but we now have WLL events throughout the year. As a librarian who is >>> interested in seeing more coordination between libraries and other cultural >>> heritage organizations (i.e. GLAM), I’d like to offer some perspectives on >>> why libraries and Wikipedia are so well aligned with one another. >>> >>> The bottom line is that we share a common mission. We are dedicated to >>> providing free access to information and knowledge. Wikipedians want to >>> strengthen their articles by citing credible sources. If those sources are >>> in print, or hidden behind paywalls, it undermines the important tenant of >>> free access. >>> >>> Libraries collect those same credible sources and make them freely >>> available to patrons. Partnering with libraries helps keep sources free. >>> Librarians value “information literacy,” which means teaching the general >>> public to recognize, appreciate and rely on credible sources. Sound >>> familiar? Teaching basic Wikipedia editing skills can be a great, practical >>> way to re-enforce information literacy skills. >>> >>> Encouraging more librarians to become Wikipedians will also help >>> address the gender gap. Librarians are an almost mirror image of >>> Wikipedians in terms of gender – a March 2012 survey of members of the >>> American Library Association found that 80.7 percent of those in the >>> profession are female (versus about 10 percent of Wikipedians). >>> >>> So, if you haven’t already, reach out to your local librarian. Suggest a >>> WLL event, or find out if you can use library space to hold an editathon on >>> a topic of local interest. Ask for help from your library in promoting >>> events, not only to library patrons, but also to staff. Be patient, and >>> recognize that librarians may move at a slower pace than Wikipedians (and >>> that they have a range of other events and activities on top of their >>> day-to-day duties). Be complementary to see if you can find a way for >>> Wikipedia activities to harmonize with areas where the library is already >>> investing. If you make the effort, I think you’ll have a good shot at >>> creating a beautiful partnership, and creating some new Wikipedians in the >>> process. >>> >>> -Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research (User:Mlet) >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sarah Stierch >>> Museumist and open culture advocate >>> >>Visit sarahstierch.com<< >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> cultural-partners mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/cultural-partners >> >> >> >> -- >> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-boston mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-boston mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston
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