Hello Erlend, The Swedish Agricultural University (SLU) have been doing this for some time. All links below are in Swedish, the webinar is especially good, where Olle Terenius at SLU explains not only why, but how they actually are working with Wikipedia.
In the news: http://www.unt.se/kultur-noje/kunskapshoppet-2289301.aspx Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsHuSjgPnvQ Their page about what they do: https://internt.slu.se/sv/utbildning-forskning-foma/forskning/pagaende-satsningar/forskning-pa-wikipedia/ *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se> 0729 - 67 29 48 *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se> 2014-11-24 9:57 GMT+01:00 Erlend Bjørtvedt <erl...@wikimedia.no>: > Dear colleagues, > > I need your help. > > In a weeks time, I am invited by the Norwegian Science Council to meet them > and lecture and discuss about how they can nurture and contribute to the > Wikipedia. > > The Science Council (Forskningsrådet) organizes all the universities, > colleges, and institutes sector as regards research, through funding and > program evalution. > > The task is that they will first produce a "do-it-your-self-kit" to > scientists and researchers on how they can fulfill they obligation of > educating the public. Thereafter, they will work more targetedly with > pinpointing and contributing directly to the Wikipedia, probably Commons > too. > > Our good partners in the Arts Council Norway have already worked with us > for a long time on their public outreach obligation, and will take part in > the meeting and speak about how they have nurtured the outreach of cultural > heritage through Wikipedia and Commons. > > QUESTION: > > Where can I find good overviews of: > > - Examples of universities or institutions who have "used" Wikipedia to > educate the public > > - Examples of professions or individual researchers who have done the same > > - Examples of formal co-operations between science and Wikimedia movement, > as reference > > - Examples from your chapter of co-operation with science / universities > > > > Thank you all, > > Erlend > > > > -- > *Erlend Bjørtvedt* > Nestleder, Wikimedia Norge > Vice chairman, Wikimedia Norway > Mob: +47 - 9225 9227 > http://no.wikimedia.org <http://no.wikimedia.org/wiki/About_us> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
