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Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together. Libraries and Wikipedia share a common purpose: to provide free public access to knowledge and resources. Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together was an 18-month OCLC project to strengthen the ties between US public libraries and English Wikipedia.
The Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together project, run by OCLC’s WebJunction, seeks to help library staff get the skills they need to contribute better references and a deeper understanding to articles on Wikipedia, where information seekers begin their searches.
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Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together. This training curriculum will help you confidently begin to use, edit, and teach Wikipedia at your library. These materials were created during OCLC's Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together project to strengthen ties between US public libraries and English-language Wikipedia.
- Background
- Why Wikipedia and Us Public Libraries?
- Connecting Libraries and Wikipedia
- Project Timeline
OCLC’s Wikipedia + Libraries project, a winner of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's 2016 News Challenge, strengthened ties between US public libraries and English-language Wikipedia. The project ran from December 2016 through May 2018.
Leading up to and through the 20th century, the public went to the library as a reliable source of information and knowledge. Today, users search Wikipedia and Google and find a great deal of content, but with less assurance about the quality and veracity of that information. Wikipedia provides a framework to assess whether Wikipedia articles are s...
This project reinforced libraries as stewards of quality information, standard bearers for information literacy and curators of authoritative collections. The project equipped library staff to become Wikipedia editors and to engage community members to join them and other local Wikipedians in collecting and extending access to knowledge. Another ke...
December 2016 – August 2017
1. Research public library connections to Wikipedia 2. Build awareness 3. Design curriculum and online course space 4. Recruit US public library staff
September – November 2017
1. Deliver online training program for 300 US public library staff comprising online sessions, readings, Wikipedia activities, and group discussion within an online course space
December 2017 – May 2018
1. Guide and observe as libraries put their learning into action 2. Revise curriculum based on learner feedback, evaluation activities, and project staff observations 3. Collect and publish case studies and share learnings 4. Consolidate and curate curriculum and training materials, which are hosted on WebJunction under CC BY-SA 4.0
The materials, stories, and training curriculum available here were created during OCLC Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together, a project from December 2016 through May 2018 which strengthened ties between US public libraries and English-language Wikipedia.
Wikipedia and information literacy in libraries. In 2016, OCLC won the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s 2016 News Challenge for Libraries award with the project Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together. The project was designed to deliver a national training program via WebJunction to empower US public library staff to build their ...
Let’s take a look at the OCLC WebJunction Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together course for some examples of how librarians are successfully incorporating Wikipedia into their practice. 16 Since 2003, WebJunction has been the online learning place for US public libraries and has been of vital
