Hi Richard, Will Wikimedia be promoting Wikipedia Loves Libraries this year?
Thanks, Chris On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Pharos <[email protected]>wrote: > Also, one of the prime vehicles for library outreach this year can be > an expanded international roster of 'Wikipedia Loves Libraries' events > in October/November: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries > > Thanks, > Richard > (User:Pharos) > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Anne Britton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello. > > > > Interesting discussion. > > > > Having worked in galleries, museums, public libraries, research > libraries, library special collections, and archives, I would suggest that > the relevance of Wikipedia varies for each, depending on many factors. For > instance: What types of patrons are served? Is the institution publicly > funded? What are its institutional priorities? How flexible is its > institutional planning? How do decisions get made? How is it adjusting to > the tectonic shifts in technology, media consumption, and participatory > culture? > > > > Showing the relevance of Wikipedia to GLAM institutions might be > achieved quickly, with a one-size-fits-all approach. But more likely it'll > happen gradually, one convert at a time, depending on context. > > > > The American Library Association, for instance, is a big, complex > organization with some 61,000 members. Here are just a few of the > sub-groups within ALA, each very different, and suggestive of the diverse > ways ALA members might relate to Wikipedia: > > > > - American Association of School Librarians (AASL) > > - Assn. for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) > > - Assn. for Library Service to Children (ALSC) > > - Assn. of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) > > - Assn. of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends & Foundations (ALTAFF) > > - Assn. of Specialized & Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) > > - Library & Information Technology Assn. (LITA) > > - Library Leadership & Management Assn. (LLAMA) > > - Public Library Assn. (PLA) > > - Reference & User Services Assn. (RUSA) > > - Young Adult Library Services Assn. (YALSA) > > > > And ALA is merely one of the many professional organizations that > address GLAM concerns. That said, Wiki-GLAM partnerships have so much > potential. It's totally worth the effort. > > > > All the best, > > > > Anne > > Cambridge, Massachusetts > > _______________________________________________ > > cultural-partners mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > -- Thanks, Chris Leeder University of Michigan School of Information
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