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<P>The vision statement of the Wikimedia Foundation states, <Q>Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.</Q> Libraries need not see Wikipedia as competition; rather, failing to leverage its omnipresence in the online world constitutes a missed opportunity. As a senior program officer at OCLC, the author has encouraged collaboration between Wikipedia and cultural heritage institutions, leading to increased visibility and user engagement at participating organizations. Here, she brings onboard a raft of contributors from the worlds of academia, archives, libraries, and members of the volunteer Wikipedia community who together point towards connecting these various communities of knowledge. This book will inspire libraries to get involved in the Wikipedia community through programs and activities such as hosting editathons; contributing content and helping to bridge important gaps in Wikipedia; ensuring that library content is connected through the world’s biggest encyclopedia; working with the Wikipedia education community; and engaging with Wikipedians as allies in a quest to expand access to knowledge. Speaking directly to librarians, this book shows how libraries can partner with Wikipedia to improve content quality while simultaneously ensuring that library services and collections are more visible on the open web.</P>

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
About the Author.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
1: Introduction: Why Wikipedia and Libraries?.
2: What Are Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM) to the Wikimedia Community?.
3: Connecting Citizens and the Military: The Experiences of the Pritzker Military Museum &#x0026; Library.
4: Bringing Wiki(p/m)edians into the Conversation at Libraries.
5: Minding the Gaps: Engaging Academic Libraries to Address Content and User Imbalances on Wikipedia.
6: The Wikipedia Library: The Largest Encyclopedia Needs a Digital Library and We Are Building It.
7: Wikipedia and Education: A Natural Collaboration, Supported by Libraries.
8: Wikipedia and New Service Models: An Exploration.
9: Edit-a-Thons and Beyond.
10: Embracing Wikipedia at the New York Public Library: A Personal View.
11: Wikidata and Libraries: Facilitating Open Knowledge.
12: Wikipedia and Wikidata Help Search Engines Understand Your Organization: Using Semantic Web Identity to Improve Recognition and Drive Traffic.
13: Bringing Archival Collections to Wikipedia with the Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP) Editor.
14: &#x201C;I&#x2019;m a Librarian on Wikipedia&#x201D;: U.S. Public Librarianship with Wikipedia.
15: Becoming a Wikipedian.
About the Contributors.
Index.

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