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Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together

by: OCLC WebJunction

Publication date: 2018

Usage: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Topics: Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Beginners, Courses, Libraries, Wikipedia literacy

Publisher: OCLC WebJunction

Collection: opensource

Language: English

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. The project ran from December 2016 through May 2018 and was funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Wikimedia Foundation, and OCLC.

Download all training materials, which includes the curriculum (7Z 107.0 KB) course slides (7Z 34.9 MB), handouts (7Z 2.7 MB) and reading lists.

The materials are the product of research and expertise marshaled to design, deliver, and evaluate OCLC/WebJunction's nine-week Wikipedia online course for US public library staff. Participants learned to:

build a deeper understanding of Wikipedia
gain proficiency in evaluation and editing
develop a plan to implement Wikipedia programming in their libraries
amplify the role of libraries as information literacy leaders in their communities.

Item image credits: Green Box Better Together by Monikasj on Wikimedia Commons released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.