Dynamic slides at http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~bzelip/c4l Talk given at Code4Lib Midwest 2013.

1. BUILDING NETWORKED LOCAL
KNOWLEDGE
LOCALWIKI &
LIBRARY ENGAGEMENT

2. PRESENTATION FLOW
1. LocalWiki overview
2. LocalWiki use cases
3. Networked local knowledge

3. A GRASSROOTS EFFORT
TO COLLECT, SHARE
AND OPEN THE
WORLD’S LOCAL
KNOWLEDGE

4. localwiki.org
free/open-source software
Django-based
vps or dedicated server

5. wysiwyg markup editor
OpenStreetMap
versioning
analytics dashboard

7. DavisWiki --> WikiSpot --> Knight Foundation --> LocalWiki

8. 71 independent projects
10 countries
7 languages
380K+ unique page views per month
29M page views per year

9. LOCALWIKI EXAMPLES

10. ARBORWIKI.ORG/BIRTHDAY_DEALS

11. CUWIKI.NET/CURTIS_ORCHARD

12. CUWIKI.NET/SEARCH/?Q=LIBRARIES

13. Ann Arbor District Library --> ArborWiki.org
Arlington Heights (IL) Library --> AHwiki.org

17. Ann Arbor
Arlington Hts
ChampaignUrbana
Toledo
Founded Pages Users Files Maps
2005
11745 1758 1266 701
2013
693
8
10
2
2012
1488
202
1232 351
2012
764
143
489 293

18. People want to share and learn about their local community.

19. THE NEXT STAGE
develop LocalWiki as a platform to build
networked local knowledge

20. The idea is to add a layer of local knowledge to the
ecosystem of open structured data so that anyone can
build ontop of it without any restrictions.

21. THE NEW LOCALWIKI HUB WILL:
make it easy to start with minimal technical or logistical
challenges
provide a repository for structured and unstructured local
information
create a global and universal platform for developers to
build upon

22. QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?