1. Wikipedia in the library
[Reference @ the Metcalfe]
State Library of NSW
8 May 2012
Liam Wyatt
@wittylama
wittylama.com/blog

2. Does your library have a volunteer program?
...an e-volunteer program?
Wikipedia already is your e-volunteer
program, you’re just not affiliated with it, yet.

3. Definitions of “use”
• read it
• cite it
• edit it
• research it

4. Definitions of “use”
• read it the best place to start
• cite it use its references instead
• edit it a way to learn by doing
• research it potentially enlightening!

5. Three Policy Pillars
• Neutral Point of View
(NPOV)
• Verifiability (V)
• No Original Research
(NOR)

6. Why you need to know
(4 big themes)

7. 1. Wikipedia is the fastest way
to reach your audience
“If Wikipedia is becoming the family encyclopedia for
the twenty-first century, historians probably have a
professional obligation to make it as good as possible.”
Roy Rosenzweig, The Journal of American History, Volume 93, Number 1 (June 2006) 117-46

8. 2. We are a global Community

9. 280+
Number of Wikipedia language editions
(Each has its own, self-governing community)

10. D
Dhaka, Bangladesh

11. Reykjavik, Iceland

12. Tabriz, Iran

13. Jakarta, Indonesia

14. 3. We are big (and small)

15. 5th
Rank of Wikimedia sites, globally

16. 18b monthly pageviews
(2b mobile)

17. 0
Amount spent on advertising ourselves.
Number of advertisements we show.
(We’re 100% funded by donations)

18. Go where the audience is going...
Popular search queries nma.gov.au Wikipedia.org
National museum of Australia Google: 1st Google: 3rd
Bing: 1st Bing: 2nd
NMA Google: 1st Google: 7th
Bing: 1st Bing: 9th
Gold rush Google: 7th Google: 1st
Bing: 8th Bing: 1st
Gough Whitlam Google: 3rd Google: 1st
Bing: 2nd Bing: 1st
John Howard Google: 4rd Google: 1st
Bing: 2nd Bing: 1st
Ned Kelly Google: > 20th page Google: 1st
Bing: > 20th page Bing: 1st
Phar Lap Google: 5rd Google: 2nd
Bing: 2nd page Bing: 1st

19. 4. We are Free.

20. “Free”
•
the freedom to use the work and enjoy the benefits of using it
•
the freedom to study the work and to apply knowledge acquired
from it
•
the freedom to make and redistribute copies, in whole or in part,
of the information or expression
•
the freedom to make changes and improvements, and to
distribute derivative works
http://freedomdefined.org/

21. Free x 2
• 100% OSS, 100% open standards, 100% copyleft
• charitable foundation, volunteers, no advertising, no
royalties, no permissions, available to use and re-use.
1. GRATIS 2. LIBRE

22. Reuse!

23. Free x 3
SPEECH
Wikipedia is not censored and provides the same
access to all readers, in all countries, in all languages.

24. GLAM-Wiki case studies
(8 ideas for projects you could run)

25. Bringing Wikipedia in-house to find ways
of building a proactive relationship, of
mutual benefit, without undermining
the principles of either.

26. Two Years of
Wikipedians in Residence
'10 '11 '12
June Aug Jan Mar May June Aug
British The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Museum
Chateau de Versailles
Derby Museum, Museu Picasso / Barcelona
MoMA,
NYPL, British Library, National Archives
OCLC Smithsonian
Israel Museum

27. Residencies in 2011
• Chateau de Versailles - 24h challenge
• Children’s Museum of Indianapolis - apprentices
• Derby Museum & Gallery - QRpedia codes
• US National Archives - document of the day
• Museu Picasso, Smithsonian,
MoMA, Israel Museum, Berlin State...

28. Bibliotheque National de France
Transcription where OCR won’t do

29. British Library
“edit-a-thon” events focusing on unique resources

30. National Library of Australia
Easy referencing of digitised newspapers

31. Seznam členů
posádky Bounty (cz)
or
Lázadás a
Bountyn (hu)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
File:Nla.ms-ms5393-2-s1.jpg

32. State Library of Queensland
Regional training workshops

35. We’re doing the same thing, for the same
reason, for the same people, in the same
medium. Let’s do it together.

36. Peace, Love & Metadata
liamwyatt@gmail.com
[[user:witty lama]]
@wittylama
www.wittylama.com/blog