# Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project

Wikipedia and Academic Libraries
A Global Project
Edited by
Laurie M. Bridges, Raymond Pun, and Roberto A. Arteaga
Maize Books 2021
Contents
Acknowledgments ~ xi
Introduction ~ 1
SECTION 1: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM
Chapter 1: Library-Faculty Collaboration Using Wikipedia for Learning and Civic Engagement ~ 5 Jyldyz Bekbalaeva, Aisuluu Namasbek kyzy, Shirin Tumenbaeva, and Zhuzumkan Askhatbekova
Chapter 2: "Yeah, I Wrote That!": Incorporating Critical Information Literacy to Build Community Inside and Outside of Wikipedia ~ 18 Kristina M. De Voe and Adrienne Shaw
Chapter 3: Where History Meets Modern: An Overview of Academic Primary Source Research-Based Learning Programs Aggregating Special Collections and Wikimedia ~ 35 Odin Essers, Henrietta Hazen, and Nicolette Siep
​Chapter 4: Learning Design to Embed Digital Citizenship Skills in the Undergraduate Classroom: A Collaboration among Instructor, Academic Librarian, and Wikipedian ~ 47 Crystal Fulton, Rebecca O’Neill, and Marta Bustillo
Chapter 5: Authentic Learning in Cultural Anthropology: Editing Wikipedia for Real-World Impact ~ 64 Jessica L. Lott and Jennifer L. Sullivan
SECTION 2: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Chapter 6: Do Black Wikipedians Matter? Confronting the Whiteness in Wikipedia with Archives and Libraries ~ 91 Kai Alexis Smith
Chapter 7: WP:Catégorie Is . . . Liaison Librarian Contribution to Local Québécois LGBTQ+ Content in Francophone Wikipedia ~ 106 Michael David Miller
Chapter 8: African Academic Libraries Partnering with Wikimedia Projects: Values and Benefits ~ 119 Adaora C. Obuezie and Millie N. Horsfall
Chapter 9: Engaging Student Employee Expertise to Improve Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons ~ 132 Brittany Paloma Fiedler, Maggie Bukowski, Chelsea Heinbach, Eduardo Martinez-Flores, and Rosan Mitola
Chapter 10: Crowdsourcing and Collaboration: Academic Libraries as Partners in NNLM’s #CiteNLM Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons ~ 144 Kelsey Cowles, Ann Glusker, Aimee Gogan, Alicia Lillich, Margie Sheppard, Elaina Vitale, Liz Waltman, Tess Wilson, and Amanda J. Wilson
Chapter 11: Bibliowikis: The Volunteer-Driven, Catalan Case Study of Libraries as Hotspots for New Wikipedians and High-Quality Sources ~ 158 Francesc Xavier Dengra i Grau, Carme Fenoll i Clarabuch, Vicenç Allué Blanch, Francesc Fort i Silvestre, Francesc García Grimau, and Amparo Pons Cortell ​
SECTION 3: WIKIPEDIANS-IN-RESIDENCE
Chapter 12: Beyond the Wikipedian-in-Residence, or How to Keep the Flame Burning ~ 177 Silvia E. Gutiérrez De la Torre
Chapter 13: Changing the Way Stories Are Told: Engaging Staff and Students in Improving Wikipedia Content about Women in Scotland ~ 197 Ewan McAndrew
Chapter 14: Notes from the Field: Three Wikimedian-in-Residence Case Studies ~ 214 Erin O’Neil and Sarah Severson
Chapter 15: The Open Technology Specialist at the University of Toronto Libraries: A Comprehensive Approach to Wikimedia Projects in the Academic Library ~ 230 Jesse Carliner and Ji Yun Alex Jung
SECTION 4: WIKIPEDIA SISTER PROJECTS
Chapter 16: Hong Kong Literary Landscape: A MediaWiki for Literary Reading and Writing ~ 247 Leo F. H. Ma and L. M. Mak
Chapter 17: Structuring Bibliographic References: Taking the Journal Anais do Museu Paulista to Wikidata ~ 260 Éder Porto Ferreira Alves, Paul R. Burley, and João Alexandre Peschanski
Chapter 18: Wikisource as a Tool for OCR Transcription Correction: The National Library of Scotland’s Response to COVID-19 ~ 277 Gavin Willshaw
Chapter 19: Learning from Each Other: Reciprocity in Description between Wikipedians and Librarians ~ 287 Angela Yon and Eric Willey
Bookend: An OA Publishing Perspective, 2019–2021 ~ 301
List of Contributors ~ 309
Index ~ 323
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