How the News On Wiki campaign links information in newspapers, Wikipedia, and search engine results.
Channel: LD4
Date: 2021-07-22

Speakers: Pete Forsyth, Sherry Antoine, Kristy Roschke

Leaders of the News On Wiki campaign--including Wikipedia experts, a university professor, and a librarian--will discuss the value of curating metadata about newspapers on Wikipedia and Wikidata. This activity dramatically improves results on search engines like Google and Bing and social media sites like Facebook and YouTube. This session will describe the educational benefits for students in classes at Arizona State University and elsewhere, discuss the role of wikis in the ongoing effort to make information that has traditionally been the exclusive purview of GLAM institutions broadly accessible and how wiki content--as well as research and editing efforts--can bring the holdings of GLAM institutions to a wider audience. We will incorporate examples of Wikipedia and Wikidata entries from our 2018 and 2021 campaigns. This session will describe the methodology and mechanics of this volunteer-based content building campaign, providing insights into how others may adopt this model.