Publishers Weekly: “Four Questions with Author, Librarian, and Wikipedian Merrilee Proffitt”

Merrilee will be speaking at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans!

Saturday, June 23, 2018
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM at the OCLC Booth 2931
Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together

Sunday, June 24, 2018
10:30 AM -11:15 AM
Details: Leveraging Wikipedia to Help Enrich And Improve Library Practices

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From PW:

In her new book, Leveraging Wikipedia: Connecting Communities of Knowledge (ALA Editions) Merrilee Proffitt, a Senior Program Officer at OCLC and author of the new book, looks at how librarians today are connecting with Wikipedia.

Read the Complete Interview

More Merrilee!!! More Wikipedia and Libraries!

• Interview: Librarians Who Wikipedia: Merrilee Proffitt, OCLC and Wikilibrarian (2018; via WebJunction)

• Interview: Merrilee Proffitt on Collaboration Between Wikipedia And Cultural Heritage Institutions (2018; via ALA Editions)

• Info/Materials from Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together Project  (via WebJunction) ||| Training Materals

• Seattle-Based Project to Make Librarians Wikipedia Stars Wins $250K in Knight News Challenge (2016; via GeekWire

• How Wikipedia Works, the Anatomy of an Editathon (via 2014; via HangingTogether)

• Wikipedia and Libraries: Increasing Library Visibility (2014; via CNI)

• Wikipedia Library Project Website

2013 CNI Presentation

CNI: Wikipedia and Libraries: What’s the Connection? from CNI Vimeo Video Channel on Vimeo.

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