The Wikipedia GLAM Project: It's Really Not About Fashion [PDF]
Contrary to what its name might suggest GLAM, which is a fairly new wikiproject on Wikipedia, stands for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. The goal of the project is to improve Wikipedia's content related to cultural topics.
Bishop, Chanitra
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Hacking Academic Collaboration with GLAM Edit-a-thons [PDF]
GLAM edit-a-thons can enhance the presence of underrepresented groups and topics on Wikipedia, and by sharing valuable cultural holdings these events can also foster the public’s cultural awareness. And when university students and faculty are invited to
Suiter, Greta Kuriger +1 more
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Freeing Knowledge: Approaches to Foster Collaboration Between Academic Libraries and the Wikipedia Community [PDF]
Wikipedia has become a ubiquitous source for information, as well as a global community of people dedicated to the free exchange of knowledge. While its convenience may seem at first glance to be a threat to the traditional role of libraries, an overlap ...
Soito, Laura
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The Museum Wiki: A Model for Online Collections in Museums [PDF]
Museums increasingly use the Internet, digitization, and social tagging to publicize their collections in online databases. However, these online collections museums frequently lack contextual and interpretive information that objects require to be ...
Schlesinger, Morgan
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Debating the European Union transnationally:Wikipedians’ construction of the EU on a Wikipedia talk page (2001-2015) [PDF]
This thesis deals with the construction of the European Union (EU) as negotiated among contributors to the English Wikipedia between 2001 and 2015. It focuses on the Talk Page (TP) which accompanies the Wikipedia article on the EU and provides a space ...
Kopf, Susanne
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Review of Learning in ICT-enabled Networks and Communities [PDF]
This report is part of a project launched by IPTS with DG Education and Culture to study the innovations for learning, which are emerging in the new collaborative and informal settings enabled by ICT.
ALA-MUTKA Kirsti Maria
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The prevalence and origins of contemporary and historic photographs in Wikipedia articles [PDF]
Cultural heritage institutions are increasingly engaging with Wikipedia to improve its content and reach out to new audiences. This exploratory study investigates the frequency of photographs and historic photographs embedded as illustrations in ...
Bates, Elizabeth
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From Survey to Social Network: Building New Services through Connections [PDF]
Still relatively new at many educational institutions, Digital Scholarship and Data Services Librarian positions frequently require the appointees to find novel ways of expanding current services and exploring new initiatives.
Jagman, Heather, Lucic, Ana
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The Parthenon, April 29, 2014 [PDF]
The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer.
Nash, Bishop
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Wikipedia Research in Scholarly Publications in Asia and the Pacific Region [PDF]
Book chapter: offprintThe visibility of Wikipedia research in scholarly publications in the Asia and the Pacific region was studied utilizing the Scopus database.
Park, Taemin Kim
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