Re: diglib: RE: Library collections in Wikipedia

[Heather Briston <hbriston@uoregon.edu>]

All,

I forwarded this thread to Megan Dazey, processor for the Bill 
Bowerman papers, who is as part of her processing work going to flesh 
out the entry for Bill Bowerman, check to see that it is accurate, 
and add a link to the finding aid when we have it up in EAD. She 
would be able to tell you more about the process.

Heather B.

At 07:41 AM 1/22/2007, Nathan Georgitis wrote:
> All,
>
> At Melissa Anderson's suggestion we've been discussing this in 
> Special Collections, along with implications for access and use, in 
> particular reference and digital library services. I think we'd all 
> like to see links in Wikipedia entries for individuals and 
> organizations for which we have electronically available finding 
> aids in the form of EAD finding aids in NWDA or web pages on the 
> libraries site. At the much-anticipated conclusion of the NWDA 
> project in June, we'll have 450 finding aids up on the web. This 
> might be a good time to do this work retrospectively and then 
> possibly incorporate this step into the arrangement and description 
> process, which concludes in MDLS. It seems the scope of the work for 
> special collections and university archives in particular should be 
> determined by curators, who will provide reference services, in 
> cooperation with digital library service coordinators, who will 
> facilitate production and management of digital preservation and 
> access copies, and with systems, which will manage server space, and 
> others. Coordination of digital library development and services is 
> what I'm describing, but I mean to say that at least some of this 
> sort of electronic outreach, especially at this scale, will have an 
> impact on the work of the library, which is to say for several of us 
> our daily work loads, and so should be undertaken deliberately and 
> with an eye to its overall service to the prime directive, I mean 
> the libraries' strategic goals and primary users, etc. A researcher 
> in Australia recently requested transcripts or electronic access to 
> sound recordings in the Jack Olsen papers, a service the library is 
> nearly able, in terms of physical and human resources, to provide 
> responsibly, though certainly at a cost in terms of labor and time. 
> It will be gratifying to add links to the streaming audio files to 
> the electronic finding aid for this collection and to know the 
> resources will receive immediate use. And in Australia, which is 
> just over the top. This is a small pilot project, but it's an 
> interesting example when it comes to considering the costs of 
> scaling this outreach and these services, and pursuing, however 
> boldly, our strategic goals.
>
> Nathan
>
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:15:27 -0800, "J.D. Hauger" 
> <jdhauger@uoregon.edu> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I added one of the UO Channel links a few weeks ago to a pertinent
> > wikipedia article:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Ducks_bowl_game_history#External_links
> >
> > (It's the "Student Athlete: One week with the UO Football team" 
> link there).
> >
> > It's great that our library has so much digital media that can bolster
> > all sorts of subject matter in wikipedia. This conversation has me
> > thinking that perhaps I can cross link in subjects that aren't athletic
> > related. ;)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> >
> > J.D. Hauger
> > Streaming Media Developer
> > Knight Library / Media Services
> > Univ. of Oregon Library Systems
> > 1299 Univ. of Oregon / Eugene, OR 97403-1299
> > Office:  (541) 346-1986 / Fax: (541) 346-1872
> >
> > Andrew R. Bonamici wrote:
> > > All (& I'm adding Ron, Heather, & Barbara):
> > >
> > > I agree, this is definitely a go-to resource so we might as well take
> > > advantage of the visibility. All we need to do is check wikipedia for UO
> > > entries or articles about topics covered by our collections, edit the
> > > entries, and add links. No permission is required to do this -- just
> > > give it a try.
> > >
> > > Be aware that wikipedia has "editors" who will pick up on entries that
> > > come across as promotional. For example,  go to:
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Andrew_Bonamici
> > > to see feedback I received after adding some content to this page:
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Of_Oregon#Library_System
> > > This should be less of a concern with outside linking to UO collections,
> > > guides, etc.
> > >
> > > Have fun!
> > >
> > > ARB
> > >
> > > ====
> > > At 05:38 PM 1/20/2007, Deb Carver wrote:
> > >> Very cool.
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: "Sara Brownmiller" <snb@uoregon.edu>
> > >> To: "Library Administration -- Andrew Bonamici"
> > >> <bonamici@uoregon.edu>; "Deb Carver" <dcarver@uoregon.edu>; "Mark
> > >> Watson" <mrwatson@darkwing.uoregon.edu>; diglib@lists.uoregon.edu;
> > >> "James Fox" <jdfox@uoregon.edu>; "Linda Long"
> > >> <llong@darkwing.uoregon.edu>
> > >> Sent: 1/20/07 5:18 PM
> > >> Subject: Library collections in Wikipedia
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> At ALA today, I heard some people talking about adding links to their
> > >> digital collections to articles in wikipedia.  And I think this is
> > >> definitely something that we should pursue.
> > >>
> > >> For example, there is an article on the Cayuse people.  It 
> would be great
> > >> to have a pointer or images from our collection.
> > >>
> > >> Another example is an article on Abigail Scott Duniway.  One 
> of our first
> > >> Web exhibits was on Abigail Scott Duniway.  Wikipedia would be 
> a good way
> > >> to help people know that we have her papers
> > >>
> > >> The very short Prefontaine article could link to the Athletics and the
> > >> Academy Web site.
> > >>
> > >> And I'm sure there are many other collections that would be of value as
> > >> well.
> > >>
> > >> Sara
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Sara Brownmiller                        University of Oregon Libraries
> > >> Director, Library Systems               1299 University of Oregon
> > >> Women's Studies Librarian               Eugene, OR  97403-1299
> > >>                                         541/346-2368 (voice)
> > >> snb@uoregon.edu                         541/346-3485 (fax)
> > >
> > >
> > > ==============
> > > Andrew R. Bonamici
> > > Associate University Librarian, Instructional Services
> > > 115D Knight Library, University of Oregon
> > > Eugene, Oregon 97403-1299 USA
> > > bonamici@uoregon.edu
> > > voice (541) 346-2682
> > > fax   (541) 346-3485
> > > http://libweb.uoregon.edu
> > >

_____________________________________
Heather Briston, JD, MSI (ARM)
Richard and Mary Corrigan Solari University Historian and Archivist
Knight Library
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon  97403-1299
541 346-1899
541 345-1882 (fax)
hbriston@uoregon.edu
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