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What great timing for a question about Wikipedia Loves Libraries! For those in the New York City area, you are cordially invited to join the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts for our first Wikipedia Loves Libraries day this Saturday the 22nd from noon to 6pm. More information is here: http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2011/10/22/wikipedia-musical The focus will be on our theatre collections, particularly musical theatre, but we are welcoming updates and new pages on just about any subject. We have been working with several representatives from Wikipedia, who will give a tutorial and one-on-one help throughout the afternoon. Two other LPA curators and I will be giving guidance and instruction on using our library resources to help those who come. We're also pulling some key archival collections and reference books to have immediately accessible. We're also going to be collecting a lot of statistics, which we hope will be useful for future planning. Also, I should mention that Wikipedia just did a similar event with MoMA's library recently, and that seems to have been very successful. I understand that they tied it in with tours of their "Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects" exhibition to help give direction to the day's writing. If you'd like to contact me directly next week, I can give more specific feedback about how the LPA day went. cheers, Annemarie ---------------------- Annemarie van Roessel Reference Archivist New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza New York, NY 10023-7498 (212) 870-1637 ph. > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:55:18 +0000 > From: "McKenzie, Karen" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Libraries > > Has anyone participated in one of these Wikipedia wiki-coordinated programs > of distributed micro-conferences, or know of someone else who has? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries > > We've been looking for ways to re-establish this museum library's local > public profile after several years of compromised access due to building > construction. Marketing staff here have suggested this Wikipedia program > as a possible path. Dealing as we all do with library users who think > Wikipedia equals research, we are hesitant and wonder what the catch is! > > Karen > > > > Karen McKenzie > Chief Librarian > E.P.Taylor Research Library & Archives > [cid:[log in to unmask]] > Art Gallery of Ontario > 317 Dundas St. W. > Toronto, ON M5T 1G4 > Canada > > PH 416-979-6660 > FX 416-979-6602 > E [log in to unmask] > www.ago.net<http://www.ago.net/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~