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Using Wikipedia to Meet Information Searchers at Their Point of Need

Home / Project Briefing Pages / CNI Spring 2007 Project Briefings / Using Wikipedia to Meet Information Searchers at Their Point of Need

April 14, 2007

Ann M. Lally
Head, Digital Initiatives
University of Washington Libraries
Carolyn E. Dunford
Post Graduate Research Assistant,
Digital Library Applications Production Team
Los Alamos National Laboratory

In May 2006 the University of Washington (UW) Libraries Digital Initiatives unit began a project to integrate the UW Libraries Digital Collections into the information workflow of our students by inserting links into the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. The explosive growth of Wikipedia made it a prime candidate for our efforts at pushing information about the Libraries out to where students conduct research. This briefing will describe the phenomenon known as Wikipedia; we will also describe the process of adding links to Wikipedia articles as well as the outcomes of the project.

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Filed Under: CNI Spring 2007 Project Briefings
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Last updated:  Monday, April 22nd, 2013

 

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