Wikipedia: The 'Intellectual Makerspace' of Libraries
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Building on Millions of Tiny Shoulders: Tips for Hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
In today's information landscape, there is no avoiding Wikipedia. Not only is it the largest encyclopedia, but it’s one of the 10 most visited websites in the world. As early as 2011, more than half of the U.S. population was already using Wikipedia for research, according to a Pew Research Center project. A major part of Wikipedia's success is that anyone can contribute to its content.
Local History Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Our goal with this edit-a-thon series was to increase the number of new editors working within Wikipedia, as well as improve entries to the four neighborhoods in Lowell. This meant increasing citations, correcting information, expanding content and editing the readability of identified entries.
