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View article: The Wikipedia Library: the biggest encyclopedia needs a digital library and we are building it
The Wikipedia Library: the biggest encyclopedia needs a digital library and we are building it Open
The Wikipedia Library (TWL) is an international project supported by Wikimedia Foundation, which aims to provide library and reference services to Wikipedia editors and readers; this is making possible the direct access to bibliographic re…
View article: Institutional Repositories Workgroup Report
Institutional Repositories Workgroup Report Open
Our task in the second OSI convening of the institutional repository workgroup was to propose a way forward for repository and infrastructure solutions: detailing what’s needed before action can be taken, what this action should look like,…
View article: The Wikipedia Adventure
The Wikipedia Adventure Open
Integrating new users into a community with complex norms presents a challenge for peer production projects like Wikipedia. We present The Wikipedia Adventure (TWA): an interactive tutorial that offers a structured and gamified introductio…
View article: Replication Data for: The Wikipedia Adventure: Field Evaluation of an Interactive Tutorial for New Users
Replication Data for: The Wikipedia Adventure: Field Evaluation of an Interactive Tutorial for New Users Open
This dataset contains the data and code necessary to replicate work in the following paper: Narayan, Sneha, Jake Orlowitz, Jonathan Morgan, Benjamin Mako Hill, and Aaron Shaw. 2017. “The Wikipedia Adventure: Field Evaluation of an Interac…
View article: Why Medical Schools Should Embrace Wikipedia: Final-Year Medical Student Contributions to Wikipedia Articles for Academic Credit at One School
Why Medical Schools Should Embrace Wikipedia: Final-Year Medical Student Contributions to Wikipedia Articles for Academic Credit at One School Open
Problem Most medical students use Wikipedia as an information source, yet medical schools do not train students to improve Wikipedia or use it critically. Approach Between November 2013 and November 2015, the authors offered fourth-year me…
View article: Information Overload and Underload
Information Overload and Underload Open
Information underload occurs when we don’t have access to the information we need (for a variety of reasons, including cost) —researchers based at smaller institutions and in the global periphery, policymakers, and the general public, part…
View article: Report from the Information Overload and Underload Workgroup
Report from the Information Overload and Underload Workgroup Open
The duality of information overload and underload is a defining issue of our age. Scholarly information is abundant but not universally accessible to all scholars and learners, thereby hindering or prohibiting equitable engagement in ongoi…
View article: Report from the Information Overload and Underload Workgroup
Report from the Information Overload and Underload Workgroup Open
The duality of information overload and underload is a defining issue of our age. Scholarly information is abundant but not universally accessible to all scholars and learners, thereby hindering or prohibiting equitable engagement in ongoi…