Re: Adding VIAF links to Wikipedia

From: Mark A. Matienzo <mark_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 14:49:08 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Andrew Nagy <asnagy_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> What would be the best path forward?  Im not active in the wikipedia
> community - but I understand that their is a community of editors.  Perhaps
> lobbying them for support while clearly identifying the value for community
> of scholarship would allow this to happen?

I would suggest engaging with the GLAM-WIKI project within Wikimedia
<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM>.  They held an unconference
recently in New York <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMcamp_NYC>.

Mark A. Matienzo
Digital Archivist, Manuscripts and Archives
Yale University Library
Received on Thu May 26 2011 - 14:55:42 EDT