In the words of Wikipedia, a Wikipedian in residence \u201cis not simply an in-house editor: the role is fundamentally about enabling the host organization and its members to continue a productive relationship with the encyclopedia and its community after the Residency is finished.\u201d\u00a0 Essentially, I will be going through our Archives & Special Collections to identify ways in which our holdings here at the library can be made accessible through Wikipedia. I will be editing existing articles and adding links to articles that will take a Wikipedia reader directly to the collection or piece connected to that article. I also hope to write new articles for material we have in our Archives & Special Collections that haven\u2019t yet been covered in a Wikipedia article.<\/p>\n
Why the title?<\/span><\/p>\n It is true that anyone can edit and write for Wikipedia. The key difference between what I will be doing and any other Wikipedia user is that I work in connection with an institution in order to share our resources with the world via Wikipedia. In the Wikipedia world, the institutions that hire Wikipedians in Residence are encompassed by the acronym GLAM- Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Since I work with (and for) a GLAM institution, I get the fancy title J<\/p>\n A little preview. . .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To give you a better idea of the kind of work I will be doing, here is an example.<\/p>\n Richard Knolles (1545-1610) was an English historian who wrote the first British history of the Turks written in English. We happen to have a few different editions of his text, The Turkish History, From the Original of that Nati<\/i>on, to the Growth of the Ottoman Empire, with the Lives and Conquests of Their Princes and Emperor <\/i>in Special Collections.<\/p>\n Title page from the 6th<\/sup> edition (1687)<\/p>\n Also from the 6th<\/sup> edition (Amurath is my favorite- look at that mustache!)<\/p>\n Sadly, Richard has only a very short description in Wikipedia. I hope to expand upon his entry and add a link to our copy of the text so that when someone doing initial research on Richard is skimming Wikipedia, they will be able to link directly to our Archives & Special Collections and find a physical copy of the text.<\/p>\n P.S.\u00a0 If you are interested in seeing Knolles\u2019 history of the Turks, there are two volumes on display in the \u201cStan!\u201d exhibit at Collins Memorial Library through May 31st<\/sup>!<\/p>\n By: Kara E. Flynn \u201815<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This summer, I am working as the University of Puget Sound\u2019s Archives & Special Collections Wikipedian in Residence. Now, you might be wondering, what is a Wikipedian in Residence? What do they do? I thought Wikipedia could be written by … Continue reading ![\"1\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2014\/05\/1.jpg\")
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