Project Briefing: Spring 2007 Task Force Meeting
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Using Wikipedia to Meet Information
Searchers at Their Point of Need


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.

Handout (MS Word)