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May 21, 2007

Use Wikipedia to point people to Library resources

Jessamyn West points us to an article with a case study and some great suggestions for libraries about how to use Wikipedia to point people to your library's website. The article, "Using Wikipedia to Extend Digital Collections" in DLib Magazine is by two University of Washington librarians, Carolyn Dunford and Ann Lally.  They added pointers to their digital resources in relevant Wikipedia entries, and it worked!  If your library has digital collections (photographs, essays, oral histories, etc.) consider adding pointers in Wikipedia!

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