From: Benjamin Maverick Turley <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:31:42 +0000

*NFAIS VIRTUAL HALF-DAY WORKSHOP*: Wikipedia: Its Impact on Research and
Medical Discovery



Today, libraries and researchers rely on discovery tools and abstract and
citation databases for finding peer-reviewed literature. Wikipedia- a
freely available public knowledge base that is still somewhat viewed as a
resource students and researchers alike should not rely on-has been found
to be the 5th most used internet site for search and discovery.  Wikipedia
has recently committed greater resources to providing quality sources of
information by partnering with libraries, content providers and publishers,
and encouraging them to open their content to editors of the Wikipedia
Library by contributing reliable, trustworthy linked references to
scholarly articles.

While this may seem like an audacious goal, one has to wonder its potential
to build pathways-connecting users to content providers, encouraging
increased traffic to scholarly content including non-affiliated users,
reducing library costs for access to discovery tools and citation
databases-and for being seen by the world over as the go-to hub for
scientific research, data and medical breakthroughs.

Attendees will learn:

   - How content providers, discovery services, libraries and researchers
   are partnering with Wikipedia to add new content, citations, bibliographic
   metadata, and digital research objects,
   - How Wikipedia is overcoming its past stigma to become a valuable and
   trusted resource for researchers.



For more information, go to: http://www.nfais.org/index.
php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=546756

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Presenters include:

·         *Franda Liu*
Project Scientist, National Network Coordinating Office,
*National Network of Libraries of Medicine*

*·         **Kristin Garlock *
Associate Director, Education & Outreach
*JSTOR-ITHAKA*

*·         **Merrilee Proffit*
Senior Manager
*OCLC Research*

*·         **Sam Zidovetzki, MD*
Instructor, Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice
*Mount Sinai Hospital*

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