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Truth and Evidence in Wikipedia
Event details
Date:Tuesday, 14 February 2022
Time3-4pm
Where:room 102 below the Rotunda
SlidesTruth and Evidence in Wikipedia
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Truth and Evidence in Wikipedia is a University of Virginia Seminar series presented by the Provost office. user:bluerasberry will present "Truth and Evidence in Wikipedia", a lecture in this series. This is a private event for students in the class and invited guests.

Program

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0:00-0:05 - Welcome
0:05-0:30 - Quality Control in Wikipedia
0:30-0:35 - review of class readings
0:35-0:50 - Discussion, questions

Required reading

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  • Filipacchi, Amanda (24 April 2013). "Wikipedia's Sexism Toward Female Novelists". The New York Times.
  • Colón-Aguirre, Mónica; Fleming-May, Rachel A. (November 2012). ""You Just Type in What You Are Looking For": Undergraduates' Use of Library Resources vs. Wikipedia". The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 38 (6): 391–399. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2012.09.013.
  • Nelson, Robert; Jacobs, Heidi (1 August 2017). "History, Play, and the Public: Wikipedia in the University Classroom". The History Teacher. pp. 483–500.

Contact

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  • Lane Rasberry (user:bluerasberry) for Wiki issues
  • Meridith Wolnick, Director, Teaching & Learning at the University of Virginia Library
  • Bethany Mickel, Librarian, University of Virginia Library