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- Course name
- Art Librarianship
- Institution
- UW-Madison
- Instructor
- Anna Simon
- Wikipedia Expert
- Brianda (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Art History/Library Science
- Course dates
- 2023-01-25 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-05-22 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 11
LIS 855 equips students with a practical and theoretical understanding of the art library and art librarianship. In this Wiki.edu module students will practice critical art history research skills, outreach and promotion, open-access scholarship, digital communication, peer review and editing, and writing for a public audience.
For this module students will select an art historical topic and enhance its Wikipedia page.
Timeline
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 22 March 2023
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)
- Assignment - Everyone has a Wikipedia account
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
- Assignment - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.
Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 29 March 2023
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- Assignment - Add to an article
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 5 April 2023
- Assignment - Choose possible topics
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
- In class - Discussion
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 19 April 2023
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Assignment - Everyone has started writing
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 26 April 2023
- Assignment - Continue developing article in sandbox + peer review an article
Use this week to catch up, further develop article edits in your sandbox, and offer peer review to a classmate.
- Assignment - Peer review an article
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 3 May 2023
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.
- In class - In-class presentation
The in-class presentation is May 3.
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 10 May 2023
- Assignment - You've finished your Wikipedia assignment!
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
- Assignment - Final article
It's the final week to develop your article.
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
- Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
- Assignment - Polish your work
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
- Assignment - Reflective post
Please see the post instructions in Canvas discussions. This will be a ~300 word post, NOT an essay.