User:Libraryowl

{| style="width:100%; margin:auto; border-collapse:collapse;" Libraryowl  A wise old owl lived in an oak The more he saw the less he spoke The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we all be like that wise old bird? {| style="width:100%; margin:auto; border-collapse:collapse;" I am a librarian with an MLIS. I currently work at a small public library. I was active on Wikipedia (and other Wiki sites) during iSchool a few years ago. Recently I've heard about the need for more librarians to come work on Wikipedia, so I've come back. My interest was also piqued by an article (and related discussion) about library usage, which I have recently adopted. I have really enjoyed Wikipedia so far, especially the warm welcome from the community, and I'm a fan of Wikicode (so much better than HTML!). I hope other librarians will join me on Wikipedia. If there is anything that I can do for you, please leave a message on my talk page.
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Wikipedia's commitment to offering access to all human knowledge from a neutral position is a value that I share. I think the best way to get thorough coverage on a topic is to involve a number of editors with different perspectives. I'm working on articles that appear to have been neglected or not edited much recently and have also created several new articles. These articles probably need the attention of more than one person, and especially the attention of editors from outside the U.S. If you are interested, please contribute. I am looking forward to collaborating with you. Thanks, WP!''

I am focused on improving start-class and C-class articles on libraries with substantial edits. I am particularly interested in the following types of articles: I'm particularly interested in collaborating with iSchool and library science students. You can get a feel for the kind of articles I'm interested in by checking out the links below. If you spot an article that I can help with, please leave the title on my talk page. If you have a few minutes, please review my edits so that we can help improve Wikipedia together. You can see my contributions here or talk with me here.
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 * Articles dealing with the future of libraries and librarianship
 * Library-related articles that require detailed or updated statistical information
 * Library-related articles on important or timely topics that seem to have been neglected or abandoned by their original editors.
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Articles I'm working on right now
 * Trends in library usage
 * Public library
 * Digital textbook
 * Digital scholarship - Thanks to the Intro Org class SI110 for helping to "graduate" this page--and content creation from "stub" status to "established" status!
 * Content creation
 * Transliteracy
 * Discoverability
 * Digital media

Articles I've started


 * Patron-driven acquisition
 * Bookless library -- Appeared as a Did You Know item, August 2013
 * State aid for libraries
 * Library fine
 * Library card
 * Exhibit (educational)
 * One to one computing (education)
 * Library War Service

On my radar screen These are articles I'm planning to contribute to sometime.
 * Learning Commons
 * Born-digital
 * As We May Think
 * Digital dark age
 * Library collection development
 * Digital divide

Reference library

These are some sources I picked up while working on trends in library usage that I haven't quite been able to place yet.
 * A look at public library management outsourcing (Public Library Assn.) Provides information about what management outsourcing is and which U.S. states have implemented it. A nice neutral resource on the issue. Outsourcing is not common in the U.S.
 * Keeping Public Libraries Public. Another look on outsourcing--this one from the ALA.
 * Ebooks strain relations between libraries, publishing houses (NPR). Also describes the Douglas County Model of lending ebooks.
 * 2010 Ipsos-MORI Poll (UK) on what Britons want from their libraries
 * Economics & Usage of Digital Libraries: Byting the Bullet
 * New roles for new times: research library services for graduate students
 * Innovative spaces ARL study
 * The reading brain in the digital age
 * Print vs. ebooks: which is better for what

Prison libraries--not a lot of statistical information here but could be useful in prison library.


 * A library for those with plenty of time to read
 * Prison library offers a place to escape
 * Escape route: the surprising potential of a prison library
 * Role of libraries and information in the empowerment of women prisoners in Uganda

Digital media
 * The digital ephemeral