User:Mjdapice/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: American librarianship and human rights
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * I chose this article because it gives an overview of how human rights in American librarianship in practice as well as gives a decent history of the subject.


 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Yes
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Yes
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
 * The Lead is concise and gives the reader a general idea of what the article covers.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Yes
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
 * As noted in the talk page, the historical milestone sections could be expanded upon.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article neutral?
 * It appears to not be neutral and instead takes a point of view stating that librarians should advocate for the rights of all peoples and to offer a view of what critical librarianship should entail.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * The article does not appear to be heavily biased but gives factual accounts of social justice practices in libraries.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * There could be sections that include how LGBTQA and Indigenous groups utilize library spaces as well as how staff aid these groups. Since the article covers immigrants, prison populations, women, and African Americans, covering these other areas would also be important to include.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?
 * It does not appear to persuade the reader. In some instances the article does mention that there are competing views on how libraries should or should not handle social justices issues within the profession.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * All of the facts appear to be backed up by reliable secondary sources.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * The references seem to cover a thorough amount of the literature. These range from organizational websites to secondary sources such as books and articles on the subject.
 * Are the sources current?
 * The sources seem to be current with a good amount of them having been published in the last 5-10 years.
 * Check a few links. Do they work?
 * Yes the links I clicked on worked.

Organization

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * This article was written well and it was easy to parse through the information that was in the article.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * The article did not appear to have any grammatical or spelling errors.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
 * The articles organization could be reworked to make a flow better. Some sections appear to be clustered together when they could have been separated out into different sections. However, the article reflects how progressive librarianship has tracked over the last century as well as highlighting how this type of librarianship has aided and advocated for groups within the U.S. that have been underrepresented.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * No, there are no images in this article.
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * There are not any images available in this article.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * There are not any images available in this article.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
 * There are not any images available in this article.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * Some conversations that occurred in the talk page concerned editing the page to make it easier to add additions to the article. There were also critiques of the article where users noted that there should be additions to sections of the historical timeline that were not mentioned.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * The article is rated with low importance.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * This talk page highlighted the need for additions surrounding the historical aspects of human rights/social justice in libraries as well as mentioned that there should be additions for the underrepresented groups on the page and discuss how libraries have done advocacy work for these groups.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * Start Class
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * One strength is the basic starting point for readers seeking out information on this topic. While it does not cover in much detail some areas, it does lay the groundwork for the subject. Having sections on notable people and organizations was also a strength of the article which allows readers to locate individuals or organizations that participate in social justice work in libraries.
 * How can the article be improved?
 * The article could be organized better to allow for a more natural flow of the page. Some of the sections seem to have too many topics that could have been broken out into different sections. Another way the article could be improved would be to expand of the historical milestone section of the article to add more to context.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
 * I would say that the article is well developed. It gives a top down view of the subject by covering an overview of the topic and then breaking it down into smaller sections for readers. This allows the reader to gain a sense of what LIS professionals do to aid social justice causes through their practices and illustrates how LIS professional help communities through their work.

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