Wikipedia:Touro/Library meetup June 2017



The Touro Midtown Library at Touro College is hosting a "Health Science Library Edit-a-thon" for Touro staff. This is a private, invitation-only event. For other public Wikipedia events in New York, please check Wikimedia NYC's event listing.

Event details

 * Tuesday June 7, 2017 1-3pm
 * Sara Tabaei in the Touro Midtown Library is available to provide library support
 * Presentation by Lane Rasberry, user:bluerasberry, Wikipedian-in-Residence at Consumer Reports
 * Touro College, Department of Physical Therapy, 27 West 23rd Street
 * Slides!

Getting started

 * 1) Create a Wikipedia account
 * 2)  Please register!
 * 3) For your topic, read both the Wikipedia article and the academic article on that topic. Deep familiarity is not required, especially of the Wikipedia article.
 * 4) Expect that during the event, you will take information from the academic article and add it to the Wikipedia article.

Agenda

 * 0:00-0:10 - Welcome
 * 0:10-0:25 - presentation on Wikipedia
 * 0:25-0:30 - Discussion and demos
 * 0:30-1:30 - Wikipedia editathon!
 * 1:30-2:00 - wrap up, showcase editing

The event will start with a presentation which gives the Wikipedia community perspective on the following:
 * 1) To what extent does Wikipedia matter in health communication?
 * 2) How does one edit Wikipedia?
 * 3) What is Wikipedia's quality control system?

Following the presentation, anyone may ask any question about Wikipedia to get answers or demonstrations. Following this, it will be time for a Wikipedia "editathon", which is an event in which a group of people edit together. Desktop view, not mobile access, is preferred for this exercise, but come regardless. At the editathon, this is the goal: Hopefully everyone at the event will add at least 1-3 sentences in the time we have. After making additions, since Wikipedia is public, participants will review the accuracy and quality of classmate's edits. As we leave, participants will be invited to check back on Wikipedia after some time (3-7 days) to see if there is any online community response to anyone's contributions.
 * 1) Come to the event with some published source of good information
 * 2) Identify a Wikipedia article where you think information from that source should go
 * 3) In your own words, take information from your source and add it to the Wikipedia article
 * 4) Cite your source. See referencing for beginners or better, learn at the event

Goals

 * All participants will gain the ability to describe the nature of health information on Wikipedia, and have more insight into health information on the Internet
 * Participants will get experience translating information from academic journals into layman health information
 * The information submitted to Wikipedia will be read by the public. Wikipedia readers will be better informed based on this event's contributions.

After some months, the class will get a report on the number of pageviews to the Wikipedia articles which the class edited. At any time after the event anyone may visit the tracking dashboard to check readership, a measurement of content added, and other statistics.

Other support
The presentation is provided by Consumer Reports. Other organizations supporting Wikipedia outreach to health classes in New York include the following:

All of these organizations endorse this classroom outreach. Your facilitator, user:bluerasberry, does not represent any of them except Consumer Reports. The nature of the support is as follows -
 * Consumer Reports sponsors the outreach and presentation.
 * Touro College students and faculty are the participants and the event is hosted at Touro.
 * Cochrane remains available to provide access to Cochrane publications or talk with Wikipedia contributors about using good sources.
 * Wikimedia New York City is the local volunteer chapter of the Wikipedia community.
 * Wiki Project Med is the international volunteer chapter of the Wikipedia community supporting the development of Wikipedia's medical coverage.
 * Wiki Education Foundation provides support for professors in assignment design and students as they navigate editing Wikipedia for the first time, and software to report impact of Wikipedia editing by groups of students.

Tools and support

 * Sara Tabaei, Library Information Literacy Director at the Touro Midtown Library is available to assist students to find resources.
 * WikiProject Medicine, Wikipedia's own community forum for developing Wikipedia's health content
 * DOI Wikipedia reference generator, a simple tool for converting a DOI into a citation on Wikipedia
 * Through Choosing Wisely, the American Physical Therapy Association and American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation provide suggested health content for Wikipedia

Contact
For local Wikipedia support contact user:bluerasberry,.