What's in Wikipedia and should my students use it?

• In Event: TIL- Computer Applications and Technology User Experience (h)

Short Description

Historically, librarianship focused on the collection, organization, and evaluation of content. A new role for information professionals focuses on helping users access and contribute to a global knowledge base. No other platform exists to serve as the representative foundation for global knowledge than Wikipedia (Mesgari et al., 2015). We will share recent trends in scholarship regarding student use of Wikipedia and demonstrate strategies using Wikipedia to teach the five conceptual frames as defined by the ACRL Framework.

Authors

• Presenter: Angela Doucet Rand, University of South Alabama

• Presenter: Beth Rugan Shepard, University of South Alabama