Wikipedia:Medical Library Association October 2016

This is a supplemental event page for the Wikipedia presentation and event at October 2016 annual meeting for the Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter of the Medical Library Association.

Event details

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Presentation - "The Inside Track on Wikipedia for Medical Librarians"

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Wikipedia has been one of the most consulted sources of medical information for a generation. Despite popularity among readers, Wikipedia has a challenging relationship with libraries in its place among other reference works. This talk explores the extent to which Wikipedia matters in health science communication and what precedent exists for medical libraries responding to Wikipedia in a way that complements other library resources. Examples for general new media concepts are illustrated with Wikipedia’s own medical content as a way of critiquing Wikipedia’s scope, depth, and accuracy.

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.

All talk attendees will gain the ability to describe the nature of health information on Wikipedia, and have more insight into health information on the Internet

Referenced reading materials

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Other support

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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 -

Tools and support

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Contact

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For local Wikipedia support contact user:bluerasberry, lrasberry consumer.org.