dplafest presentation-2016

Engaging students and highlighting DPLA collections through WikipediaShannon DavisWashington University in St. Louis

Driving traffic to your collections through Wikipedia

The Wikipedia Library Internship class

Middle of the Semester: Contributing in volume

Week 1: Establishing expectations and Wikipedia basics

Weeks 2-4: Warming up to Wikipedia!

Last three weeks: Polishing & reporting

Outcomes for students

Recruiting studentsEasy! They already work for us*

*More on this later

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Kansas City Public Library

Linda Hall Library

Missouri State Library

St. Louis Public Library

St. Louis University

State Historical Society of Missouri

University of Missouri - Kansas City

University of Missouri - St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis

Recap:First two months

Recruiting studentsThey don’t have time to work for us

New article based on Street Begging in St. Louis by the Bureau for Homeless Men in St. Louis, MO

Student contributions

Added biographical information and citations to Eric P. Newman’s Wikipedia page

Added image of memorial card for Elijah P. Lovejoy, abolitionist newspaper publisher

Lessonslearned

Freedom bond asserting the freedom of Joseph Postlewaite

St. Louis Grey’s Quick Step by Joseph (JW) Postlewaite

New Wikipedia article!

Invoice incurred by Governor Brown at the Planter’s House Hotelfrom Missouri State Archives

Image of Courthouse and Planter’s House Hotel from Missouri History Museum

Questions?ssdavis@wustl.edu

Wikipedia Library/Library Interns spring 2016