Lukethelibrarian

Who I Am

By day, a mild-mannered technical services librarian at a community college district in Texas. You can find some materials related to those pursuits here.

After hours, I am a virtual reference librarian, providing online library reference services in English and Spanish for a wide variety of libraries as part of a group of contractors called Librarians By Request. I contribute to a blog on virtual reference -- please stop by.

Why I'm Here

My reasons for finally getting off my virtual butt and getting involved in Wikipedia are best summed up in this blog entry. Long story short: it was a direct result of the formation of Wikipedia:WikiProject Librarians, which really got me thinking about the reasons why librarians should get involved in Wikipedia instead of carping from the sidelines.

Librarians and Wikipedia

I've been collecting some more extensive reflections on why Librarians should consider being Wikipedians, and I've moved them to User:Lukethelibrarian/Librarians and Wikipedia.

What I've Done So Far

Not much so far...

• Writing a diatribe on Librarians and Wikipedia (see above)
• Helping out a little bit at Wikipedia:Reference Desk
• Helping out a little bit with the Wikipedia:Spanish Translation of the Week
• Starting on drafts of a couple of articles (see below)

Current Tasks

• Learn my way around, get better understanding of the rules of play
• Five laws of library science; my draft at User:Lukethelibrarian/Five laws of library science
• Rio Grande Valley; my draft at User:Lukethelibrarian/Rio Grande Valley

Future Possibilities

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Librarians
  • Develop articles from to-do list
  • Support project organization
• Wikipedia en español
  • Translate/create articles in areas of interest
  • Investigate possibility of WikiProyecto_Biblioteconomía
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas
  • Articles on geographical areas of interest: Rio Grande Valley, Montgomery County, Texas, and counties/cities therein
  • Articles on Texas music history and ethnomusicology
• Develop coverage in areas of personal interest such as ethnomusicology of Texas