"Cultures, Diversity, and Inequality—Local and Global"
Invite Rutgers University (RU) liaison librarians to participate in a project to evaluate the depth and authoritativeness of Wikipedia diversity content and identifying content gaps based on the relevant Rutgers curricular; and work with two Wikipedia editors to add reliable RUL licensed resources and digital content to close the identified gaps in Wikipedia articles. To that end, we will get familiar with Wikipedia editing culture and carry on this program even after the visiting scholars are gone and to make our unique contributions to Wikipedia articles.
For selected topics (4 or 5), teams will work with our Wikipedia visiting scholars to:
(1) Narrow or refine the topic as needed
(2) Research how well the topic is covered in Wikipedia according to the criteria of:
(a) completeness
(b) availability of substantive peer-reviewed resources
(c) objectivity of approach
(3) Edit articles by addressing each of the above issues
(4) Add one or more articles as needed for topics deserving an article that are not represented in Wikipedia.
Each team will be responsible for acquainting the Wikipedia scholar with the literature, both commercial and open source, available at Rutgers or elsewhere
Each team may elect to engage others, including students or other faculty and staff, as appropriate and possible.
