Call for Proposals
Project Information
This open access edited volume will be a collection of approximately 20 chapters authored by academic library workers and faculty, Library and Information Science (LIS) faculty, and disciplinary faculty from around the globe that highlights engagement with Wikimedia-related projects and activities.
This volume will be divided into two sections, and possibly a third:
- The first section will include real-world examples of activities and approaches to working with Wikipedia.
- The second section will focus on the theories and underlying concepts required for the development of pedagogical approaches to teaching with and within Wikipedia.
- A third thematic section may be added, depending on the breadth and number of submissions, for example, a section related specifically to WikiData.
Project title: Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project
Editors: Laurie M. Bridges, Raymond Pun, Roberto A. Arteaga
OA Publisher: Maize Books, an imprint of Michigan Publishing
License: CC BY 4.0
Email: WikiGlobalProject@gmail.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/globalwikipedia/
Proposals due: June 1, 2020
Notifications sent by: June 30, 2020
Send proposals as MS Word Document to: WikiGlobalProject@gmail.com
Questions: WikiGlobalProject@gmail.com
Possible Topics
We are seeking chapters that include both practical and theoretical work. Possible topics for chapters include (but are not limited to) the following list:
- Case studies of Wikipedia in information literacy instruction
- Student researchers in Wikipedia
- Collaboration between Wikimedia user groups and academic library staff
- Wikipedia student clubs and their connection to libraries
- Benefits of academic libraries partnering with Wikimedia projects
- The role of Wikimedians/Wikipedians in Residence
- Collaborating with university faculty in the classroom
- Edit-a-thon pedagogy and practice
- Critical Librarianship and Wikipedia
- Wikipedia's fight against misinformation and "fake news"
- Medical students and training
- Use of Wikibooks in classes
- Wikidata visualizations for education
- Increasing and diversifying the audience for archival collections through Wikipedia
- Addressing gaps in Wikipedia, such as gender, LGBTQ+, racial, linguistic, regional, etc.
Editorial Timeline (tentative)
April 1 – June 1, 2020: Call for chapter proposals is distributed
June 15, 2020: Chapter proposals selected and authors notified
October 1, 2020: First draft of chapters due to editors
December 1, 2020: Second draft of chapters due to editors
January 1, 2021: Manuscript to publisher
Submission Information
Please send the following information to the editors by June 1, 2020:
- A tentative title and abstract proposal: Up to 500 words in MS Word describing what you would intend to submit for this book. In your abstract, indicate which section of the book your proposal is aligned to.
- Please include links to any other publications you may have (i.e. an article, a blog post, or anything else that best reflects your writing style)
- Author CVs or resumes (no more than 2 pages)
Information for Accepted Proposals
Final chapters will be approximately 3,000 words in length. All citations must be APA 7th edition. This OA publication will be licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license. After final chapters have been edited and approved in English, authors will have the option of providing a second-language translation of their chapter. (example: English and Basque or English and Yoruba). This will be determined on a case by case basis.
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