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Thomas, Amber (2012) 21st-century scholarship and Wikipedia. Ariadne, Vol.70 .
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Abstract
Wikipedia, the world’s fifth most-used Web site, is a good illustration of the growing credibility of online resources. In his article in Ariadne earlier this year, “Wikipedia: Reflections on Use and Academic Acceptance”, Brian Whalley described the debates around accuracy and review, in the context of geology. He concluded that ‘If Wikipedia is the first port of call, as it already seems to be, for information requirement traffic, then there is a commitment to build on Open Educational Resources (OERs) of various kinds and improve their quality.’ In a similar approach to the Geological Society event that Whalley describes, Sarah Fahmy of JISC worked with Wikimedia and the British Library on a World War One (WWI) Editathon. There is a rich discourse about the way that academics relate to Wikipedia.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | A General Works > AZ History of Scholarship The Humanities Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science |
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| Divisions: | Administration > Information Technology Services | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Wikipedia, Learning and scholarship, Research -- Methodology, Internet research | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Ariadne | ||||
| Publisher: | UKOLN, University of Bath | ||||
| ISSN: | 1361-3200 | ||||
| Official Date: | 17 December 2012 | ||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 August 2016 | ||||
| Volume: | Vol.70 | ||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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