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;Title of the submission: 

Forward to Libraries: Tools and data for connecting Wikipedia with local library resources

;Themes ([[Submissions#Proposal Themes|Proposal Themes]] - Community, Tech, Outreach, GLAM, Education):

GLAM

;Type of submission ([[Submissions#Presentation Types|Presentation Types]] - Panel, Workshop, Presentation, etc):

Curated Talk (15 min).  Could also be on a panel with presenters on similar topics, if that works better.

;Author of the submission:

John Mark Ockerbloom

;E-mail address: <!-- this field must be entered, otherwise, submission will not be checked -->

ockerblo@pobox.upenn.edu

;Username:

JohnMarkOckerbloom

;US state or country of origin:

Pennsylvania

;Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.):

University of Pennsylvania

;Personal homepage or blog:

http://everybodyslibraries.com/

;Abstract ''(at least 300 words to describe your proposal)'':

The Forward to Libraries initiative enables readers to move between
Wikipedia articles on topics of interest to them to other information
resources online and in the local libraries of their choosing.
The system's code and data also makes it possible for links to be created
from established library subject and author terms to Wikipedia.
Forward to Libraries allows people investigating a topic or a person to
take advantage of the complementary information sources freely available
in their libraries and freely available online, making the most of
the benefits of both Wikipedia and their libraries.  Currently the
service forwards to over 500 library systems from over 1500 Wikipedia articles, and
can easily grow to serve many more.

In this talk, I will describe the capabilities and potential of the
Forward to Libraries suite of tools.  Attendees will learn:
 
* How to put templates on Wikipedia articles to link to subject and author searches in your local libraries.
* How these templates compare to other kinds of library links on Wikipedia (such as book-specific links and special collections links) and when to use one kind of link rather than another.
* How you can add more libraries to the forwarding service.
* What makes the service work under the hood (a brief description of the code and data).
* How the open-licensed data and code on the service's Github site enables others to develop new applications (such as forwarding from libraries '''back''' to Wikipedia).
* Ways that the service can be improved and enhanced, and some ways in which Wikipedians can help.

;Length of presentation/talk (see [[Submissions#Presentation Types|Presentation Types]] for lengths of different presentation types): <!--  (if other than 75 minutes, specify how long, and how it might fit into a larger 75 minute thematic session) --> 15 Minutes

;Will you attend WikiConference USA if your submission is not accepted?:

Possibly.

;Slides or further information (optional):

;Special request as to time of presentations: <!-- (for example - can not present on Saturday) -->

Prefer to present on Saturday.  Not sure at this point what my Friday availability will be (if any).

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