Submissions:2023/What I've learnt about partnerships through The Wikipedia Library
This submission has been noted and is pending review for WikiConference North America 2023.
Title:
- What I've learnt about partnerships through The Wikipedia Library
Theme:
- Equity / Inclusion / Community Health, Research / Science / Medicine, Credibility / Mis and Disinformation (WikiCred)
Type of session:
- Lightning talk
Abstract:
As the partnerships lead for The Wikipedia Library, I spend my time having conversations with commercial publishers and other organizations that keep essential knowledge behind paywalls. It's my job to persuade them to provide free access to high-quality research material for our most productive editors, so we can increase the reliability of Wikipedia. Partners that I've recently onboarded include Sage Publications, British Newspaper Archives, and the University of Chicago Press.
In this lightning talk, I'll share prospective partners' most common misconceptions about Wikipedia and our movement; the reasons they give for not taking part; and the arguments that convince them to take this step towards sharing their information more openly.
This talk will be useful to anyone who wants to develop content partnerships. You will learn about how we identify and vet partners; our outreach strategies; The Wikipedia Library pitch; and the data and reporting we use.
Author name:
E-mail address:
- vsj-ctr
wikimedia.org
Wikimedia username:
Affiliated organization(s):
- Wikimedia Foundation
Estimated time:
- 10 mins
Special requests:
Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?:
- No
Okay to livestream?
- Do not livestream
If your submission is not accepted, would you be open to presenting your topic in another part of the program? (e.g. lightning talk or unconference session)
- Yes