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;<big><span class="plainlinks">[https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2016/02/wikipedia-and-open-access-making-research-as-useful-as-it-can-be A year as Wikipedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales]</span></big>
;<big><span class="plainlinks">[http://bit.ly/1Lrn9kj OER16 - Open Culture]</span></big>


''This post was written by Jason Evans and first published <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.llgc.org.uk/blog/?p=10875 on the National Library of Wales' website].</span>''
''This post was written by Lorna M. Campbell''


'''Hundreds of new articles created, thousands of images shared and millions of hits on Wikipedia'''
'''Hundreds of new articles created, thousands of images shared and millions of hits on Wikipedia'''


It’s been a year now since I began my journey into the world of Wikipedia. My brief was simple enough – get people editing, engage the community and embed an open access ethos at the National Library of Wales.
In April 2016 the University of Edinburgh will host the international Open Educational Resources Conference, OER16, which is coming to Scotland for the first time in its seven-year history. OER16 is being co-chaired by <span class="plainlinks">[http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/melissa/ Melissa Highton], Director of Learning, Teaching and Webservices at the University of Edinburgh, and [https://lornamcampbell.wordpress.com/ Lorna M. Campbell], Digital Education Manager at EDINA and OER Liaison at LTW. The conference is being supported and organised by [https://www.alt.ac.uk/ The Association for Learning Technology] (ALT).</span>


[[File:Gallipoli Edit-a-thon, National Library of Wales2.jpg|right|thumb|A volunteer improving Wikipedia articles relating to WWI at a Public Edit-a-thon event]]
The University of Edinburgh has a long tradition of openness and civic engagement,a world class reputation for encouraging innovation in open education and a <span class="plainlinks">[http://open.ed.ac.uk/ forward looking vision]</span> for sharing OER.


With 18 billion page views a month it seems that Wikipedia is most peoples’ one stop shop for information of any kind, and across the world top cultural institutions have been teaming up with the giant encyclopaedia in order to share their knowledge and their growing digital collections. The Nations Library’s goal is to provide knowledge for all, and Wikipedia is just one avenue being used to share that knowledge.
The theme of the OER16 is Open Culture and the conference will focus on the value proposition of embedding open culture in the context of institutional strategies for learning, teaching and research. Conference themes include:
*The strategic advantage of open and creating a culture of openness.
'''Making Wikipedia better'''
*Converging and competing cultures of open knowledge, open source, open content, open practice, open data and open access.
*Hacking, making and sharing.
*The reputational challenges of open washing.
*Openness and public engagement.
*Innovative approaches to opening up cultural heritage collections for education.


Wikipedia has not been without its critics, and its policy of inviting anyone and everyone to contribute means that some articles have certain shortcomings. To help remedy this and to better represent Wales on Wikipedia, a number of community events, or ‘Edit-a-thons’, have been organised to train new Wikipedia editors on a number of subjects from Medieval Law to the Rugby World Cup.
One aim of the conference is to start to break down some of the barriers between different open communities; open education, open knowledge, open data, open GLAM, and with this in mind, a diverse range of keynotes and invited speakers has been lined up.


Over 100 people have volunteered to have a go at editing during organised events, and Wikipedia’s introduction of the new ‘Visual Editor’ has made contributing even easier.
For further information and to register for OER16 Conference visit the OER16 website and follow the conference tag on twitter #oer16. Early bird registration rates are available until the 6th of March.


Staff and members of the Library’s enthusiastic volunteer team have also been busy working on Wikipedia related projects, and with 6.5 million printed books in the Library vaults there is no shortage of information to be added.
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Through the course of the year it has also become apparent that Edit-a-thons act as a gateway for community engagement. They help engage the public with the library, its collections and with Welsh heritage in a flexible, inspiring and subtle way.
 
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