We’re presently in the midst of Open Access week. While Open Access concerns “the free, immediate, online availability of research articles, coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment” (SPARC), Open Access is about more than scholarship. It’s about the conception of information as a public good; it’s about collaboration; and it’s about participatory culture. In this vein, #OAWeek is also a great time to think about and maybe get involved with some of the open, public resources that we use all the time in our research, teaching, or everyday lives…like Wikipedia.
Wikipedia provides a great platform for learning (or teaching students) more about the rhetorical culture of a public, informational resource. Want to learn more about how to incorporate Wikipedia into your teaching? Check out our upcoming event “Wikipedia in the Classroom” on November 11.
Want to learn more about the intersection of Wikipedia and Open Access culture? Participate in the global Wikipedia Open Access Week edit-a-thon.
While “anyone can edit” Wikipedia, not everybody does, and there have been concerted movements to improve and diversify the content in the world’s largest encyclopedia. Interested in learning more about the editing community? Attend an edit-a-thon in NYC.
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