Bridging the gap between academia and Wikipedia

 » Jisc and Wikimedia UK are collaborating on a project to bring the academic world and Wikipedia closer together. This will create opportunities for researchers, educators, and the general public to contribute to the world’s freely available knowledge (…)

This is a national project, based at the University of Bristol. It will train experts in their workplaces and also run ‘editathon’ events which will be open to the public. Dr Martin Poulter, who is a Wikipedia editor as well as a professional creator of educational materials in the University, will be an ambassador between the two communities. This will include working with Jisc’s communities to identify specific topics for development (…) « 

source > jisc.ac.uk, 27 juin 2013

• Mots-clés : 
• Collaboration,
• Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC),
• Open Access,
• Wikimedia,
• Wikipédia