CHAPTER 11
BIBLIOWIKIS: THE VOLUNTEERDRIVEN, CATALAN CASE STUDY OF LIBRARIES AS HOTSPOTS FOR NEW WIKIPEDIANS AND HIGH-QUALITY SOURCES
Francesc Xavier Dengra i Grau,1 Carme Fenoll i Clarabuch,2 Vicenç Allué Blanch,3 Francesc Fort i Silvestre,4 Francesc García Grimau,5 and Amparo Pons Cortell6
1 KU Leuven and Amical Wikimedia, 2 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 3 Autonomous University of Barcelona and Amical Wikimedia, 4 Amical Wikimedia, 5 Universitat de Barcelona, 6 Museu Valencià d’Etnologia and Amical Wikimedia
Abstract
The Catalan Wikipedia (Viquipèdia) is a successful free-knowledge platform with a strong community of editors that has significantly contributed to the normalization of this minoritized language on the Internet. In 2012, the NGO Amical Wikimedia and the Public Library Service of the Catalan Ministry of Culture launched #Bibliowikis, an initiative that has involved several hundreds of librarians and public libraries in the improvement of this version of the online encyclopedia. This unique, successful model was presented to the United Nations Educational,
