Shows
Future KnowledgeThe Fight for the Public RecordThe public record is the foundation of an informed democracy, but in the digital age, it is more fragile than ever. In this timely conversation, Merrilee Proffitt (Democracy’s Library at the Internet Archive), James Jacobs (Stanford University), and Christopher Marcum (Federation of American Scientists) examine the growing challenges of preserving government information in the digital age. As government websites, scientific datasets, public health guidance, and other public records can be altered, removed, or lost with unprecedented speed, they explore the critical role libraries, archives, and civil society organizations play in safeguarding trustworthy public knowledge.This conversation wa...
2026-09-0944 min
School Librarians United with Amy HermonOur Voldemort: WikipediaJoin me as I address the contentious issue of Wikipedia and what role it has, if any in our students' research strategies. Forbes: Amazon donates $1 million NYT's November 16 article: From Encyclopedia Collector to "Wikipedian-at-Large" MOMA's Wikipedia Edit-a-thon ALA's 2018 Spotlight: On Wikipedia Four questions with author, librarian, and Wikipedian Merrilee Proffitt Trump's Wikipedia page on Thanksgiving Wikipedia: FAQ's for Schools NYT's November 1 article: My Deployment Was Not an "Adventure" NYT's December 1 article: A Marine's Reaction ...Prompts and Apology From the Publisher
2018-12-0327 min
OCLC Research Podcasts and WebinarsOCLC Research Webinar: The Wikipedia Library Project-what is it, and how can you be involved?Wikipedia seeks libraries who are willing to host a Wikipedia editor and give that editor access to their library materials in order to enhance the article citation process on Wikipedia. The cooperative's goal for this project is to make the library's e-collections available online via the WorldCat Knowledge Base, so that students and others on campus can see links in Wikipedia to full-text articles that the library makes available. This webinar was a follow on from a small discussion at ALA Midwinter, and Senior Program Officer Merrilee Proffitt and Partner Programs Director Cindy Cunningham hope to broaden the conversation, help...
2014-03-0600 minOCLC Research Podcasts and WebinarsWorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry WebinarIn this webinar, Merrilee Proffitt and Bill Carney discuss the WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry.
2008-10-1600 minOCLC Research Podcasts and WebinarsAssessing the Impact of Special CollectionsIn this webinar, Merrilee Proffitt and Jennifer Schaffner discuss metrics within special collections.
2008-08-1400 min