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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:#F0F0F0"><a href="https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/books">https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/books</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background:#F0F0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin:0in;background:white;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">EDITING FOR EQUITY: IMPROVING WIKIPEDIA COVERAGE OF AWARD-WINNING BOOKS BY BIPOC AUTHORS<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Join librarians at Oregon State University on April 21 from 1:00 - 4:00 to create and improve Wikipedia articles about books! We will focus our efforts on improving the coverage of award-winning
books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) authors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Millions of people benefit from information about books across Wikimedia projects. Quality Wikipedia book articles recap plots; summarize professional reviews, literary criticism, and
public reception; and list awards received. Among those who benefit are the professions associated with books including authors, librarians, publishers, editors, translators, and booksellers. A quality article minimizes the investigative efforts required by
readers and professionals to learn about a book. Librarians benefit when reviews are not behind paywalls, independent booksellers benefit when they can easily find book summaries, and publishers benefit when they can learn how their publications are being
received worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Wikipedia articles about books are read millions of times every year; for example, over the past 90 days in English Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Their_Eyes_Were_Watching_God"><span style="color:#2E5090">Their
Eyes Were Watching God</span></a> was viewed 69,000 times; in Spanish Wikipedia <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Como_agua_para_chocolate_(novela)"><span style="color:#2E5090">Como agua para chocolate</span></a> was viewed 25,000 times (Like Water for
Chocolate in English: 28,000 times); and in Portuguese Wikipedia <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Alquimista"><span style="color:#2E5090">O Alquimista</span></a> was viewed 10,000 times (The Alchemist in English: 198,000 times).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This OSU editathon event, Editing for Equity, is part of a larger Wikimedia campaign taking place in various locations around the world during the month of April. The <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/07/introducing-everybookitsreader-a-new-wikimedia-campaign/"><span style="color:#2E5090">#EveryBookItsReader
campaign</span></a> is focused on improving quality coverage of books, literature, and oral stories in Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Find out more and register here:
<span style="color:#666666;background:#F0F0F0"><a href="https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/books">https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/books</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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