Wikimedia projects to learn digital information literacy in the library, at school, at university

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2426/aibstudi-11654

Keywords:

wikimedia, information literacy, education

Abstract

The paper explores the issue of using Wikimedia platforms as tools for the development of digital information literacy in the library, at school and at university, in light of the upgrades of the last three years. The analysis starts from the space reserved for Wikipedia in the Information literacy manifesto drafted by AIB (Italian Libraries Association) and in the PNSD (National plan for digital school), it continues with a series of references to the two white books promoted by The Wikipedia Library (Wikimedia Foundation) and IFLA and presented on the occasion of the “World Library and Information Conference 2016”, it ends with the report of some good practices conducted in Italian libraries in an educational context. Ultimately, it emerges the opportunity to design actions capable of developing digital citizenship practices in an increasingly complex information ecosystem.

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Author Biography

Luigi Catalani, Università degli Studi di Salerno; Biblioteca Provinciale di Potenza; Wikimedia Italia

Since 2003 he works as a librarian at the Library of the Province of Potenza.

After teaching History of Medieval Philosophy at the Universities of Messina and Salerno, since 2008 he is Professor of Computer Science applied to Philosophical Sciences at the University of Salerno.

Since 2015 he is a member of the AIB study group on information literacy.

Since 2017 he is coordinator of Wikimedia Italia for the school and the university.

Published

2017-11-20

How to Cite

Catalani, L. (2017). Wikimedia projects to learn digital information literacy in the library, at school, at university. AIB Studi, 57(2). https://doi.org/10.2426/aibstudi-11654

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Themes and analyses