User:Lukethelibrarian
Who I Am
[edit]By day, a mild-mannered technical services librarian at a community college district in Texas. You can find some materials related to those pursuits here.
After hours, I am a virtual reference librarian, providing online library reference services in English and Spanish for a wide variety of libraries as part of a group of contractors called Librarians By Request. I contribute to a blog on virtual reference -- please stop by.
Why I'm Here
[edit]My reasons for finally getting off my virtual butt and getting involved in Wikipedia are best summed up in this blog entry. Long story short: it was a direct result of the formation of Wikipedia:WikiProject Librarians, which really got me thinking about the reasons why librarians should get involved in Wikipedia instead of carping from the sidelines.
Librarians and Wikipedia
[edit]I've been collecting some more extensive reflections on why Librarians should consider being Wikipedians, and I've moved them to User:Lukethelibrarian/Librarians and Wikipedia.
What I've Done So Far
[edit]Not much so far...
- Writing a diatribe on Librarians and Wikipedia (see above)
- Helping out a little bit at Wikipedia:Reference Desk
- Helping out a little bit with the Wikipedia:Spanish Translation of the Week
- Starting on drafts of a couple of articles (see below)
Current Tasks
[edit]- Learn my way around, get better understanding of the rules of play
- Five laws of library science; my draft at User:Lukethelibrarian/Five laws of library science
- Rio Grande Valley; my draft at User:Lukethelibrarian/Rio Grande Valley
Future Possibilities
[edit]- Wikipedia:WikiProject Librarians
- Develop articles from to-do list
- Support project organization
- Wikipedia en español
- Translate/create articles in areas of interest
- Investigate possibility of WikiProyecto_Biblioteconomía
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas
- Articles on geographical areas of interest: Rio Grande Valley, Montgomery County, Texas, and counties/cities therein
- Articles on Texas music history and ethnomusicology
- Develop coverage in areas of personal interest such as ethnomusicology of Texas