[#OAW15SF in Video] Wikipedia, WikiProject Medicine, and All of Us

UCSF’s Amin Azzam wants YOU to get on Wikipedia and contribute to global health.

[#OAW15SF in Video] Wikipedia, WikiProject Medicine, and All of Us

Not only do most of us make Wikipedia our first stop when exploring a new topic, turns out our medical professionals do, too. Dr. Amin Azzam liberates us from any feeling of Wiki-shame and points out the opportunity that this represents. “Wikipedia is the most multilingual part of the internet,” he explains and, thus, may be the perfect conduit for bringing high-quality medical information to every corner of the world. You can help make sure that’s the case by becoming a collaborator on WikiProject Medicine. The only thing missing is you!

Not only do most of us make Wikipedia our first stop when exploring a new topic, turns out our medical professionals do, too. Dr. Amin Azzam liberates us from any feeling of Wiki-shame and points out the opportunity that this represents. “Wikipedia is the most multilingual part of the internet,” he explains and, thus, may be the perfect conduit for bringing high-quality medical information to every corner of the world. You can help make sure that’s the case by becoming a collaborator on WikiProject Medicine. The only thing missing is you!

 

Open Access Week 2015: The Playlist

 Let’s Collaborate! Boost your Citations and Visibility

- Realtime Open Science on Thinklab & The Horrors of Data Copyright

Daniel Himmelstein, UCSF

- The Relationship Between Collaboration and Citation

Stephanie Dawson, ScienceOpen

- Open & Collaborative Peer Review for Scholarly Communication & Scientific Progress

Rich Schneider, UCSF

- Wikipedia, WikiProject Medicine, and All of Us

Amin Azzam, UCSF

- Making Yourself Visible Online: How to Promote Your Research

Laurence Bianchini, MyScienceWork

- The Open Access Citation Advantage: Is There a Real Effect?

William Gunn, Mendeley

- Publish or Perish: How to avoid predatory publishers & conferences

Marcus Banks, UC Davis & Anneliese Taylor, UCSF

- Citing Software for Academic Credit

Mackenzie Smith, UC Davis

- Open discussion following the talks

Questions, answers and exchanges among all participants

- Full event: Open Access Week 2015/Bay Area

Let's Collaborate! Boost Your Citations and Visibility

- 3 perspectives on open science and OA Week 2015/Bay Area:

* A Career Boost from Open, Collaborative Science - Daniel Himmelstein, UCSF

* Libraries increase access & understanding of rights - Marcus Banks, UC Davis

* Librarians: Open Science Liaisons - Anneliese Taylor, UCSF

 

 

Open Access Week 2015/Bay Area was co-organized and sponsored by:

The UCSF Library, MyScienceWork, ScienceOpen, Protocols.ioMendeley, PeerJ, Collabra/UC Press