Wikimedia and universities: contributing to the global commons in the Age of Disinformation

2020/01/01 by NE Sheppard, Martin Poulter · 1 voice · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Computer Science · #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Wikis in Education and Collaboration #Digital Education and Society

paper · pdf · doi:10.1629/uksg.509

Abstract

Insights: the UKSG journal (2048-7754) aims to support UKSG's mission to connect the information community and encourage the exchange of ideas on scholarly communication, specifically to:Provide a forum for the communication and exchange of ideas between the many stakeholders in the global knowledge community.Disseminate news, information and publications, and raise awareness of services that support the scholarly information sector.From 1988 to 2011, Insights was published as Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community. Serials has been fully digitised and is openly accessible at serials.uksg.org.

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