Museum Manages it's Own Collection on Wikipedia It's Own Way

In The Wall Street Journal, article,  Museums Open Up to Power of Wiki,

MoMA Now Hosts Monthly Edit-a-thons to Help Improve the Quality of Wikipedia Pages by Robin Cembalest (2015) one can consider a innovative approach to Wikipedia and maintaining sound collection management practices. The Museum of Modern Art may have many works listed with Wikipedia. The issue is: is every work represented accurately and completely? It would be challenging to cover such an extensive collection alone, but MoMA had a different idea about how they would control the quality of their collection shared through the world wide web. MoMA called volunteers to come take a crash course in editing with a follow-up on assisting the museum with quality control on Wikipedia. It seems many parts of the collection could use some updates, but the coolest thing about this partnership between MoMA and Wikipedia is the acknowledgement and cooperation between both parties. Community members came forward to give in their free time efforts to fact check and explore different pieces of the collection. These public designed events are to have trained volunteers begin to edit parts of the collection. A shift among libraries, museums, and collection holders is taking place. Different agents are aware of the necessity to permit and support a collection representation on the internet for patron access.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/museums-open-up-to-power-of-wiki-1444613033

Robin Cembalest

Oct. 11, 2015 9:23 p.m. ET