Jimmy Wales - New Venue and on CSPAN
Who: Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales
When:3:30 Wednesday October 5Where: 209 Manning Hall
What: A talk about the world’s most popular encyclopedia and news source,
Wikipedia and Wikinews by the man who invented and sustains them.More about Jimmy and Wikipedia
Sponsors: ibiblio.org
School of Information and Library Science
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Scholarly Communications Working Group
Poster in PDF form here (with new location)See Jimbo on CSPAN’s Questions and Answers (September 25, 2005 and online archive)
I’ll be interested to ask him about the Wikibooks project to take on the textbook industry. It sure would save students a ton of money.
Comment by karen — September 28, 2005 @ 4:30 pm
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the C-Span interview. It is inspiring to read about his enthusiasm for the community he has created.
Comment by karen — October 6, 2005 @ 1:07 pm