User:MCL7675/Choose an Article
Article Selection[edit]
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.
Option 1[edit]
- Article title
- Maryland State Library
- Article Evaluation
- This article is very short. While it includes some sources, they are mostly websites without any peer-reviewed sources. It includes a very perfunctory history of the organization, skipping from 1935 to 2017. It needs to be updated to include more varied sources and recent updates.
- Sources
- Maryland State Library LibGuides. Home - Maryland State Library LibGuides at Maryland State Library. (n.d.). https://marylandlibraries.libguides.com/ :https://dbm.maryland.gov/budget/Documents/operbudget/2022/agency/MarylandStateLibraryAgency.pdf
Option 2[edit]
- Article title
- Reference desk
- Article Evaluation
- There is a very good start to the article. Its sections are well-defined, and there is a lot of good information about the history of library reference desks. However, most of the links are broken, and there is little about the modern-day usage of a reference desk, including a virtual one. I would add these if I select this article.
- Sources
- Bennett, J. L., & Stout, T. L. (2021). Changing the service model: utilizing tutor center models for reference desk redesign. Public Services Quarterly, 17(4), 248–255. https://doi.org/10.1080/15228959.2021.1969311 :MacLeod Reardon, J., Huddlestun, C., & Doster-Greenleaf, K. (2021). Pandemic as opportunity : creating and implementing a live virtual reference desk. Journal of New Librarianship, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.33011/newlibs/10/7
Option 3[edit]
- Article title
- BYU Family History Library
- Article Evaluation
- Overall, this is a good overview of the Brigham Young University Family History Library. The opening paragraph is filled with information that can otherwise be distributed into the history and modern-day sections of the text. There are also several dead links that can be replaced by newer ones. In this article, I would reorganize and update the links from more recent and reliable sources.
- Sources
- Brigham Young University. (2024, February 12). Sunday Virtual Classes: BYU Library: Family History: BYU Library. BYU Library | Family History. https://fh.lib.byu.edu/classes-and-webinars/sunday-classes/ :Burgi, J. (2023, August 27). FamilySearch Beginner Series (for Latter-Day Saints) 1: Getting to Know FamilySearch.org - Kathryn Grant (20 Aug 2023): BYU Library: Family history: BYU Library. BYU Library | Family History. https://fh.lib.byu.edu/2023/08/27/familysearch-beginner-series-for-latter-day-saints-1-getting-to-know-familysearch-org-kathryn-grant-20-aug-2023/
Option 4[edit]
- Article title
- Central Catholic Library
- Article Evaluation
- This article has several well-defined sections, and its sources are reputable. However, several facts are not supported, and the links are old. The last article was published in 2014. If I work on this article, I will find newer sources, and find sources to support the facts of the library's inner workings (such as the names of the different rooms) that support the facts of the article.
- Sources
- MacGowan, K. (2004). An Introduction to the Central Catholic Library. Dublin Historical Record, 57(1), 98–101. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30101450
- Central Catholic Library. (2020, August 21). https://www.catholiclibrary.ie/