<div dir="ltr">Wikipedia and libraries connect to one another in a circle of research and dissemination. Wikipedia is becoming the starting point for research for many; it can in turn lead readers back to other sources and encourage them to engage in deeper learning within their library.<br>
While in the past, many librarians have encouraged patrons to eschew Wikipedia in favor of library databases and secondary sources, they are now starting to work together, in recognition of the fact that today’s students often rely on the Internet and Wikipedia for their initial overview. Libraries are working to make sure they are part of the pipeline so that students following the crowdsourced Wikipedia bibliography back to full-text references will find libraries as the end point if not always the starting point.<div>
<br><a href="http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2014/01/discovery/librarypedia-future-libraries-wikipedia/">http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2014/01/discovery/librarypedia-future-libraries-wikipedia/</a></div></div>