The photographs in Wikipedia
Posted by: Christine Bulson
There was an interesting article in The New York Times last week about the problems associated with photographs of the famous and infamous on Wikipedia. It reminded me that when Reference Books Bulletin reviewed numerous sets of encyclopedias the reviewer always commented on the photographs and illustrations. But now when using Wikipedia rather than a conventional encyclopedia, I never question the quantity or quality of the photographs. It made me wonder if other librarians, like the majority of our patrons, are oblivious to the poor photographs that may accompany biographical material on this popular site.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
I found the article and this post to be very interesting. I too notice the quality of images in print sources, but rarely notice them on Wikipedia, or elsewhere online. I wrote more about this on my blog. If interested, check it out at http://libraryschoolstudent.blogspot.com/.