Virginia Commonwealth University
Department of English | School of Mass Communications | School of the Arts
An NEH Year Program Funded by the VCU Honors College
Conversation with Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia
Creating & Consuming Culture in the Digital Age

Free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Please make note to the change in time from initial announcement.

In the space of five short years, Wikipedia has dramatically changed the landscape of human knowledge. His open source, collaboratively authored, on-line reference work Wikipedia is one of the most used sites on the web. Scholars, librarians and critics continue to debate its usefulness and authority. Join Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia’s co-founder, as he discusses the future of Wikipedia and his other wiki-based projects.

Hear first hand what all the fuss is about.

Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales is the founder, board member and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit corporation that operates the Wikipedia project, and several other wiki projects, including Wiktionary and Wikinews.

Click here for more information about Mr. Wales.
Click here
for a recent profile of Mr. Wales in the Guardian newspaper.

Time/Date Monday April 11, 4PM *Note time change from 4:30PM
Location Commonwealth Ballroom
VCU Student Commons (907 Floyd Ave)