National Archives Appoints Liason to Wikipedia

According to the Huffington Post, the National Archives has appointed a student at Simmons College as liason to Wikipedia. The article is tad vague about what exactly this means. However the quotes from David Ferriero seems to indicate that the new appointee will edit article having to do with American History and the National Archives with the goal of increasing the visibility of the Archives' holdings. This is an interesting example of the use of Web 2.0 technology to enhance archives. It seems that NARA intends to use Wikipedia as a form of free publicity. How exactly this plays out will be interesting. Click on the link for the full article.