Hi Dorothy,

I'm not envisioning anything specific but just the idea.  It could be a photograph contest, it could be a way to to foster cooperation between Wikipedians and libraries by adding imagery to Commons and articles.  (I've previously been inspired by Michael Stephens who often takes library photographs for his blog Tame The Web, although I find that most libraries are very suspicious of people taking photographs before you win their confidence.)

It's another activity to enhance the Wikipedia Loves Library campaign.

Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Dorothy Howard <dhoward@metro.org> wrote:
Love this idea, Bob. Thanks for sharing. Are you envisioning this as a digital album or digital project or analog?

D


On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Bob Kosovsky <bobkosovsky@nypl.org> wrote:
On a visit to ta friend's house, I saw that he has this new coffee-table book "The Library: A World History."  It has beautiful photographs (interior and exterior shots) from all over the world of libraries from Roman times to the present (including plenty in Asia that were totally unfamiliar to me).

Immediately I thought that Wikipedia's photograph hunts (e.g. "Wiki Loves Monuments") could be combined with Wikipedia Loves Libraries to create a fabulous record of libraries in communities the world over, large and small.

Perhaps next year?

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