Hello #1lib1ref Wikimedia organizers!
#1lib1ref will launch January 16! We’ll ask librarians to celebrate Wikipedia’s birthday by adding one reference to Wikipedia.
This is the third year we will be running the campaign ( see https://meta.wikimedia.org/
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#1lib1ref is an opportunity to highlight the intimate and growing relationship between Wikipedia and libraries. We know librarians use Wikipedia for a variety of purposes, but specifically focusing on how our references work helps librarians and those they work with understand and enter our community -- and in turn educate their patrons about our community . If you would like to coordinate #1lib1ref in your area, here are the main steps:
Begin outreach to you contact list for allies or partners you think would be interested in #1lib1ref this year. We find that working with regional library network organizations helps a lot. You may consider contacting important partners, who can help you communicate during the campaign now: to help them prepare blog posts, or other communications for the campaigns. Examples from previous years can be found at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
Review Citation Hunt -- Check if your language is supported in the top right for citation hunt: https://tools.wmflabs.org/
If you want to translate into new language, please do so at: https://translatewiki.net/
Once you have a language translated (or discover a bug or needed change), request support at: https://github.com/eggpi/
Review Hashtag Tracking --Hashtag tracking is an important part of demonstrating the impact of the campaign. Make sure your language is supported:
Report bugs or request features or language support: https://github.com/hatnote/
Get to know the campaign pages (see list after the signature), and translate pages you need in your local language. Feel free to customize or modify the pages in your language to better meet the needs of your local community. Please let Jessamyn (cc'ed) or myself know if there are improvements for campaign pages in your language.
We look forward to collaborating with you! Thanks so much for your help—it should be a lot of fun, and we can’t do this project without you!
If you have any questions please respond to this email, and we will make sure to help you find that support!
Best,
Alex Stinson
Here is a list of pages that act as the main campaign pages
The Main Campaign Page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
The “How to participate” instructions: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
The Citation Help instructions: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
The Connect page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
The Side Bar: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
“the Coffee Hour kit”: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
Note that there are a few coordination pages that do not need translation, but you should still check out:
A page for recording press/blog mentions: https://meta.wikimedia.org/