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What happened in GLAM in December?
by Romaine Wiki 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

Hello all! What happened with GLAM in December? Let us know and write a (short) report about it for the newsletter 'This Month in GLAM' so that the worldwide and local Wikimedia community can read what happened in your area. Also this will encourage others to participate and donate material. You can start writing here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom If your country/area isn't mentioned on the page, you can always add it to: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2017/Contents Please mention also the coming GLAM activities on our calendar on: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Calendar/January_2018 Deadline: 7 January If anyone needs help/explanation about the newsletter, please ask! Thanks & greetings! Romaine --- http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Romaine

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Structured Commons newsletter, December 13, 2017
by Sandra Fauconnier 13 Dec '17

13 Dec '17

Hi all! Here's a fresh newsletter about Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons. Enjoy! ... *Community updates* - There was a IRC Office Hour about Structured Commons on November 21. You can read the log here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2017-11-21> . - Our dedicated IRC channel: wikimedia-commons-sd webchat <https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-commons-sd> *Things to do / input and feedback requests* <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved> - *NEW:* Participate in a survey <http://www.allourideas.org/commonswdtools> that helps us prioritize which tools are important for the Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata communities. The survey runs until December 22. Here's some background <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Too…> . - *NEW:* Help the team decide on better names for 'captions' and 'descriptions' <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Fee…'captions'_and_'descriptions'>. You can provide input until January 3, 2018. - *NEW:* Help collect interesting Commons files <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured%20data/Get%20involved…>, to prepare for the data modelling challenges ahead! Continuous input is welcome. - Join the community focus group <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Com…> ! - Do you want to translate messages and information about Structured Data on Commons from English to your own language? Sign up on the translators page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Structured%20Data%20on%20Commons/Newsletter…> . *Presentations / Press / Events* <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/About/Press_and_…> - Sandra <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SandraF%20(WMF)> presented the plans for Structured Commons during WikidataCon in Berlin, on October 29. The presentation focused on collaboration between the Wikidata and Commons communities. You can see the full video here. <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikidataCon_2017_-_Structured_Commo…> *Partners and allies* - We are still welcoming (more) staff from GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) to become part of our long-term focus group <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/GLA…> (phabricator task T174134 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174134>). You will be kept in the loop of the project, and receive regular small surveys and requests for feedback. Get in touch with Sandra <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SandraF%20(WMF)> if you're interested - your input in helping to shape this project is highly valued! *Research* - Research findings from interviews and surveys of GLAM project participants are being published to the research page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Supporting_Commons_contribution_by…>. Check back over the next few weeks as additional details (notes, quotes, charts, blog posts, and slide decks) will be added to or linked from that page. *Development* <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Development> - The Structured Commons team has written and submitted a report about the first nine months of work on the project to its funders, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The 53-page report, published on November 1, is available on Wikimedia Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Structured_Data_on_Commons_Nov._201…> . - The team has started working on designs for changes to the upload wizard (T182019 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182019>). - We started preliminary work to prototype changes for file info pages. - Work on the MediaInfo extension is ongoing (T176012 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176012>). - The team is continuing its work on baseline metrics on Commons, in order to be able to measure the effectiveness of structured data on Commons. (T174519 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174519>) - Upcoming: in the first half of 2018, the first prototypes and design sketches for file pages, the UploadWizard, and for search will be published for discussion and feedback! *Stay up to date!* - Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on *Phabricator*: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/ - Subscribe to this *newsletter* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global%20message%20delivery/Targets/Structu…> to receive it on a talk page of your own choice. - Join the next *IRC office hour <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC%20office%20hours#Upcoming_office_hours>* and ask questions to the team! It takes place on *Tuesday, February 13, 18.00 UTC* in wikimedia-office webchat <https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-office>. -- Sandra Fauconnier Community Liaison for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data>, Wikimedia Foundation sfauconnier(a)wikimedia.org *Subscribe to the Structured Commons newsletter!* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Structured_…>

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FAST Interest Survey
by Proffitt,Merrilee 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

Colleagues - Five Research Libraries - Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard and Yale - along with OCLC colleagues have created a survey to gauge interest in the current features of OCLC's FAST<http://www.oclc.org/research/themes/data-science/fast.html> (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) and potential enhancements. We'd like as many responses as possible--even from those who are not using FAST! Please share this link with anyone you know who applies subject terminology to metadata. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Next_Steps_for_FAST We've beta-tested the survey, and it takes 5-15 minutes to complete. You will likely see the survey on other lists that you subscribe to. Kate Harcourt at Columbia has volunteered to serve as coordinator for the survey, so please direct any questions about it to her at harcourt(a)columbia.edu<mailto:harcourt@columbia.edu> The deadline for responses is 15 December 2017. Thank you Posted on behalf of: Kate Harcourt Marty Kurth Jim LeBlanc Boaz Nadav Manes Scott Wicks -- Merrilee Proffitt OCLC * Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research 155 Bovet Rd, Suite 500, San Mateo, CA 94402 T +1-650-287-2136 [OCLC]<http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_logo> OCLC.org<http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_link> * Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/OCLC/20530435726> * Twitter<http://twitter.com/oclc> * YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/OCLCvideo>

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GLAM enquiry for India chapter sadsadas
by Sandipan Banerjee 09 Dec '17

09 Dec '17

Hello Wikipedians, I am Sandipan Banerjee from Kolkata, India. I was following Glamwiki mail list for last few months, and I wanted to contribute to the GLAMwiki, but I need more info regarding this, such as who is the person I should contact for more help? or what are the necessary guidelines I should follow etc? Thank you in advance Sandipan Banerjee

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This Month in GLAM: November 2017
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 08 Dec '17

08 Dec '17

*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue XI, Volume VII – November 2017* ------------------------------ Australia and New Zealand report: GLAM Peak digital collections workshops http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/A… Brazil report: Can you hear this GLAM?; Glam activities at I IWSC and 3D reconstruction project http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/B… Côte d'Ivoire report: Training 10 librarians, partnering with APSID-CI http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/C…'Ivoire_report Czech Republic report: Edit-a-thon in Regional museum in Slaný 2017 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/C… Estonia report: Digital Humanities Conference held as Part of Estonian Presidency of Council of the EU http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/E… France report: Edit-a-thons in Saint-Brieuc and Montpellier http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/F… Germany report: A new archive building is born and more GLAM on Tour Stations http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/G… Ireland report: Digital Preservation Community Workshop http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/I… Macedonia report: Edit-a-thon related to WWII; Wiki Loves Food 2017 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/M… Netherlands report: Photographs of Africa & KB-Wiki partnership http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/N… Serbia report: Two Wikipedians in residence and one edit-a-thon http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/S… Spain report: Working with libraries http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/S… Sweden report: Nordiska museet; Internetmuseum; Statens maritima museer; Nationalmuseum; Swedish Performing Arts Agency workshop http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/S… Tunisia report: Upload Book http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/T… UK report: Libraries gave us power http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/U… Ukraine report: Volunteers cooperate with GLAMers http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/U… USA report: remember November http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/U… Special story: Out of This World! http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/S… Wikidata report: Onwards and Upwards http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/W… WMF GLAM report: Conferences, case studies, Structured Commons, #1lib1ref http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/W… Calendar: December's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/E… ------------------------------ About *This Month in GLAM* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/About Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Add your story / Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom -- The *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter

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Reminder to Vote in 2017 Community Wishlist Survey
by Alex Stinson 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

Hi all, I wanted to call your attention to the Community Wishlist, which has opened voting on potential projects until December 10. The full list of 215 proposals can be found on the main survey page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey Below my signature, I have listed a number of proposals that I think are directly relevant to various GLAM organization and activity workflows. If you spot other proposals/wishes that are relevant to folks on this list, please share as well! I encourage you to browse through and vote for any projects you would like to see be considered by the Community Tech team in future. Cheers, Alex Stinson GLAM WikiSource Related: * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Wikisource#I… Wikidata related: * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Wikidata#Qr_… * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Wikidata#Int… Commons related: * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Multimedia_a… * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Multimedia_a… * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Multimedia_a… * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Multimedia_a… * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Multimedia_a… * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Multimedia_a… -- Alex Stinson GLAM-Wiki Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: http://glamwiki.org

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What happened in GLAM in November?
by Romaine Wiki 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

Hello all! What happened with GLAM in November? Let us know and write a (short) report about it for the newsletter 'This Month in GLAM' so that the worldwide and local Wikimedia community can read what happened in your area. Also this will encourage others to participate and donate material. You can start writing here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom If your country/area isn't mentioned on the page, you can always add it to: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents Please mention also the coming GLAM activities on our calendar on: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Calendar/December_2017 Deadline: 7 December If anyone needs help/explanation about the newsletter, please ask! Thanks & greetings! Romaine --- http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Romaine

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Re: [GLAM] GLAM Digest, Vol 76, Issue 12
by Olaf Janssen 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

I'm not sure if this was already mentioned in the 1Lib1Ref documentation, but I happened to come across the Citation Hunt tool, this might be handy for 1Lib1Ref https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/en (adjust according to your preferred language) With kind regards Olaf Janssen Wikipedia & open data coordinator Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands olaf.janssen(a)kb.nl +31 (0)70 3140 388 @ookgezellig www.slideshare.net/OlafJanssenNL -----Original Message----- From: GLAM [mailto:glam-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of glam-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: woensdag 22 november 2017 21:19 To: glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: GLAM Digest, Vol 76, Issue 12 Send GLAM mailing list submissions to glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to glam-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at glam-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of GLAM digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Fwd: #1lib1ref 2018! Make sure your ready! (Alex Stinson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 15:18:43 -0500 From: Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org> To: "Wikimedia & Libraries" <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination <cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch> Subject: [GLAM] Fwd: #1lib1ref 2018! Make sure your ready! Message-ID: <CAOczgRQQ=FgQzpgtzDGAPzBrc3d1To6ebB+2UMSz1UsSaD_MFw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi GLAM and Library Wikimedians, This is a reminder that #1lib1ref organizing and outreach should start happening soon, especially with the New Year/holiday season coming up. If you want to help do outreach or coordination in your region or language context, but did not receive the organizing email below please let me know. We are available to answer questions and consult on developing local iterations and instances of the campaign in your context! Cheers, Alex Stinson ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 3:12 PM Subject: #1lib1ref 2018! Make sure your ready! To: Jessamyn West <jwest(a)wikimedia.org> Hello #1lib1ref Wikimedia organizers! You are getting this email if you expressed interest in organizing #1lib1ref this year, or supported organizing in previous years! #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/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons if you want to learn from previous years). Updating content #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: 1. 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/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Press/2017 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Press/2017> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/ 1Lib1Ref/Press/2016 1. Review Citation Hunt -- Check if your language is supported in the top right for citation hunt: https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/ / https://citationhunt.org 1. If you want to translate into new language, please do so at: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:CitationHunt <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:CitationHunt> 2. Once you have a language translated (or discover a bug or needed change), request support at: https://github.com/eggpi/ citationhunt/issues 1. Review Hashtag Tracking --Hashtag tracking is an important part of demonstrating the impact of the campaign. Make sure your language is supported: - URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags - Report bugs or request features or language support: https://github.com/hatnote/hashtags/issues/new <https://github.com/hatnote/hashtags/issues/new> 1. 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/ wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref> - The “How to participate” instructions: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Participate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Participate> - The Citation Help instructions: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Help> - The Connect page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/ 1Lib1Ref/Connect - The Side Bar: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:The_Wikipedia_ Library/1Lib1Ref/Sidebar - “the Coffee Hour kit”: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Coffee_Kit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Coffee_Kit> 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/ wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Press <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Press> A page for recording events: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Template:The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Connect/Events -- Alex Stinson GLAM-Wiki Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: http://glamwiki.org -- Alex Stinson GLAM-Wiki Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: http://glamwiki.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Need help writing great case studies? Come to office hours!
by Alex Stinson 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Hi all, We wanted to remind you about the Case Studies campaign from the Programs team at the Wikimedia Foundation: our hope is to collect case studies of program or activities that haven’t been documented before. We hope to collect more representatives case studies for Education, GLAM and other program areas to better support and inspire other program leaders! To learn more see: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Case_studies If you would like to learn more about what makes great Case Studies, we are holding office hours on Tuesday: - 1800 MYT/1000 UTC on November 28: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/wikimedia.org/case-studies_utc0800 - 1200 EST/1600 UTC on November 28: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/wikimedia.org/case-studies <https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/wikimedia.org/case-studies?hceid=YXN0aW5…> If you can’t attend these office hours, but would like help thinking about your potential case study, please let us know: astinson(a)wikimedia.org or nsaad(a)wikimedia.org Hope you share! Nichole Saad, Education Program Manager Alex Stinson, GLAM-Wiki Strategist -- Alex Stinson GLAM-Wiki Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: http://glamwiki.org

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Fwd: #1lib1ref 2018! Make sure your ready!
by Alex Stinson 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

Hi GLAM and Library Wikimedians, This is a reminder that #1lib1ref organizing and outreach should start happening soon, especially with the New Year/holiday season coming up. If you want to help do outreach or coordination in your region or language context, but did not receive the organizing email below please let me know. We are available to answer questions and consult on developing local iterations and instances of the campaign in your context! Cheers, Alex Stinson ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 3:12 PM Subject: #1lib1ref 2018! Make sure your ready! To: Jessamyn West <jwest(a)wikimedia.org> Hello #1lib1ref Wikimedia organizers! You are getting this email if you expressed interest in organizing #1lib1ref this year, or supported organizing in previous years! #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/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons if you want to learn from previous years). Updating content #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: 1. 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/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Press/2017 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Press/2017> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/ 1Lib1Ref/Press/2016 1. Review Citation Hunt -- Check if your language is supported in the top right for citation hunt: https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/ / https://citationhunt.org 1. If you want to translate into new language, please do so at: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:CitationHunt <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:CitationHunt> 2. Once you have a language translated (or discover a bug or needed change), request support at: https://github.com/eggpi/ citationhunt/issues 1. Review Hashtag Tracking --Hashtag tracking is an important part of demonstrating the impact of the campaign. Make sure your language is supported: - URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags - Report bugs or request features or language support: https://github.com/hatnote/hashtags/issues/new <https://github.com/hatnote/hashtags/issues/new> 1. 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/ wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref> - The “How to participate” instructions: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Participate <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Participate> - The Citation Help instructions: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Help <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Help> - The Connect page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/ 1Lib1Ref/Connect - The Side Bar: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:The_Wikipedia_ Library/1Lib1Ref/Sidebar - “the Coffee Hour kit”: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Coffee_Kit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Coffee_Kit> 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/ wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Press <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Press> A page for recording events: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Template:The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Connect/Events -- Alex Stinson GLAM-Wiki Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: http://glamwiki.org -- Alex Stinson GLAM-Wiki Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: http://glamwiki.org

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