Thanks, Alex and Jake, for keeping the ball rolling on this.

Have you considered including a Wikidata component? In the long run, I
expect librarians to spend more of their Wikimedia time on Wikidata,
especially around
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData .

Cheers,
d.

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Alex Stinson <astinson@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello Wikimedians!
>
>
> We are excited to finally start coordinating among #1lib1ref organizers this
> month.
>
>
> If you haven’t yet, we invite you to read the lessons that we learned from
> last year’s great campaign:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons
>
>
> As with last year, we hope to launch #1lib1ref on Wikipedia’s 16th birthday
> in January, asking librarians to “Give a birthday present to Wikipedia, by
> adding a reference”.
>
>
> What’s new?
>
>
> Last year we got a lot of feedback from librarians that they would have
> planned more activities if “they just had a bit more warning and time” so we
> are extending the campaign from eight days to 19 days, from January 15
> through February 3.
>
>
> We hope this does two things: a) it allows for several waves of
> communications and people adopting the campaign for local events and b) fits
> better with the start of the Spring Term at many universities in the
> Northern Hemisphere, where librarians are in demand for various activities.
>
>
> We also noticed last year a lot of social media about informal gatherings:
> librarians wanted to learn about Wikipedia socially at physical events. We
> think this is a great opportunity, so the Wikipedia Library team is
> developing a coffee hour kit that provides enough material to help
> librarians coordinate a small gathering, where they can talk about Wikipedia
> with their peers and add their one reference.
>
>
> The kit is going to include: a) recommendations for planning, b) a series of
> discussion questions, c) easy suggested activities, and d) a flyer template
> for promoting the event locally.  If you would like to help build the kit,
> or a new 1lib1ref logo, let us know.
>
>
> How you can help
>
>
> We hope the campaign offers a platform for engaging librarians in your
> region and context to learn more about Wikimedia projects. We know
> librarians use Wikipedia for a variety of purposes, but the campaign’s
> story--specifically how our references work--becomes a shared foundation for
> understanding and entering our community.  If you would like to coordinate
> #1lib1ref in your area, here are the main steps:
>
>
> Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group:
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilibrary
>
> Fill out this survey:
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflWCp9QkNbIZWXCWU02bp_FGCAua4Z6UaBj7P6Gcn1csT-6g/viewform
>
> Review Citation Hunt -- a volunteer-developed tool that allows for randomly
> being offered a citation. Check if your language is supported in the top
> right.
>
> URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/
>
> Report Bugs or request features or language support:
> https://github.com/eggpi/citationhunt/issues
>
> Review Hashtag Tracking -- a way to track edits made through the edit
> summary field.
>
> URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags
>
> Report bugs or request features or language support:
> https://github.com/hatnote/hashtags/issues/new
>
> Translate the campaign page to your local language. We want to have it ready
> for translation no later than November 10th and will notify you with an
> email that it’s ready.
>
> Begin reaching out to partners that you think will want to participate
> during the campaign through a) communications or b) activities.
>
>
> We look forward to collaborating with you!  Thanks so much for your help--it
> should be a lot of fun.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Alex Stinson
> Jake Orlowitz
>
> --
> Alex Stinson
> GLAM-Wiki Strategist
> Wikimedia Foundation
> Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
>
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