Introducing #EveryBookItsReader: A New Wikimedia Campaign
Catalan:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/ca/2023/03/07/encetem-acadallibreelseupublic-una…
English:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/07/introducing-everybookitsreader-a-new-…
Spanish:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/es/2023/03/07/presentamos-cadalibrosupublico-una…
French:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/fr/2023/03/07/presentation-de-chaquelivresonpubl…
Portuguese Brazilian:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/pt/2023/03/07/apresentando-cadalivroseupublico-u…
Books give form to compelling human stories, both real and imagined, revealing the
diversity of human experience. Books inspire admiration, provoke dialogue, and invite
conversation across and between cultures and people. Wikipedia articles about books are
read millions of times every year; for example, over the past 90 days in English Wikipedia
Their Eyes Were Watching
God<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Their_Eyes_Were_Watching_God> was viewed 69,000
times; in Spanish Wikipedia Como agua para
chocolate<https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Como_agua_para_chocolate_(novela… was
viewed 25,000 times (Like Water for Chocolate in English: 28,000 times); and in Portuguese
Wikipedia O
Alquimista<https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Alquimista> was viewed 10,000
times (The Alchemist in English: 198,000 times).
The importance of quality information about books on Wikipedia is obvious. If you are a
book reader and want to help us take care of books, join the new Wikimedia campaign:
#EveryBookItsReader. This campaign, organized by nine volunteers located in Botswana,
Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Catalonia-Spain, and the U.S., will span the entire month of April
as we work to improve and create content about books, literary works, and oral stories in
Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikicommons, Wikiquotes, Wikibooks, and Wikisource. The campaign will
run the entire month of April and coincides with World Book
Day<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Book_Day>ay>, April 23, which is commemorated
in many locations but originated in Catalonia, Spain where it is now celebrated as the Day
of Books and
Roses<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_Books_and_Roses_(Cataloni…a)>.
Millions of people benefit from information about books across Wikimedia projects. Quality
Wikipedia book articles recap plots; summarize professional reviews, literary criticism,
and public reception; and list awards received. Among those who benefit are the
professions associated with books including authors, librarians, publishers, editors,
translators, and booksellers. A quality article minimizes the investigative efforts
required by readers and professionals to learn about a book. Librarians benefit when
reviews are not behind paywalls, independent booksellers benefit when they can easily find
book summaries, and publishers benefit when they can learn how their publications are
being received around the world.
The campaign name is familiar to many librarians because it is the third law of Shiyali
Ramamrita (S.R.) Ranganathan’s five laws of library
science<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_laws_of_library_science>ce>, “Every book its
reader”.
Ranganathan<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._R._Ranganathan> was a
librarian and mathematician from India who proposed the five laws in 1931 – today many
librarians around the world accept the five laws as the foundations of their philosophy.
How to Get Involved
The campaign will run from 1 to 30 April, 2023. Visit the #EveryReaderItsBook Wikimedia
campaign
Meta<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EveryBooksItsReader_2023> site for
information about getting involved. The Meta page is currently available in English,
Catalan, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. More translations are welcome.
Follow the Campaign on Social Media
Help us amplify the campaign from now through the 30th of April using the hashtags:
* #EveryBookItsReader (English)
* #ChaqueLivreSonPublic (French)
* #ACadaLlibreElSeuPúblic (Catalan)
* #CadaLivroSeuPúblico (Portuguese)
* #CadaLibroSuPúblico (Spanish)
Tell your followers and the world why you think adding books and stories are important.
Follow this campaign on Twitter @Every_Bk.<https://twitter.com/Every_Bk> Tweets by
the campaign organizers will be in Catalan, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
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Laurie Bridges, MS, MLIS
Instruction and Outreach Librarian / Professor
Oregon State University Libraries and Press
Corvallis, OR 97330
She/her
Library liaison to:
School of Writing, Literature, and Film
School of Visual, Performing, and Design Arts
School of Communication