2015-06-30 19:30 GMT+02:00 Proffitt,Merrilee <proffitm@oclc.org>:

Hi there,

 

Imagine my delight that you are creating a list of all the libraries in the world! However this does present a bit of an issue – are all libraries notable? The American Library Association estimates that there are around 120,000 libraries but doesn’t have an exact number because there is not a survey that covers all of them.


Yes, you pointed two important issues. What I propose is creating lists (not stubs for all libraries, by now). So in lists you have more freedom to add stuff that may or not be a notable article. It is the same with monuments lists in Wiki Loves Monuments.
 

Since librarians are discouraged from creating articles about their own institutions, this could be problematic? If this is an initiative that has broad approval I’m happy to help in any way that I can!


I'm not really sure if librarians are discouraged to create stubs about their institutions. We can ask the community anyway. Being most libraries non-profit and educational resources, I think that it is a special case.

But again, first we need some help to complete the lists. I doubt there is any problem with having librarians of a country expanding a list of libraries in their country.
 

 

http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet01

 

Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer
OCLC Research

 

From: libraries-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:libraries-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada
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Subject: Re: [libraries] [Wikidata] How can Wikidata get over 30, 000, 000 facts added a year ?

 

2015-06-23 9:00 GMT+02:00 Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada <emijrp@gmail.com>:

2015-06-23 8:49 GMT+02:00 Lucian Velea <lucian.velea@lexica.ro>:

Great idea. Does anyone know a statistics of number of libraries / librarians by country?

 

And started a list of lists that needs to be completed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_libraries_by_country
 


Is anyone interested in contacting national libraries/culture ministries so they can provide info about all the libraries for each country?

I have been working in Lists of museums/archives/libraries by country long time, but I only find partial lists and the work is slow. How can we make these institutions get involved?


 

All the best,
Lucian



On 23.06.2015 9:14, Gerard Meijssen wrote:

Hoi,

That is only librarians in the USA.. Why not think big? There is a world out there !!

Thanks,

      GerardM

 

On 23 June 2015 at 05:51, Thad Guidry <thadguidry@gmail.com> wrote:

If 1 librarian in the USA added one fact or verified / qualified it per work day in their spare 2 mins a day.

 

 

119,729 Libraries in USA

x

1 Librarian minimum per Library with internet access...mostly :-)

x

251 work days in a year

=

30,051,979 MILLION facts that could be added or verified

 

Get the word out,


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