Hi all, At the Wikipedia Library, we wanted to find a strategy for help our network participate in the momentous <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15>Wikipedia ‘15 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15> celebrations. We regularly talk with library advocacy groups like the International Librarians Network, international library networks like IFLA and DLF, professional publications like Infodocket, and scholarly publishers like JSTOR and Project Muse. All of these have large networks of library professionals active in social media spaces and have expressed the desire to get more involved with Wikipedia. To engage them for Wikipedia 15, we are creating a ‘mega microcontributions drive’ called #1LIB1REF. We are going to run a week-long global campaign focused on librarians adding references to Wikipedia articles that need more or better citations. The goal is simple: every librarian in the world adding one reference to a Wikipedia article, and then telling the world about it. The campaign page describing how this will work is a live draft on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref We need GLAM-Wiki and TWL coordinators to help achieve broad impact with the campaign. We are looking for help with the following: - Feedback/improvements to the main campaign page - Signing up to be a help contact in the "Contact a library leader" section - Help with internationalization (i.e. adding translation tags, ensuring instructions for language-specific community policies, adding links to maintenance categories or tools for language editions not yet represented, etc) - Sharing the campaign with Library or Archive partners in your community, and asking them to support it (We can include them as official partners during the week, if their social media team help share the campaign) - Preparing or encouraging others to write blog posts and social media for the Wikipedia 15 conversation focused on libraries and Wikipedia (for example blog posts, see this post for ILN <http://interlibnet.org/2015/10/07/librarian-as-teacher-ways-to-use-wikipedia/> or this post about the State Library of New South Wales <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/16/great-war-memories/> ) - Update GLAM-Wiki Contact pages like https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Contact_us - Tweeting, lots of tweeting (and retweeting) and sharing on other social media platforms We hope that the #1LIB1REF campaign will help spread the word about librarians not only trusting Wikipedia but contributing research support to make it even better. In turn, we hope this campaign creates more interest in your local communities about GLAM-Wiki, Wikipedia’s role in Libraries, and how to improve Wikipedia’s support of research for both Wikipedia readers and editors. Please let us know how you plan to participate! Cheers, The Wikipedia Library Team

Hi Alex, on Monday I'm supposed to start translating meta page into Catalan> Our librarians will join but doesn't master English, so we will translate the page. Regarding preparing meta for translation, I've never done myself but if is not done on Monday I'll try to prepare it myself. Have a nice weekend! 2015-12-11 19:08 GMT+01:00 Alex Stinson &lt;sadads(a)gmail.com&gt;om>: -- -- Àlex Hinojo / Kippelboy Programme Manager / Director de projectes Amical Wikimedia www.wikimedia.cat @kippelboy / @Kippelboy_cat / @AmicalWikimedia ------------------------------------------------------

Great idea Roy. I’m not going to be on hand at ALA but I’m putting out feelers to see if there is interest in attending virtual office hours, to provide a helping hand to librarians who may need some help making the leap to reading (and in some cases critiquing) to contributing. I want this to be a very positive experience for everyone who participates. Merrilee *From:* Libraries [mailto:libraries-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Tennant,Roy *Sent:* Thursday, December 17, 2015 7:14 PM *To:* Wikimedia & Libraries; Mailing list for the Wikipedia Library project *Subject:* Re: [libraries] Wikipedia Library Reference (#1Lib1Ref) drive for Wikipedia 15 The American Library Association Midwinter Conference is happening just prior to this project[1]. I think it would be great to have some sort of cool promotional swag to hand out there. I know I would spread it around, and I also know lots of other people who would be more than happy to promote this. It seems like a wonderful opportunity to outreach to librarians who many not be as plugged into Wikipedia as they could be. I have a lot of connections that I would be happy to call upon to help with this effort. I don't think it needs to be much -- a sticker? A ribbon to stick on your conference badge? I'm nearly 60 years old, so I will leave it to the imagination of others as to the best mechanism to build excitement among the younger crowd that is more likely to "get it" and participate. But I also believe this is an opportunity that is too good to pass up. Let's make this a meme. Roy [1] http://2016.alamidwinter.org/ *From: *Libraries &lt;libraries-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; on behalf of Alex Stinson &lt;sadads(a)gmail.com&gt; *Reply-To: *Wikimedia & Libraries &lt;libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; *Date: *Friday, December 11, 2015 at 10:08 AM *To: *Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination < cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch&gt;gt;, Mailing list for the Wikipedia Library project &lt;wikipedia-library(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt;rg>, North American Cultural Partnerships &lt;glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt;rg>, Wikimedia & Libraries < libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt;gt;, Alex Stinson &lt;astinson(a)wikimedia.org&gt;rg>, Jacob Orlowitz &lt;jorlowitz(a)wikimedia.org&gt; *Subject: *Re: [libraries] Wikipedia Library Reference (#1Lib1Ref) drive for Wikipedia 15 Hi All, We could still use some help translating and sharing the #1lib1ref. I recently got a request for translation templates at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref . It would be great to prep the page for translation in multiple languages, but we could use some help implementing the translation extension for the page on meta. Thanks much, Alex Stinson On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Alex Stinson &lt;sadads(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Hi all, At the Wikipedia Library, we wanted to find a strategy for help our network participate in the momentous*Wikipedia ‘15 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15>* celebrations. We regularly talk with library advocacy groups like the International Librarians Network, international library networks like IFLA and DLF, professional publications like Infodocket, and scholarly publishers like JSTOR and Project Muse. All of these have large networks of library professionals active in social media spaces and have expressed the desire to get more involved with Wikipedia. To engage them for Wikipedia 15, we are creating a ‘mega microcontributions drive’ called #1LIB1REF. We are going to run a week-long global campaign focused on librarians adding references to Wikipedia articles that need more or better citations. The goal is simple: every librarian in the world adding *one* reference to a Wikipedia article, and then telling the world about it. The campaign page describing how this will work is a live draft on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref We need GLAM-Wiki and TWL coordinators to help achieve broad impact with the campaign. We are looking for help with the following: · Feedback/improvements to the main campaign page · Signing up to be a help contact in the "Contact a library leader" section · Help with internationalization (i.e. adding translation tags, ensuring instructions for language-specific community policies, adding links to maintenance categories or tools for language editions not yet represented, etc) · Sharing the campaign with Library or Archive partners in your community, and asking them to support it (We can include them as official partners during the week, if their social media team help share the campaign) · Preparing or encouraging others to write blog posts and social media for the Wikipedia 15 conversation focused on libraries and Wikipedia (for example blog posts, see this post for ILN <http://interlibnet.org/2015/10/07/librarian-as-teacher-ways-to-use-wikipedia/> or this post about the State Library of New South Wales <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/16/great-war-memories/> ) · Update GLAM-Wiki Contact pages like https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Contact_us · Tweeting, lots of tweeting (and retweeting) and sharing on other social media platforms We hope that the #1LIB1REF campaign will help spread the word about librarians not only *trusting* Wikipedia but *contributing* research support to make it even better. In turn, we hope this campaign creates more interest in your local communities about GLAM-Wiki, Wikipedia’s role in Libraries, and how to improve Wikipedia’s support of research for both Wikipedia readers and editors. Please let us know how you plan to participate! Cheers, The Wikipedia Library Team _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

I love the idea. We would need to do some quick turnaround with a sticker logo. Given the timeframe, could I have them shipped directly to you or Merrilee? Jake _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

On Jan 6, 2016, at 11:30 AM, Marks, Sara R &lt;Sara_Marks(a)uml.edu&gt; wrote: I am a bit behind on this- vacation. Merrilee, do you need some help with distribution of stickers? Do we want to schedule time on Friday or Monday to meet and maybe edit? I have a spare Wikipedia shirt hanging around and am happy to bring it to give to someone. Side note, when it comes to library conferences, badge ribbons are a hot commodity. I would encourage that a bunch be made for future conferences. All they need to say is ŒWikipedian¹ and include a spot for people to write in their username. They can be picked up at booth. I think librarians are a bit more ravenous about ribbons than tech people (who I noticed prefer stickers). Sara On 12/18/15, 12:44 PM, "Libraries on behalf of Jake Orlowitz" &lt;libraries-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of jorlowitz(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries