Alex Stinson
2017-10-24 22:36:53 UTC
Hi Wikimedia program leaders and affiliates,
The WMF Programs Team is excited to remind everyone that even though itâs
October, #1lib1ref is coming!
The campaign is January 15 - February 3, 2018, we will be launching our
annual campaign where we ask librarians to celebrate Wikipediaâs birthday
by adding one reference to Wikipedia.[1]
This is the third year we will be running the campaign.[2] Last year we saw
participation grow significantly from a handful of languages being actively
coordinated by our communities, to dozens of affiliates and local
organizers sponsoring or supporting the campaign and activating networks of
librarians to be engaged. In particular:
-
the coffee hour kit, that helped librarians run simple editing events
that taught other librarians how to participate:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Coffee_Kit
-
Support from the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group and an increased
number of locally-led outreach and communications activities led to a
steady increase in participation.
Whatâs new?
Following the success of last yearâs campaign, we have identified a number
of potential improvements that we would like to make to the campaign:
-
Some of the most successful #1lib1ref efforts, involved either pledges
(i.e the State Library of Queensland pledged to add 1000 citations), or
playful competition -- building on this idea, we are hoping to develop
instructions and tactics for doing this. Look for more updates soon.
-
We have additional communications and community support at the
foundation, from both the Communications team at the Foundation, and an
engagement advocate and long time friend-of-the-campaign: Jessamyn West
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessamyn_West_(librarian)> . This
increased capacity allows us to do more targeted and supportive outreach
the international library community, better design of outreach materials,
and more coordinated and targeted support to our communities developing
local language/context outreach.
Where to start?
We invite you or your affiliates to help support or coordinate local
outreach to libraries! We need your help this year, to help make the
campaign more inclusive:
1.
Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group, where we will be
coordinating many of the efforts during the campaign:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilibrary
1.
Start developing a list of allies or partners you think would be
interested in #1lib1ref this year! Consider identifying regional library
networks that you haven't partnered with yet.
1.
Share your information so we can provide direct support:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEPXkpien91y2cRikM5IagBIct7Se6FTj7CMWYm9FrVr5qiw/viewform
We will provide regular status updates on tools, translation, and
communication materials to folks who fill out the form above.
Weâre looking forward to working together on the campaign this year!
Alex Stinson
GLAM-Wiki Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
[1] Note: Spanish speaking Latin American communities led by Wikimedia
Argentina and Mexico plan on running a secondary campaign in Spanish in May
to celebrate Spanish Wikipediaâs birthday and to avoid the Southern
Hemisphere summer holiday season. If you would like to learn more contact:
***@wikimedia.org.ar
[2] We have learned lots of great lessons from the last few years, learn
more at:
-
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons
-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/January-March2017
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
http://glamwiki.org
The WMF Programs Team is excited to remind everyone that even though itâs
October, #1lib1ref is coming!
The campaign is January 15 - February 3, 2018, we will be launching our
annual campaign where we ask librarians to celebrate Wikipediaâs birthday
by adding one reference to Wikipedia.[1]
This is the third year we will be running the campaign.[2] Last year we saw
participation grow significantly from a handful of languages being actively
coordinated by our communities, to dozens of affiliates and local
organizers sponsoring or supporting the campaign and activating networks of
librarians to be engaged. In particular:
-
the coffee hour kit, that helped librarians run simple editing events
that taught other librarians how to participate:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Coffee_Kit
-
Support from the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group and an increased
number of locally-led outreach and communications activities led to a
steady increase in participation.
Whatâs new?
Following the success of last yearâs campaign, we have identified a number
of potential improvements that we would like to make to the campaign:
-
Some of the most successful #1lib1ref efforts, involved either pledges
(i.e the State Library of Queensland pledged to add 1000 citations), or
playful competition -- building on this idea, we are hoping to develop
instructions and tactics for doing this. Look for more updates soon.
-
We have additional communications and community support at the
foundation, from both the Communications team at the Foundation, and an
engagement advocate and long time friend-of-the-campaign: Jessamyn West
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessamyn_West_(librarian)> . This
increased capacity allows us to do more targeted and supportive outreach
the international library community, better design of outreach materials,
and more coordinated and targeted support to our communities developing
local language/context outreach.
Where to start?
We invite you or your affiliates to help support or coordinate local
outreach to libraries! We need your help this year, to help make the
campaign more inclusive:
1.
Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group, where we will be
coordinating many of the efforts during the campaign:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilibrary
1.
Start developing a list of allies or partners you think would be
interested in #1lib1ref this year! Consider identifying regional library
networks that you haven't partnered with yet.
1.
Share your information so we can provide direct support:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEPXkpien91y2cRikM5IagBIct7Se6FTj7CMWYm9FrVr5qiw/viewform
We will provide regular status updates on tools, translation, and
communication materials to folks who fill out the form above.
Weâre looking forward to working together on the campaign this year!
Alex Stinson
GLAM-Wiki Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
[1] Note: Spanish speaking Latin American communities led by Wikimedia
Argentina and Mexico plan on running a secondary campaign in Spanish in May
to celebrate Spanish Wikipediaâs birthday and to avoid the Southern
Hemisphere summer holiday season. If you would like to learn more contact:
***@wikimedia.org.ar
[2] We have learned lots of great lessons from the last few years, learn
more at:
-
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons
-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/January-March2017
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
http://glamwiki.org