wrote:
Good timing. I’m in Seattle for the day so we can do some planning
for our
grants. We want to use #1lib as a way of building interest in our
program
and this would tie in nicely!
Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer
OCLC Research
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Behalf Of *Marks, Sara R
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*Subject:* Re: [libraries] Getting ready for #1lib1ref 2017
Hi,
ALA Mid-winter in Atlanta happens during this time period: January
20-24.
Do we want to organize something at a local library, at the
convention, or
someplace else.
Would OCLC or one of the interest groups be willing to sponsor an
edit-a-thon?
I am going to post this to the FB group too.
Sara
Sara Marks
Instruction & Outreach Librarian
UMass Lowell - O'Leary Library Rm. 260A
978-934-4581
sara_marks@uml.edu
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" I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent;
curiosity,
obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have
brought
me to my ideas.” - Albert Einstein
On Oct 31, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Alex Stinson 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_FGCAua4Z6UaB...
- 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.
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
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