[Libs-Or] Fwd: Wikipedia's #1Lib1Ref Campaign starts in January and we'd love to have you involved

[Buzzy Nielsen, OLA President]

In case anyone's interested.

Cheers!
Buzzy

-- 
OLA President, 2017-18
olapresident at olaweb.org
971-270-0527

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Doctor*


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: jessamyn c. west <jessamyn at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 12:55 PM
Subject: Fwd: Wikipedia's #1Lib1Ref Campaign starts in January and we'd
love to have you involved
To: Jake Orlowitz <jorlowitz at gmail.com>


 ​(​Apologies for cross-posting but we’re just so excited! Please forward
as applicable.
​)​


Dear Librarians and Library Workers,

We would love to have you participate in Wikipedia’s upcoming #1lib1ref
campaign, happening January 15th through February 3, 2018 during
Wikipedia's sixteenth birthday.

The general idea is simple: *Imagine a World where Every Librarian Adds One
More Reference to Wikipedia*. If every librarian in the world added one
citation to Wikipedia, Wikipedia wouldn’t have any more [citation needed]
tags.

Libraries are fundamental allies to Wikipedia’s mission: collecting and
disseminating the sum of all knowledge. Wikipedia editors have been
engaging their local libraries as part of the Wikimedia movement's
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM>GLAM (Galleries, Libraries,
Archives and Museums) outreach strategy and #1Lib1Ref is part of that.

Getting involved can be as simple as committing to add a citation to
Wikipedia--you can use our Citation Hunt tool to simplify this process--or
hosting a Coffee Hour, edit-a-thon, or other event at your library. We are
also always looking for people to assist us with translation, publicity, or
just general enthusiasm for helping improve Wikipedia.

Add the #1Lib1Ref hashtag to your edits and we can track participation.
Grab yourself a #1Lib1Ref userbox for your Wikipedia page.


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   Main Campaign Page: http://1lib1ref.org
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   Citation Hunt tool: https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/en
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   Wikipedia + Libraries facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/group
   s/WikiLibrary/
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   1lib1ref Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/event
   s/1655484241139590/


Got questions or want to get started? Contact us! And thank you.

- For questions about what or how to plan, or materials: Jessamyn West
jessamyn at gmail.com

- For event planning & Wikipedia integration: Alex Stinson
astinson at wikimedia.org

- For Wikipedia Library info and help: Jake Orlowitz @wikilibrary on Twitter


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​Jessamyn West
#1Lib1Ref
​Library Liaison​
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