1Lib1Ref

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#1Lib1Ref
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StatusActive
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Online
Inaugurated15 January 2016 (2016-01-15) – 23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)
Previous event15 May 2024 (2024-05-15) – 5 June 2024 (2024-06-5)
Next event15 January 2025 (2025-01-15) – 5 February 2025 (2025-02-05)
Organized by Wikipedia:GLAM
Website 1lib1ref.org
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A Be like Bill meme relating to the campaign

#1Lib1Ref (known in some Romance languages as #1Bib1Ref) is a Wikipedia campaign inviting librarians to participate in the online encyclopedia project, specifically improving articles by adding citations.

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The first #1Lib1Ref campaign coincided with the 15th anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia in January 2016. [1] [2] [3] Based on the premise of One Librarian, One Reference, organizers estimated that if each librarian on the planet spent 15 minutes adding a citation, the combined effort would eliminate English Wikipedia's backlog of 350,000 "citation needed" notices. [4] The inaugural, weeklong event ran from 15–23 January 2016, and employed the hashtag #1lib1ref on various social media platforms. [5]

Results of the first campaign

The inaugural campaign ended with 1,232 revisions on 879 pages, by 327 users in 9 languages, using the hashtag #1lib1ref in the edit summary; these numbers likely underestimate the overall impact, since many participants were observed omitting the hashtag from edit summaries. On Twitter the #1lib1ref hashtag was used in over 1,100 posts by over 630 users. [6]

Recurring event

The campaign has been revived as an annual celebration of Wikipedia's birthday, [7] expanding into a three-week event in subsequent years. [8] The 1Lib1Ref campaign is part of the Wikimedia Foundation's GLAM outreach strategy to involve librarians in the improvement of Wikipedia, [9] and other Wikimedia projects (as of 2022 plans). [10]

References

  1. ↑ Rust, Amanda (14 January 2016). "#1Lib1Ref: Imagine a World Where Every Librarian Added One More Reference to Wikipedia" . Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "#1Lib1Ref ACRL TechConnect Blog". ACRL. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Scheeder, Donna (15 January 2016). "Wikipedia birthday greetings". International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions . Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Wikipedia Library/1Lib1Ref". Wikimedia Foundation . Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Stinson, Alex (15 January 2016). "#1Lib1Ref: Help Celebrate Wikipedia's Birthday during 15–23 January by Adding a Reference" . Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "1Lib1Ref Lessons - 2016 Outcomes by the numbers" . Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Springfield, Greene County librarians add to Wikipedia #1Lib1Ref campaign. You can, too". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "1Lib1Ref". Folgerpedia. Folger Shakespeare Library. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Wikipedia's 2018 #1lib1ref Campaign". Idaho Commission for Libraries. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Gill, Satdeep; Nartey, Felix (16 December 2021). "1Lib1Ref is back in 2022 with more languages and advanced tasks". Diff. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

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