From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:10:02 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [71.41.16.165] (account joan@cni.org HELO [10.10.6.182]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9) with ESMTPSA id 29675470 for cni-announce@cni.org; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 05:56:54 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_EC4D4737-132C-40FE-B048-9FBBBD50BB6F" Subject: Invitation to contribute to Wikipedia - #1Lib1Ref X-Original-Message-Id: <840A318D-4DCE-487A-9DAE-BEAD9919AE3D@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 05:56:53 -0500 X-Original-To: "cni-announce@cni.org (cni-announce@cni.org)" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_EC4D4737-132C-40FE-B048-9FBBBD50BB6F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Posting on behalf of the Wikipedia Library Team. --Joan Lippincott, CNI ---------------------------- Hello from Jake and Alex at The Wikipedia Library! Wikipedia is celebrating its 15th birthday this January 15th. We want = to invite you to help us make it a big splash with a week-long, global = campaign to engage our peers in the research, library, and cultural = sectors all over the world. We=92re calling it #1Lib1Ref, and it=92s a global =93micro-contributions = drive=94 with a simple but awesome goal: For every librarian in the world to add one reference to any Wikipedia = article Using this viral, collaborative, crowdsourced approach, we hope to spark = a conversation that highlights and explores the rich and evolving = interactions between Wikipedia and library professionals. That sea-change is already underway. As you have probably heard from us = at The Wikipedia Library, Wikipedia is the largest hand-curated = collection of annotated references in the world. Everyone starts their = research on Wikipedia, from students to doctors, from casual researchers = to research professionals. Professors incorporate editing into their = classroom assignments and museums have both given to and borrowed from = Wikipedia to remix their digital cultural heritage presence and make = their content more discoverable. (See Understanding the = Wikipedia-Library Connection for lots of stats, quotes, projects, = papers, and case studies) Wikipedia is also far from finished, and needs the contributions of = experts to fill out thousands of articles and tens of thousands of = references. Fortunately, library professionals are perfectly situated = to do this kind of work and impact millions with their contributions. For this campaign to take off, we are looking to you as a leader in the = community, and there are easy ways for to join in, help support = Wikipedia, and spread the initiative among your networks. Would you like to=85? Tweet about #1Lib1Ref from your social media accounts and encourage = people to participate Write a personal or organizational blog post about the campaign and your = experience or perspective using Wikipedia Hold a webinar or other educational activity during the week to teach = people how to contribute Add your own completely clever idea, run with it, and tell us how it = goes All of our Partners who participate in these activities will have their = organization listed on the main campaign page and get our hugely = appreciative call-outs during our social media push leading up to and = during the campaign. We are also very happy to share resources, case studies, and useful = language to help you talk about the campaign, while also encouraging you = to add your own unique point of view. Full details about the #1LibRef campaign page are live on MetaWiki: = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref We=92d love for you to help us celebrate 15 years of Wikipedia, and we = can=92t think of a better way to do it than telling (and showing) the = world how aligned Wikipedia=92s mission is with the broader work of = library, knowledge, and cultural professionals. We hope you=92re enjoying this holiday season! Please write us and let = us know if you can participate :) Best and cheers, --The Wikipedia Library Team at the Wikimedia Foundation --Apple-Mail=_EC4D4737-132C-40FE-B048-9FBBBD50BB6F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252
Posting on behalf of = the Wikipedia Library Team.
--Joan Lippincott, CNI
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Hello from Jake and = Alex at The Wikipedia Library!

Wikipedia is celebrating its 15th birthday this January 15th.  We want to invite you to = help us make it a big splash with a week-long, global campaign to engage = our peers in the research, library, and cultural sectors all over the = world.

For every librarian in the world to add one reference to any = Wikipedia article

Using this viral, collaborative, crowdsourced approach, we = hope to spark a conversation that highlights and explores the rich and = evolving interactions between Wikipedia and library = professionals.

That sea-change is already underway. As you have probably heard from us at = The Wikipedia Library, Wikipedia is the largest hand-curated collection = of annotated references in the world.  Everyone starts their = research on Wikipedia, from students to doctors, from casual researchers = to research professionals.  Professors incorporate editing into = their classroom assignments and museums have both given to and borrowed = from Wikipedia to remix their digital cultural heritage presence and = make their content more discoverable.  (See for lots of stats, quotes, projects, = papers, and case studies)

Wikipedia is also far from finished, and needs the = contributions of experts to fill out thousands of articles and tens of = thousands of references.  Fortunately, library professionals are = perfectly situated to do this kind of work and impact millions with = their contributions.

For this campaign to take off, we are looking to you as a = leader in the community, and there are easy ways for to join in, help = support Wikipedia, and spread the initiative among your = networks.

  • Tweet about #1Lib1Ref from your = social media accounts and encourage people to = participate

  • Write a personal or organizational = blog post about the campaign and your experience or perspective using = Wikipedia
  • Hold a webinar or other educational = activity during the week to teach people how to = contribute

  • Add your own completely clever idea, = run with it, and tell us how it goes


    • All of our Partners = who participate in these activities will have their organization listed = on the main campaign page = and get our hugely appreciative call-outs during our social media push = leading up to and during the campaign.

    We are also very = happy to share resources, case studies, and useful language to help you = talk about the campaign, while also encouraging you to add your own = unique point of view.


    We hope you=92re = enjoying this holiday season!  Please write us and let us know if = you can participate :)

    Best and cheers,

    --The Wikipedia Library Team at the Wikimedia = Foundation