<div dir="ltr">In case anyone's interested.<div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div>Buzzy</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">OLA President, 2017-18<br><div><a href="mailto:olapresident@olaweb.org" target="_blank">olapresident@olaweb.org</a><br>971-270-0527<br></div><div><br><i style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><font size="2">You want weapons? We're in a library. Books are the best weapon in the world. This room's the greatest arsenal we could have. Arm yourself! ~The Doctor</font></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">jessamyn c. west</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jessamyn@gmail.com">jessamyn@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 12:55 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: Wikipedia's #1Lib1Ref Campaign starts in January and we'd love to have you involved<br>To: Jake Orlowitz <<a href="mailto:jorlowitz@gmail.com">jorlowitz@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"> ​(​<span>Apologies for cross-posting but we’re just so excited! Please forward as applicable.<div>​)​</div></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><span><p></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Librarians and Library Workers,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The general idea is simple: <i>Imagine a World where Every Librarian Adds One More Reference to Wikipedia</i>. If every librarian in the world added one citation to Wikipedia, Wikipedia wouldn’t have any more [citation needed] tags. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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</span><a href="https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) outreach strategy and #1Lib1Ref is part of that.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Add the #</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1Lib1Ref</span> hashtag to your edits and we can track participation. Grab yourself a #</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1Lib1Ref</span> userbox for your Wikipedia page.</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Main Campaign Page: <a href="http://1lib1ref.org" target="_blank">http://1lib1ref.org</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Citation Hunt tool: <a href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/en" target="_blank">https://tools.wmflabs.org/cita<wbr>tionhunt/en</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wikipedia + Libraries facebook group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikiLibrary/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/group<wbr>s/WikiLibrary/</a></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1lib1ref Facebook Event page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1655484241139590/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/event<wbr>s/1655484241139590/</a></span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Got questions or want to get started? Contact us! And thank you.</span></p><br><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- For questions about what or how to plan, or materials: Jessamyn West <a href="mailto:jessamyn@gmail.com" target="_blank">jessamyn@gmail.com</a></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- For event planning & Wikipedia integration: Alex Stinson <a href="mailto:astinson@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">astinson@wikimedia.org</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- For Wikipedia Library info and help: Jake Orlowitz @wikilibrary on Twitter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><div>​</div><img src="cid:ii_1605bf17026d026f" alt="Inline image 1" width="83" height="64"><br><font size="4"><br></font><div><font size="4">​Jessamyn West</font></div></span><div><font size="4">#1Lib1Ref <div>​Library<font size="4"> Liaison​</font></div></font><font size="4"></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>
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