We never planned to create articles for individual public libraries in Queensland. We didn't think that they would pass GNG. While they are an important piece of civic amenity, their functions are broadly similar (lend books, a reference collection, local studies collection, provide computers and internet access, host children's story time, etc) and hence a bit too "run of the mill". I would imagine this would be true for public libraries generally. However, there are already a few libraries with their own article, e.g. because the building they occupy was heritage-listed at state level (passes notability for a heritage place) or passed GNG for other reasons.
Apart from noting their existence and location in their town/suburb/district article, we also added any information we had about their opening date (usually in the history section) or major relocations or redevelopments. But generally we simply didn’t have that information; even the opening of libraries seems very poorly documented. It seems you get a lot more media coverage if you try to close a public library than if you open one. Possibly we should create an overarching article e.g. Libraries in Queensland which might capture the overall architecture of the library system in Queensland and the kinds of services provided and how they are provided. Kerry -----Original Message----- From: Federico Leva (Nemo) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 7 April 2019 9:26 PM To: [email protected]; Wikimedia & Libraries <[email protected]> Cc: 'Frederick Noronha' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [libraries] [Wikipedia-l] List of Libraries... Kerry Raymond, 07/04/19 10:01: > As part of 1Lib1Ref 2018, the State Library of Queensland set > themselves the task of adding mention of every public library in > Queensland (6^th largest state in the world) into the relevant > town/suburb/district article. Indeed, this is easier to achieve and also what the Italian librarians are mostly doing now (although not so systematically). It's IMHO also better for publicity purposes, because the articles about municipalities and parent entities have much more traffic, and you're more likely to catch the attention of someone who wasn't actively looking for information about the library. With an article named after the library, you're mostly preaching to the converted (in the best case). Federico _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries
