You can much contribute in whatever way you want during 1Lib1Ref. It’s about 
engaging librarians rather than constraining what they do.

 

However, in terms of tracking the contributions, I don’t think there is any 
tool that tracks activity across all Wikimedia platforms. The main tools in use 
are the hashtag counting tool and the Outreach Dashboard and Events Metrics 
tools and each of them tracks specific things. So tracking Wikipedia edits is 
no problem, tracking Commons is a bit more of problem (some tools track file 
uploads on Commons but not other edits on Commons). I have no idea if there are 
any tools tracking WikiData as that has not been a focus in any 1Lib1Ref 
activity that I have been involved in.

 

As far as Wikipedia only is concerned, I generally suggest lone librarians use 
the hashtag but for a library I would say use either Dashboard or Metrics. 
Someone will presumably set up an overarching Campaign for 1Lib1Ref 2020 on 
both Dashboard and Metrics and then you can position your library  1Lib1Ref 
program under one or other of those campaigns. Unless it has changed recently, 
Dashboard is more flexible in that a program can be listed under multiple 
campaigns. This is convenient if you have a Campaign for your library and you 
want your 1lib1ref activities tracked for both the 1Lib1Ref campaign and for 
your own library campaign. Metrics only allows a single parent campaign so you 
have to chose whether your activity will be positioned under the 1Lib1Ref or 
your own library at the top-level. Although Metrics was created to be a 
replacement for dashboard (and has some nice features), the ability to track 
under multiple campaigns keeps me using and recommending Dashboard.

 

Kerry

 

 

From: 1lib1ref [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Orly 
Simon
Sent: Tuesday, 3 December 2019 1:57 AM
To: #1Lib1Ref general list <[email protected]>; 
[email protected]; [email protected]; Wikimedia & 
Libraries <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [1lib1ref] #1Lib1Ref in January 2020!

 

Hello all,

 

We, at the National Library of Israel, have a few questions regarding the 
upcoming campaign:

 

1.       Can contributions to other Wikimedia projects such as Wikidata and 
Wikicommons be considered as part of the campaign, can they be tagged #1lib1ref?

2.       Which contributions to Wikipedia can count? For example, adding an 
image to an article, further reading, external links, article editing?

3.       Are there any new statistics tools or dashboard developments that can 
be helpful for organizers? 
We saw two new additions to the dashboard: ORES and Campaign Alerts. It will be 
helpful if we provide the organizers some explanations and implications of this 
additions.

4.       Is it necessary to create new program under the 2020 campaign, or can 
we use the 2019 program and add the #1Lib1Ref January 2020 tag. 

 

We would love to hear your thoughts.

 

Thank you.

 

Orly 

 


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From: 1lib1ref [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Felix 
Nartey
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2019 3:03 PM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; 
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; Wikimedia & 
Libraries <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 
>; #1Lib1Ref general list <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: [1lib1ref] #1Lib1Ref in January 2020!

 

Librarians and library lovers,

 

>From January 15th to February 5th we will be joining together around the world 
>to make Wikipedia more reliable. You can participate in #1Lib1Ref by simply 
>adding a citation to Wikipedia's content!

 

That's all we ask and imagine: a world in which every librarian (or archivist, 
reference professional, and scholar) adds 1 more reference to Wikipedia. This 
is the fifth year of the #1Lib1Ref campaign and we couldn’t be more excited to 
support another year of activities.

 

Full resources and guides for participating are available on the  
<http://1lib1ref.org> campaign website ( <http://1lib1ref.org> 
http://1lib1ref.org).

 

If you are planning to host a  
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Coffee_Kit> 
coffee hour or a edit-a-thon focused on #1Lib1Ref, and you need funding for the 
event, you will be able to apply for a  
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid> Rapid Grant. For the 
best chance of approval, requests should be made in the month of November, 
since requests related to #1Lib1Ref will be given priority by the Grants team 
during November.

 

You can make sure your contribution is counted by using the Program and Events 
Dashboard for your event, institution, or region, and using the #1Lib1Ref 
hashtag in your edit summary. Login to start a new event or join an existing 
one for the January campaign here:  
<https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/1lib1ref_january_2020/overview>
 https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/1lib1ref_january_2020/overview

 

Please tell your library and library-loving friends about #1Lib1Ref in January. 
We need everyone's help to make Wikipedia more reliable!

 

You can join the 1Lib1Ref community via the Libraries ( 
<mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]), and 
1Lib1Ref ( <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]) 
mailing lists, or by joining the Wikimedia + Libraries User Group:  
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_and_Libraries_User_Group> 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_and_Libraries_User_Group

 

You can learn about last year's campaign and what we learnt in our recently 
released blog post on Wikimedia Space:  
<https://space.wmflabs.org/2019/10/29/what-we-learned-from-1lib1ref-2019/> 
https://space.wmflabs.org/2019/10/29/what-we-learned-from-1lib1ref-2019/

 

Cheers,

 

The Wikipedia Library team

-- 

Felix Nartey

Global Coordinator

 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library> The Wikipedia Library

 <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> Wikimedia Foundation

 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]

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Skype:Flixtey

 

 

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