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WikiProject Libraries

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Goals and scope

Goals

• Coordinate maintenance of library-related content
• Develop and discuss proposals for improvements to Wikimedia (especially literature-related sites) based on library experience
• Assist at the Wikipedia Reference Desk
• Assist with categorization

Scope

In scope

• Library and information science
  • Libraries, librarians, and librarianship in all its aspects (historical, fictional, ancient to contemporary and beyond!).
  • Information science in all its aspects, including information organization, retrieval, search, access, and manipulation (sometimes overlapping with WikiProject Computer Science).
• Archives, archivists, and archival science.
• Preservation and conservation of recorded information (sometimes overlapping with WikiProject Arts, WikiProject Digital Preservation, and WikiProject Museums).

To do

Article alerts

Library alerts

Article alerts

Did you know

• 17 May 2024 – Mercantile Library Company (Philadelphia) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by AdoTang (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 16 Jun 2024 – Augustina Gabel (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by GnocchiFan (t · c); start discussion
• 02 May 2024 – Morgan Library & Museum (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion

Articles to be merged

• 26 Mar 2024 – Information explosion (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Information overload by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Sep 2023 – List of Carnegie libraries in Philadelphia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of Carnegie libraries in Pennsylvania by SWinxy (t · c); see discussion
• 24 May 2023 – Wilson's model of information behavior (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to information behavior by Kku (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 16 Jun 2023 – Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Relinus (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Dec 2020 – Public libraries in North America (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 03 May 2024 – Draft:Thoth Open Metadata (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Amandasramalho (t · c)
• 30 Apr 2024 – Draft:Silas Bronson (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Slgrandson (t · c)
• 28 Apr 2024 – Draft:Menaul Historical Library of the Southwest (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Aromero58 (t · c)
• undated – Draft:Carol Burns (librarian) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC

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Museum alerts

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Articles for deletion

• 13 Jun 2024 – Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mvcg66b3r (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
• 31 May 2024 – Manx Aviation and Military Museum (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Wikilover3509 (t · c); see discussion (9 participants; relisted)
• 31 May 2024 – Light and Space Contemporary (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Sanglahi86 (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Liz (t · c) on 21 Jun 2024; see discussion (1 participant; relisted)

Good article nominees

• 02 May 2024 – Morgan Library & Museum (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion
• 25 Apr 2024 – Heaven on Earth: Art from Islamic Lands (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MartinPoulter (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Apr 2024 – Dia Bridgehampton (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Found5dollar (t · c); start discussion
• 15 Mar 2024 – Izhorian Museum (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Красный (t · c); start discussion
• 27 Oct 2023 – Merchant's House Museum (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 02 Jun 2024 – Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust by SunderB (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Jun 2024 – Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust by SunderB (t · c); see discussion
• 27 May 2024 – Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to American Printing House for the Blind by StefenTower (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 16 Jun 2023 – Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Relinus (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Mar 2022 – Georgia Music Hall of Fame (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AjaxSmack (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 01 Jun 2024 – Draft:National Animation Museum (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Albero24 (t · c)
• 31 May 2024 – Draft:Kwonjungho Art Museum (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Wangej (t · c)
• 26 May 2024 – Draft:Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 172.92.153.131 (t · c)
• 20 May 2024 – Draft:Child museum (Chile) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
• 04 May 2024 – Draft:Symmes Inn (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Rickh99 (t · c)
• 04 Mar 2024 – Draft:Deutschlandmuseum (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Subjectiveart (t · c)
• undated – Draft:Promotrice delle Belle Arti (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
• undated – Draft:Sculpture Fields at Montague Park (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
• undated – Draft:Matthew Morgan (museum director) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
• 07 Mar 2024 – Draft:NEON (organization) (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Np 7 13 (t · c) was declined by SafariScribe (t · c) on 15 Jun 2024

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Metrics

Articles assessed for quality: 99.9% complete

100% of articles Start-Class or better: 66.5% complete

(5804/8730)

• 4.9% List-Class
• 28.6% Stub-Class
• 50% Start-Class
• 12.6% C-Class
• 3% B-Class
• 0.6% GA-Class
• 0.2% FA-Class
• 0.1% remaining

Libraries articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			1	6			7
FL		1	2	6			9
FM					15		15
GA	2	3	7	43			55
B	4	16	52	182		6	260
C	10	35	142	901		12	1,100
Start	8	58	389	3,816		102	4,373
Stub		11	77	2,354		59	2,501
List	3	5	57	355		5	425
Category					2,599		2,599
Disambig				1	16		17
File					40		40
Project					24		24
Redirect		4	61	122	301		488
Template					95		95
Other					24		24
Assessed	27	133	788	7,786	3,114	184	12,032
Unassessed						10	10
Total	27	133	788	7,786	3,114	194	12,042
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 42,161			Ω = 5.08

See also

See also all subpages of WikiProject Libraries.

Related WikiProjects

• WikiProject Bibliographies
• WikiProject Biography/Science and academia
• WikiProject History of Science
• WikiProject Academic Journals
• WikiProject Digital Preservation
• WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles
• List of missing journals
• WikiProject Reference works

Additional resources

• Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check
• Category:Wikipedia resources for researchers
• Category:Wikipedian librarians
• German Wikipedia: Library Reference Service
• COinS in Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:ISBN
• GLAM
• The Wikipedia Library
• {{Authority control}}

Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation

• b:Introduction to Library and Information Science
• m:Wikicat
• v:Learning Project

External links

• Libweb - Library WWW Servers
• LISWiki