Imagine a World where Every Librarian Added One More Reference to Wikipedia.
Twice per year, #1Lib1Ref — abbreviated for one librarian, one reference — calls on librarians around the world, and anyone who has a passion for free knowledge, to add missing references to articles on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is one of the first stops for readers and researchers. It’s an especially important resource now, during COVID-19, when people are increasingly turning to the platform for trustworthy, unbiased, and up-to-date information. Join us to help improve the quality of content on Wikipedia for the billions of people staying at home during this public health crisis.
The goal is to add at least one reference to Wikipedia! Any citation to a reliable source is a benefit to Wikipedia readers worldwide. When you edit, make sure to include the hashtag #1Lib1Ref in the edit summary.
What is the IFLA Wikidata #1Lib1Ref Campaign?[edit]
This year the IFLA Wikidata Working Group's focus is on adding citations to Wikidata. Adding citations to a research article on Wikidata helps make research more visible and accessible to the everyone on the Internet.
When is the IFLA Wikidata #1Lib1Ref Campaign?[edit]
The Wikipedia #1Lib1Ref Campaign runs from May 15th to June 5th, 2021.
During #1Lib1Ref Campaign, the group will organize five office hours in order to support users contributing to Wikidata during the campaign:
5 May at 16:00 CEST/The Hague – 14:00 UTC-time (link - pwd 258070)
12 May at 00:00 CEST /The Hague – 22:00 UTC-time (link - pwd 104435)
19 May at 16:00 CEST/ The Hague - 14:00 UTC-time (link - pwd 235630)
26 May at 08:00 CEST/The Hague – 06:00 UTC-time (link - pwd 281151)
2 June at 00:00 CEST/The Hague - 22:00 UTC-time (link - pwd 113706)
To join our office hours, you can directly click on the link.
If you wish to receive a calendar invitation for the office hours, register here or contact us: camille.francoise[@]ifla.org
What makes a source good to add as a reference in Wikidata?[edit]
Zine about Wikidata usagePassaporte Wikidata - iniciantes
Example of a source on WikidataPublished: in a source with a reputation for editorial quality, and peer-reviewed if possible.
Reliable: it's a source you'd point a patron to if they wanted to know more.
Supports Wikipedia: the source is used in an article on Wikipedia.
Wikidata is a collection of sourced data, which means that most statements should indicate where the data comes from.
References should point to reliable sources of information such as university-level textbooks or reference books, academic journals, and newspapers. For more information on identifying reliable sources, please see Wikidata:Verifiability.
One could differentiate between online or offline references. Both can be added to Wikidata. An internet accessibile database can be an online reference. Offline references are books and other works found in libraries and archives.
DuplicateReferences allows you to copy a reference from one statement to others in the same item
currentDate precompiles the value of retrieved (P813) with today's date (very useful when you use websites as sources)
UseAsRef allows you to easily use an external identifier present in the item as source for one or more statements in the item itself (see video tutorial)
Materials for hosting your own event on Wikidata[edit]
Use a Dashboard to help organize and support participants. Dashboard directions here.
