#1Lib1Ref training sessions for librarians in Lviv, Ukraine
Throughout the spring of 2024, Wikimedia Ukraine has supported three campaigns on Wikipedia & Wikimedia projects aimed at librarians:
#1Lib1Ref, the international campaign that invites people to add missing references to Wikipedia articles. We held the latest round on Ukrainian Wikipedia from February 19th to March 10th (later than the traditional international round because we feel this schedule is more convenient for Ukrainian librarians). Within this round, 76 people improved 576 articles with 748 references. We organized two webinars and a series of offline events across Ukraine.
#EveryBookItsReader, the international campaign devoted to coverage of books. In Ukraine, we asked participants to focus on improving existing articles about books to boost quality on Ukrainian Wikipedia. Throughout April, 21 people created and improved around 300 articles.
“Cultural heritage and prominent figures”, our national article contest on Ukrainian Wikipedia devoted to cultural heritage and notable people across Ukrainian regions. Like for all other campaigns, everyone can join, but we focus on promoting the contest among librarians as the treasurers of local knowledge. The contest runs from May 20th to June 20th.
In the spring, we’ve also developed a partnership with one of Ukraine’s biggest libraries – Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine. We’ve organized a #1Lib1Ref training session in the library and signed a memorandum of cooperation. In the future, we hope to leverage our partner’s status as the central library of Ukraine's public library system to help with promotion of our campaigns and GLAM projects.
