The State Library of Queensland is partnering with Wikimedia Australia to find ways the State Library can add authoritative content to Wikipedia and encouraging Queensland Public Libraries to do the same. The common aim is to get Queensland communities to share their places, people and stories with the world through the Wikimedia projects.
2023 Programs
edit- Our 2023 1Lib1Ref program (Jan-Feb 2023)
2022 Programs
edit- Our 2022 1Lib1Ref program (May-June 2022)
2021 Programs
edit- Our 2021 1Lib1Ref program (May-June 2021)
2020 Programs
edit- Our 2020 1Lib1Ref (Jan-Feb 2020)
2019 Programs
edit- Our 2019 QWiki Club program, (Beginning February 2019)
- Our 2019 1Lib1Ref Southern Hemisphere edition program (May - June 2019)
2018 Programs
edit- Our 2018 1Lib1Ref program, (January-February 2018)
- Our 2018 QWiki Club program, (March - December 2018)
Past activities
editThe partnership started in 2010 with a 50,000 image donation (see commons:Commons:State Library of Queensland).
From 2011 to 2014, the partnership expanded to provide Wikipedia edit training in Brisbane and regional Queensland (see Wikipedia Edit Training for more details).
In 2013, State Library of Queensland established one of its Digital Pitch-In projects (a program for digital volunteers) to transcribe SLQ documents hosted on Wikisource (see Wikisource:WikiProject SLQ).
In 2014, the State Library of Queensland worked with Golf Queensland to celebrate its centenary; this included adding more Wikipedia content on golf in Queensland. See the blog post.
In 2016, the State Library of Queensland had a Wikipedian-in-Residence program focussing on the commemoration of the centenary of World War I with particular emphasis on the home front (see First World War Wikipedian in Residence).
In 2017, the State Library of Queensland contributed over 1000 citations as part of the Wikipedia Library 1Lib1Ref campaign. See their blog posts #1 and #2 and tweets.
In 2017, the State Library of Queensland established the QWiki Club on behalf of the Queensland GLAM sector.
In 2018, the State Library of Queensland will be participating in Wikipedia Library 1Lib1Ref campaign. Read more about our 2018 1Lib1Ref activities.