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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

Peer reviews

• 21 Mar 2023 – K-Meleon (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Rjjiii (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 22 Mar 2023 – Polythematic structured-subject heading system (talk · edit · hist) move request to Polythematic Structured Subject Heading System by Dan Polansky (t · c) was moved to Polythematic Structured Subject Heading System (talk · edit · hist) by Raydann (t · c) on 29 Mar 2023; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 10 Mar 2023 – Tisch Library (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Tufts University Libraries by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Dec 2022 – Biblioteca Oliveriana, Pesaro (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Museo Oliveriano, Pesaro by Tacyarg (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Nov 2022 – Information search process (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Information behavior by Fgnievinski (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Oct 2022 – Library makerspace (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Hackerspace by Sauer202 (t · c); see discussion
• 26 May 2022 – Library science (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Library and information science by Fgnievinski (t · c); see discussion
• 26 May 2022 – Librarians in popular culture (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Libraries and librarians in fiction by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
• 26 May 2022 – Libraries and librarians in fiction (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Librarians in popular culture by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Apr 2022 – Information literacy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Information literacies by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 14 Mar 2021 – Librarian (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Laterthanyouthink (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
• 06 Mar 2019 – Pearson Education (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by MureninC (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 20 Mar 2023 – Draft:Center for Research, Information Management and Media Development Museum (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Iwuala Lucy (t · c)
• 14 Mar 2023 – Draft:K. K. Kochukoshy (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Koshyviv (t · c)
• 02 Mar 2023 – Draft:Paul George Zurkowski (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Nomadsaint74 (t · c)
• 21 Feb 2023 – Draft:Rowden White library (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Onel5969 (t · c)
• 16 Jan 2023 – Draft:Fobazi Ettarh (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Historyday01 (t · c)

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Museum alerts

Article alerts

Articles for deletion

• 29 Mar 2023 – Artists' Collecting Society (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Fuzzy510 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
• 29 Mar 2023 – African Heritage Museum (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
• 27 Mar 2023 – Ecomuseum of Cocoa (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)

Proposed deletions

• 29 Mar 2023 – Bandjoun Museum (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by LibStar (t · c) was deproded by Phil Bridger (t · c) on 29 Mar 2023
• 29 Mar 2023 – Babungo Museum (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by LibStar (t · c) was deproded by Phil Bridger (t · c) on 29 Mar 2023

Redirects for discussion

• 30 Mar 2023 – Beaney (talk · edit · hist) →Beaney House of Art and Knowledge was RfDed by 65.92.244.249 (t · c); see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 22 Feb 2023 – Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by MartinPoulter (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 18 Feb 2023 – Natural History Museum, Vienna (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Natural History Museum, Vienna by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Dec 2022 – Regional Museum of Messina (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Interdisciplinary Regional Museum of Messina by Spinoziano (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Dec 2022 – Museo Oliveriano, Pesaro (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Biblioteca Oliveriana, Pesaro by Tacyarg (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Aug 2022 – KTM Museum (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Johor Bahru Sentral station by Jjpachano (t · c); see discussion
• 17 May 2022 – Gitwangak Battle Hill National Historic Site (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kitwanga by DMBanks1 (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 22 Nov 2022 – Virtual Museum of Canada (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 67kevlar (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
• 06 Apr 2020 – Duyfken (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Betterkeks (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 31 Mar 2023 – Draft:Fairfax Station Railroad Museum (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Localhistoryfan1862 (t · c)
• 29 Mar 2023 – Draft:Musichead Gallery (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by PSPazW (t · c)
• 24 Mar 2023 – Draft:Stephen Manson Benson (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by HWilson Archivist (t · c)
• 21 Mar 2023 – Draft:David Uy (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by AAPIHistory1882 (t · c)
• 20 Mar 2023 – Draft:Center for Research, Information Management and Media Development Museum (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Iwuala Lucy (t · c)
• 17 Mar 2023 – Draft:MIAC, International Museum of Contemporary Art (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Carmen de Prácticas en Marketing (t · c)
• 15 Mar 2023 – Draft:Marc Keyrouz (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by GeorgesGtak (t · c)
• 14 Mar 2023 – Draft:Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Louise Levy-Chan (t · c)
• 10 Mar 2023 – Draft:Sudeten German Museum (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by JesenikHotzenplotz (t · c)
• 23 Feb 2023 – Draft:Outpost (gallery) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 82.22.95.230 (t · c)

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Metrics

Articles assessed for quality: 99.9% complete

100% of articles Start-Class or better: 64% complete

(5379/8403)

• 5.5% List-Class
• 30.4% Stub-Class
• 49.2% Start-Class
• 11.4% C-Class
• 2.6% 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	5			8
FM					14		14
GA	2	3	6	37			48
B	3	17	45	153		3	221
C	10	31	140	765		10	956
Start	9	60	384	3,600		86	4,139
Stub		13	86	2,399	1	60	2,559
List	3	6	113	343			465
Category					2,271		2,271
Disambig					19		19
File					39		39
Project					21		21
Redirect				6	254		260
Template					82		82
Other					41		41
Assessed	27	131	777	7,314	2,742	159	11,150
Unassessed				1		8	9
Total	27	131	777	7,315	2,742	167	11,159
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 40,632			Ω = 5.12

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 by Richard E. Rubin
• m:Wikicat
• v:Learning Project

External links

• Libweb - Library WWW Servers
• LISWiki