Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Libraries/2011

Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2011 campaign planning archive page.

The first annual coordinated Wikipedia Loves Libraries event in October/November 2011 brought Wikipedians and librarians together for knowledge-sharing and editathon events across the U.S. and Canada. The campaign as a whole was covered. It was a big event lots of people came. the food was great! in American Libraries magazine, while 'Wikipedia: The Musical' drew New York Times coverage. There was a great diversity of events focused on the particular holdings and community of each participating library.

See 2011 highlights at the pages linked below:


 * New York Public Library for the Performing Arts event
 * Ronald Reagan Presidential Library event
 * Vancouver Central Library event
 * Saint Paul Central Library event
 * Harvard College Lamont Library event
 * Chicago Public Library - Harold Washington Library Center event
 * Kathryn Linnemann - St Charles City-County Library event


 * Tom of Finland Foundation Library event
 * Seattle event
 * University of Colorado at Boulder Norlin Library event
 * Berkeley Public Library event
 * Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - DC Public Library event
 * Atlanta-Fulton Library System - Central Library event

2011 campaign

 * Around October 2011, in sympathy with Wikipedians' moral support of Open Access Week.
 * (One possible option is the weekend of Oct 29/30 to exactly match Open Access Week, but any date is good.)

November

Training Workshop on Capacity Building of College Librarians of Pakistan on 17-18 November, 2011 at Lahore by Pakistan Librarians Welfare Organziation http://librarianswelfare.org/trainings/

Montreal
With grassroots organizing help from local Meetup groups and Wikimedia Canada...


 * Grande Bibliothèque-Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Montreal
 * Proposer: User:Zalgo

Toronto
One of the following libraries:


 * Toronto Reference Library
 * North York Central Library
 * Proposer: Rayson@Open Grid Scheduler

Vancouver

 * Vancouver Public Library (info @ Meetup/Vancouver)
 * Proposer: User:A. Kupicki
 * Date of local event: October 23 16 , 2011
 * Location: Central Branch

U.S. cities and libraries
With grassroots organizing help from local Meetup groups and the Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS) committee...

Entry format:

* Library and city, link to meetup or discussion page ** Proposer: ** Date of local event: ** More details (or discussion) at X

Northeast

 * New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, NYC
 * Proposer: Pharos (talk)
 * Date of local event: October 22
 * (Smaller NYC outreach events: Wikipedia Loves METRO and Rutgers Alexander Library)
 * More NYC details at The Musical (focus on musical theater and Broadway content)


 * Pittsburgh: see Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Pittsburgh
 * -Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 02:44, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Date of local event: still in early planning


 * Monroeville Library in Monroeville, Pennsylvania (Greater Pittsburgh area)
 * Proposer: Jeepday (talk))
 * Discussion Meetup/Monroeville
 * Date of local event: Possible Spring 2012 (October 2011 planning stagnated)


 * Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library in Clifton Park, New York (Greater Capital Region)
 * Proposer: Lawrence Kelley (talk))
 * Discussion Meetup/Albany-Capital Region
 * Date of local event: Program Room C reserved for November 12th, 1:00pm - 5:00pm


 * Bernards Township Library (Somerset County, New Jersey)
 * Proposer: Bernards Township Library
 * Date of local event: October 26
 * More details at library's event page Call 908-204-3038 with questions.


 * Harvard University Library
 * Proposer: User:Canderson7 (talk)
 * Date of local event: November 17, 2011
 * Discussion: WLL at Harvard

Midwest

 * Under discussion on the Meetup/Minnesota local meetup page.
 * Proposer: Jonathunder (talk)
 * Organizer: McGhiever (talk)
 * Date of local event: Saturday, 22 October, 1–5 p.m., Central Library of the St. Paul Public Library
 * Chicago will likely have WLL event at the Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington Library.
 * Proposer: TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR)
 * Date of local event: October 29
 * More details at Meetup/Chicago 5


 * St. Louis, Missouri
 * Proposer: Elonka
 * Date of local event: October 15th, 10:30 a.m., Kathryn Linnemann Library.
 * To help the library with an accurate count, please pre-register at the library's website, here
 * More details at Meetup/St. Louis


 * Luther College (Iowa), likely in January


 * Bloomington, Indiana (Indiana University-Bloomington)
 * Proposer/Organizer: Herrfous (talk)
 * Proposed date of local event (confirmation pending): likely in February, Herman B. Wells Library, Indiana University-Bloomington


 * University of Michigan Library
 * Proposer: cleeder
 * Date of local event: TBA
 * More details: Please contact me if you're interested in helping organize


 * Hennepin County Library
 * Proposer: Hennepin County Library
 * Event: Edit-a-thon
 * Date of event: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10-5 pm
 * Location: Minneapolis Central Library, Special Collection 4th floor
 * More details at Meetup/Minnesota talk

South

 * National Archives at College Park, Maryland: Meetup/NARA 2
 * Organizer: Dominic
 * Date: October 8, 2011, beginning 11 AM


 * Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (DCPL), Washington, D.C. - Meetup/DC 25
 * Proposer: Kumioko (talk) and User:Aude
 * Date of local event: November 5, 2011


 * Charlotte, North Carolina:Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Main Branch (probably in the Carolina Room on the third floor)
 * Proposer: Eric Cable  |  Talk  15:04, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Date of local event: October 15, 2011 11:00am
 * More details at Meetup/Charlotte
 * Cancelled due to lack of interest. Visit and post on the meetup page to be informed of future events. Eric Cable  |  Talk  14:39, 13 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Farmville-Prince Edward branch of the Central Virginia Regional Library
 * Organizer: Ethompson525
 * Date of local event: October 30, 2011
 * More details at Farmville/PE Library Offers Wikipedia Training
 * There will be a session for laptop users in the library's meeting room from 2:30-3:30 pm. An identical session for desktop users will be offered in the library's computer lab from 3:45-4:45 pm.
 * Instruction will be designed for the beginning Wikipedia editor. Call (434) 392-6924 to register (registration is optional) or for more details.


 * Atlanta, Georgia: Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Central Library (www.afpls.org/central-hq)
 * Organizer: Ganeshk
 * Date of local event: November 19, 2011
 * Conference room on the reference floor with a projector
 * Easy access to reference materials, library databases, and a librarian if you had any questions.
 * Sign up at the Meetup/Atlanta/Atlanta 2 page

West

 * Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA (Los Angeles area)
 * Date: Saturday, November 19
 * Contacts: Dominic (NARA) & Howcheng (local)


 * Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, CA - Meetup/Berkeley
 * Proposer: Ijon (talk)
 * Date of local event: September 17


 * Wikipedia Loves Libraries! at Norlin, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
 * Proposer: User:Gaurav
 * Date of local event: October 27


 * Cedar-Clinton Branch part of Fresno County Public Library, Fresno, CA
 * Proposer: Kingduran (talk)
 * Date of local event:


 * Denver Public Library, Denver, CO
 * Proposer: Ensa (talk)
 * Date of local event:


 *  Wikipedia Loves Libraries! in the South Bay, Inglewood Public Library, Inglewood, California
 * Proposer: Jsmog (talk)
 * Date of local event: Monday, 24 October, 3-7 PM


 * Tom of Finland Foundation Library, Los Angeles, CA
 * Proposer: Opal Whiteley (talk)
 * Date of local event: October 30
 * More details at Queering Wikipedia Editathon (focus on LGBT content)


 * Meetup/seattleWLL, Seattle, WA
 * Proposer:  Blue Rasberry    (talk)
 * Date of local event: Tuesday October 25 at 7pm, at Allegro Coffee in U-district


 * Embudo Valley Library, Dixon, New Mexico
 * Einar (hint: "Ei" is a long A, as in "eight") Being a librarian and a wikipedian might come in handy. First task could well be writing an article about the library.
 * Scheduled an "Introduction to editing wikipedia" event, date: Monday, Oct. 17
 * More details at Event page at Embudo Valley Library website


 * Olympia Timberland Library, Olympia, Washington
 * epersonae and Oakwright
 * Public session scheduled for April 4th at 7:30pm, we're having a "train the trainer" session in March. Best way to get involved is Twitter, where we are @epersonae, @oakwright and @agathafrye respectively.


 * Anchorage, Alaska
 * Lousacc Library
 * User: Library
 * Librarians, theater and any upcoming Social events.