1Lib1Ref 2024

Revision as of 04:08, 26 March 2024

1Lib1Ref stands for “One Librarian, One Reference”. It's a campaign by librarians around the world (and anyone who has a passion for free knowledge!) to add a missing references to articles on Wikipedia.

How to get involved:

1Lib1Ref Events

Join us online to learn how to edit Wikipedia and Wikidata.

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Participate in the campaign through five easy steps:

Find an article that needs a citation. There are many ways to do this.
- You can use Citation Hunt
- Finding an article with sourcing problems - keep an eye out for the words [citation needed] when on Wikipedia.
- Select an article to review and update the citation while browsing
- Select an article while browsing
Use your Librarian Super Powers to find a reliable source to support the citation in the article.
Add a citation using Wikipedia's citation tool. You can use any ISBN, doi or URL!
Add the hashtag #1Lif1Ref in the edit summary
Click publish

2024 Themes and Focus

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Not a Librarian?

1Lib1Ref has grown to include archivists, professors, researchers, and Wikimedia volunteer editors interested in finding a unique way to bring about change on Wikipedia!

Need Stickers?

Contact us to request your 1Lib1Ref stickers for your 1Lib1Ref participants.

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