State Library of Queensland
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has been an active partner with Wikimedia Australia since 2010.
Early Collaborations
One of the initial major collaborations in Wikimedia Australia's history involved assisting the State Library of Queensland in uploading thousands of images from their collection to Wikimedia Commons.
Thousands of Images Donated
The news of this groundbreaking partnership made national news, and a large banner reading "Thank you, State Library of Queensland" was prominently featured on Wikipedia.
The donation included 50,000 out-of-copyright images, marking one of the largest contributions to Wikimedia Commons at the time. These images have since been utilized over 5,000 times in articles across English Wikipedia. Explore the images on Wikimedia Commons here.
Since then, various programs have been initiated to enrich Wikipedia content, including encouraging Queensland Public Libraries to contribute and share their communities' places, people, and stories through Wikimedia projects.
Wikipedian in Residence Projects
2016
The State Library of Queensland established the First World War Wikipedian in Residence program in 2016. This program aimed to narrate the story of World War I in Queensland using the library's extensive collections. Throughout 2016, three resident Wikipedians hosted events, created pages and categories, assisted the public, and provided training to SLQ staff:
- February to April 2016: Kerry Raymond
- April to August 2016: Mrsinna
- August to November 2016: Craig Franklin
Read more about this project on Wikipedia GLAM and access the project case study.
2023
In 2023, as part of The Record: Australian Music On Wikipedia project, SLQ hosted Bianca Valentino as the First Nations Wikipedian In Residence. Bianca utilized the library archives to enhance content related to First Nations music.
Other SLQ Wikimedia Programs
- In 2012, SLQ supported editors visiting regional towns Tambo and Quilpie, conducting editing workshops using existing stub articles.
- Since 2017, SLQ has actively participated in #1Lib1Ref, adding an impressive 1,000 new citations to Wikipedia.
- The 2018 Wikidata Tour Down Under started at the State Library of Queensland.
- In 2017, the QWiki Club was initiated, a monthly Wikipedia editing club building on the success of the #1lib1ref campaign.
- Contributions have been made to Wikisource (WikiProject_SLQ).
Events
- 1Lib1Ref SLQ 15 May 2019 — Wednesday 15 May 2019
No description - 1Lib1Ref SLQ 23 May 2019 — Thursday 23 May 2019
No description - 1Lib1Ref SLQ 30 May 2019 — Thursday 30 May 2019
No description - 1Lib1Ref SLQ 5 June 2019 — Wednesday 5 June 2019
No description - Q Wiki at SLQ (October 2019) — Thursday 31 October 2019
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Find a comprehensive list of all SLQ Wikimedia events here.
Dashboards
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Further Reading
- State Library content, loved by millions across the world! - SLW Blog - 17 Feb 2022
- Let’s get our regions on Wikipedia - SLW Blog 23 Jan 2017
- WMAU March/April 2011 newsletter detailing SLQ image donation
- Queensland content on Wikipedia...State Library trainers visit Miles - John Oxley Blog, 5 Jul 2011
- Wikipedia Category: Articles incorporating text from the State Library of Queensland
- Training in the Australian Outback – Photo essay - 18 March 2012
- Mulatiningsih, Bekti, Raunik, Anna, & Partridge, Helen L. (2012) User participation in the categorisation of the State Library of Queensland digital image collections: characteristics, motivations and experiences. In International Conference and Workshop 'Making You Know', 2012-10-18 - 2012-10-19