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{{short description|Campaign for library engagement with Wikipedia}}

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[[File:Be-like-Bill-1lib1ref.png|thumb|A [[Be like Bill]] meme relating to the campaign]]

'''#1Lib1Ref''' (known in some [[Romance languages]] as '''#1Bib1Ref''') is a [[Wikipedia]] campaign inviting every [[librarian]] on Earths to participate in the [[online encyclopedia]] project, specifically improving articles by adding [[citation]]s.

The first #1Lib1Ref campaign coincided with the [[m:Wikipedia 15|15th anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia]] in January 2016.<ref name="Rust">{{cite web|url=http://dsg.neu.edu/1lib1ref-imagine-a-world-where-every-librarian-added-one-more-reference-to-wikipedia/ |title=#1Lib1Ref: Imagine a World Where Every Librarian Added One More Reference to Wikipedia|last=Rust|first=Amanda|date=14 January 2016|accessdate=15 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="ACRL">{{cite web|url=http://acrl.ala.org/techconnect/post/1lib1ref|title=#1Lib1Ref ACRL TechConnect Blog|date=15 January 2016|publisher=ACRL|accessdate=15 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="IFLA">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifla.org/node/10118|title=Wikipedia birthday greetings|last=Scheeder|first=Donna|date=15 January 2016|publisher=[[International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions]]|accessdate=15 January 2016}}</ref> Based on the premise of '''One Librarian, One Reference''', organizers estimated that if each librarian on the planet spent 15 minutes adding a citation, the combined effort would eliminate English Wikipedia's backlog of 350,000 [<nowiki />citation needed] notices.<ref name="Meta">{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref|title=The Wikipedia Library/1Lib1Ref|publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]]|accessdate=15 January 2016}}</ref> The inaugural, weeklong event ran from 15–23 January 2016, and employed the [[hashtag]] ''#1lib1ref'' on various [[social media]] platforms.<ref name="Stinson">{{cite web|url=https://www.diglib.org/archives/11060/|title=#1Lib1Ref: Help Celebrate Wikipedia’s Birthday during 15–23 January by Adding a Reference|last=Stinson|first=Alex|date=15 January 2016|accessdate=15 January 2016}}</ref>

The first #1Lib1Ref campaign coincided with the [[m:Wikipedia 15|15th anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia]] in January 2016.<ref name="Rust">{{cite web|url=http://dsg.neu.edu/1lib1ref-imagine-a-world-where-every-librarian-added-one-more-reference-to-wikipedia/ |title=#1Lib1Ref: Imagine a World Where Every Librarian Added One More Reference to Wikipedia|last=Rust|first=Amanda|date=14 January 2016|accessdateaccess-date=15 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="ACRL">{{cite web|url=http://acrl.ala.org/techconnect/post/1lib1ref|title=#1Lib1Ref ACRL TechConnect Blog|date=15 January 2016|publisher=ACRL|accessdateaccess-date=15 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="IFLA">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifla.org/node/10118|title=Wikipedia birthday greetings|last=Scheeder|first=Donna|date=15 January 2016|publisher=[[International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions]]|accessdateaccess-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> Based on the premise of '''''One LibrarianLib''rarian, ''One ReferenceRef''erence''', organizers estimated that if each librarian on the planet spent 15 minutes adding a citation, the combined effort would eliminate English Wikipedia's backlog of 350,000 ["citation n{{not a typo|eeded}}<nowiki!-- />citationThis needed]is necessary to prevent the source of this page from triggering maintenance searches for misformatted CN tags -->" notices.<ref name="Meta">{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref|title=The Wikipedia Library/1Lib1Ref|publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]]|accessdateaccess-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> The inaugural, weeklong event ran from 15–23 January 2016, and employed the [[hashtag]] ''#1lib1ref'' on various [[social media]] platforms.<ref name="Stinson">{{cite web |urllast=https://www.diglib.org/archives/11060/Stinson |first=Alex |date=15 January 2016 |title=#1Lib1Ref: Help Celebrate Wikipedia’sWikipedia's Birthday during 15–23 January by Adding a Reference |last=Stinson|first=Alex|dateurl=https://www.diglib.org/1lib1ref-help-celebrate-wikipedias-birthday-during-15-23-january-by-adding-a-reference-2/ January 2016|accessdateaccess-date=15 January 2016}}</ref>

== Results of the first campaign==

The inaugural campaign ended with 1,232 revisions on 879 pages, by 327 users in 9 languages, using the hashtag #1lib1ref in the edit summary; these numbers likely underestimate the overall impact, since many participants were observed omitting the hashtag from edit summaries. On [[Twitter]] the #1lib1ref hashtag was used in over 1,100 posts by over 630 users.<ref>{{cite web|title=1Lib1Ref Lessons - 2016 Outcomes by the numbers |url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons/2016#Outcomes_by_the_numbers |accessdateaccess-date=2 January 2019}}</ref>

== Recurring event ==

The campaign has been revived as an annual celebration of Wikipedia's birthday,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2018/02/25/springfield-greene-county-librarians-add-wikipedia-1-lib-1-ref-campaign-you-can-too/356456002/|title=Springfield, Greene County librarians add to Wikipedia #1Lib1Ref campaign. You can, too.|work=Springfield News-Leader|access-date=2018-05-13|language=en}}</ref> expanding into a three-week event in subsequent years.<ref>{{cite web|title=1Lib1Ref|url=https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/1Lib1Ref|website=Folgerpedia|publisher=Folger Shakespeare Library|accessdateaccess-date=23 January 2018}}</ref> The 1Lib1Ref campaign is part of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]'s [[GLAM (industry sector)|GLAM]] outreach strategy to involve librarians in the improvement of Wikipedia.,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://libraries.idaho.gov/wikipedias-2018-1lib1ref-campaign/ |title=Wikipedia’sWikipedia's 2018 #1lib1ref Campaign|website=Idaho Commission for Libraries|date=20 December 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-01-02}}</ref> and other Wikimedia projects (as of 2022 plans).<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Gill|first1=Satdeep|last2=Nartey|first2=Felix|date=2021-12-16|title=1Lib1Ref is back in 2022 with more languages and advanced tasks|url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/12/16/1lib1ref-is-back-in-2022-with-more-languages-and-advanced-tasks/|access-date=2021-12-31|website=Diff|language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==

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* {{Official website|https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref}} (on Meta Wiki)

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191218094057/https://hashtags.wmflabs.org/?query=1lib1ref&project=&startdate=&enddate= Wikimedia edit summary hashtag search: 1lib1ref]

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