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This page summarises all projects under the WikiProject UTL umbrella. The projects are grouped as follows:

• Collections projects improve article content and reference using UTL material
• Infrastructure projects make it easy for readers to find relevant UTL holdings (e.g. archives)
• Community projects organise UTL community members to improve articles in their interest areas

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These projects improve article content and reference using UTL material.
Notes Text-based edits seek to improve the balanced and verifiable representation of history surrounding each topic. All contributions draw on thorough familiarity with digitised material, and on the most authoritative and balanced secondary sources to date. Where existing narrative is comprehensive and up-to-date, references are added to help verify content and to provide entry points to quality sources for further research. Primary sources are contributed where self-evident (e.g. a 1923 Nobel Prize medal inscribed to Frederick Banting as evidence of the Nobel Prize was awarded to him in 1923). Where contextual interpretation is required to understand the cited material, balanced secondary sources are used to support the contribution. Media or links may be rearranged based on article relevance, but with sensitivity to the overall focus of the page. Sections or articles are created where chunks of notable information are missing. The Discovery and Early Development of Insulin About the collection Date range: Early 1900s Key references Michael Bliss's Discovery of Insulin (2007; update to 1982 publication) Articles from the Bulletin of the History of Medicine Partial edits Insulin Insulin (medication) Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin Charles Best (medical scientist), co-discoverer of insulin J. J. R. Macleod, co-discoverer of insulin J.B. Collip, co-discoverer of insulin James D. Havens, early patient Constance Collier, early patient Eli Lilly & Company, early collaborator in insulin mass-production John G. FitzGerald, founder of Connaught Laboratories and peacemaker for the insulin project Significantly developed articles History of diabetes Frederick Banting#Statements on Hudson's Bay Company New articles Academy of Medicine of Toronto, a continuing medical education institution for Ontario researchers and practitioners Connaught Laboratories, a non-commercial public health institution based at the University of Toronto until 1972

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UTL's Wikipedia project is currently focused on improving content on the history of diabetes and the discovery and early development of insulin. Other collections have so far been used for minor edits, and will be used more extensively in the coming months. We invite everyone to benefit from our digital collections and use our materials to improve Wikipedia. See here for a list of our digital collections. Specific collections have also been flagged for volunteer help in How to Help. For an overview of UTL's projects on Wikidata, please visit Wikidata:WikiProject_University_of_Toronto_Libraries. Baileychui (talk) 17:43, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply] Andreamccutcheonutarms (talk) The Discovery and Early Development of Insulin Notes Text-based edits from this project seek to improve the balanced and verifiable representation of history surrounding the discovery and early development of insulin. All contributions draw on thorough familiarity with the digitized primary sources held by Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, and on the most authoritative and balanced secondary sources to date. Among these contextual sources is the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Michael Bliss's Discovery of Insulin (2007; updated the 1982 publication) and numerous complementary interventions published in the Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Where Wikipedia's existing narrative is adequate and accurate to date, I enrich the bibliography to help verify the content and to provide entry points to quality sources for further research. Primary sources are contributed where self-evident. For example, a 1923 Nobel Prize medal inscribed to Frederick Banting makes self-evident the fact that the Nobel Prize was awarded to him in 1923. Where contextual interpretation is required to understand the cited material, balanced secondary sources are used to support the contribution. I may rearrange media or links to facilitate the Wikipedia community's research needs. Most material in UTL's insulin collection is historical in nature. On topical pages which include a mix of scientific and historical overviews, rearrangement will be sensitive to the overall focus of the page. Where chunks of notable information are missing, I create new sections/pages to expand coverage. For example, the Academy of Medicine of Toronto and the Connaught Laboratories played important institutional roles in relation to the development of insulin and more broadly, in Canadian medical history from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. Contributions This project has built on existing work on the following pages: Insulin Insulin (medication) Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin Charles Best (medical scientist), co-discoverer of insulin J. J. R. Macleod, co-discoverer of insulin J.B. Collip, co-discoverer of insulin James D. Havens, early patient Constance Collier, early patient Eli Lilly & Company, early collaborator in insulin mass-production John G. FitzGerald, founder of Connaught Laboratories and peacemaker for the insulin project The following pages have been authored from scratch to contribute notable medical institutional history: Academy of Medicine of Toronto, a continuing medical education institution for Ontario researchers and practitioners Connaught Laboratories, a non-commercial public health institution based at the University of Toronto until 1972 The following pages have been expanded significantly: History of diabetes Frederick Banting#Statements on Hudson's Bay Company Anatomia Collection: Anatomical Plates 1522-1867 This collection features approximately 4500 full page plates and other significant illustrations of human anatomy selected from the Jason A. Hannah and Academy of Medicine collections in the history of medicine at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. Each illustration has been fully indexed using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), and techniques of illustration, artists, and engravers have been identified whenever possible. There are 95 individual titles represented, ranging in date from 1522 to 1867. Contributions Images from the collection, external links, and general citations have been added to a number of relevant pages. Anatomy Outline of human anatomy Frederik Ruysch Govert Bidloo Gerard de Lairesse William Cowper (anatomist) The Barren Lands: J.B. Tyrrell's Expeditions for the Geological Survey of Canada, 1892-1894 This collection documents two exploratory surveys of the Barren Lands region west of Hudson Bay, in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan and the area now known as Nunavut. Drawing on materials from the Joseph Burr Tyrrell, James Tyrrell and related collections at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, it includes over 5,000 images from original field notebooks, correspondence, photographs, maps and published reports. Notes This collection has been flagged for collaboration with indigenous knowledge communities. Contributions External links have been added to directly relevant pages. Joseph Tyrrell First Nations Agnes Chamberlin This collection consists of over three hundred original paintings of Canadian flora and mushrooms by Agnes Chamberlin (1833-1913), dating from the period 1863 to the 1900s, as well as Chamberlin's published works, in all editions, and the original subscription books for the first two editions of Canadian wild flowers. The collection includes page images, descriptions, and full digital text where available. English names are provided for 209, alternate English names are provided for 73, and Latin names are provided for all of the plants illustrated. Contributions External links, textual edits, and citations have been added to directly relevant pages. Agnes Dunbar Moodie Fitzgibbon Catherine Parr Traill Patent Medicine This collection consists of a wide range of materials documenting the patent medicine industry from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1960s and 1970s. Contributions Patent medicine Kellogg's All-Bran Canadian Pamphlets and Broadsides This collection contains pre-1930 Canadian pamphlets and broadsides printed in Canada, by Canadian authors, or about Canadian subjects, mainly of a non-literary nature. Contributions William Briggs (publisher) Collection of Manuscript Fragments This is a collection of 190 pieces of vellum in Greek and Latin illustrating the history and development of handwriting from the 4th century until the end of the Middle Ages. Contributions Quitclaim deed