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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 help coordinate UTL community contributions to participants' interest areas

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Collections
Improve articles using UTL material
Goals Shortcuts WP:NPOVWP:NPOV WP:RSWP:RS Update and add new articles on histories supported by UTL collections Contribute up-to-date, balanced, and authoritative sources to Wikipedia Approach Shortcuts WP:PRIMARYWP:PRIMARY WP:SECONDARYWP:SECONDARY Where chunks of notable information are missing, create new sections or articles Where existing narrative is comprehensive and up-to-date, add references to verify content and connect research Add primary sources where self-evident (e.g. 1923 Nobel Prize medal inscribed to Frederick Banting → Banting was recipient in 1923) Add secondary sources wherever contextual interpretation is required Rearrange media or links to prioritise article relevance, but with sensitivity to the overall focus of the page Digital collections The Discovery and Early Development of Insulin (View) 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 Frederick Banting#Statements on Hudson's Bay Company History of diabetes 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 Anatomia: Anatomical Plates, 1522–1867 (View) Anatomy Outline of human anatomy Frederik Ruysch Govert Bidloo Gerard de Lairesse William Cowper (anatomist) The Barren Lands in the Geological Survey of Canada, 1892-1894 (View) First Nations Joseph Tyrrell More extensive edits reserved for collaboration with Indigenous communities Patent Medicine (View) Patent medicine Kellogg's All-Bran Agnes Chamberlin (View) Agnes Dunbar Moodie Fitzgibbon Catherine Parr Traill Canadian Pamphlets and Broadsides (View) William Briggs (publisher) Manuscript Fragments (View) Quitclaim deed Discover Archives Discover Archives Portal Priority: Notable biographies which have interacted significantly with less visible local and global histories Edits Rodney Bobiwash, an Anishinaabe activist and scholar for Indigenous histories, racial equality, and social justice Roxana Ng, an activist and scholar for fair migrant labour, gender and racial equality, and decolonising pedagogy

Infrastructure
Make it easy for readers to find relevant UTL holdings
Goals Simplify the task of finding what is relevant and useful from UTL holdings Contribute efficient and effective Wikidata-aware templates Collections on Wikidata See: wikidata:Wikidata:WikiProject University of Toronto Libraries Wikidata-aware structures Archival records Template:Archival records, to indicate archival records of people/organisations in ==External links== (See: Articles that link here) Help:Archives, a how-to guide to using archival sources

Community
Coordinate UTL community contributions to participants' interest areas
Goals Build Wikipedia participation from UTL community members Content.