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WikiProject Libraries

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Goals and scope

Goals

• Coordinate maintenance of library-related content
• Develop and discuss proposals for improvements to Wikimedia (especially literature-related sites) based on library experience
• Assist at the Wikipedia Reference Desk
• Assist with categorization

Scope

In scope

• Library and information science
  • Libraries, librarians, and librarianship in all its aspects (historical, fictional, ancient to contemporary and beyond!).
  • Information science in all its aspects, including information organization, retrieval, search, access, and manipulation (sometimes overlapping with WikiProject Computer Science).
• Archives, archivists, and archival science.
• Preservation and conservation of recorded information (sometimes overlapping with WikiProject Arts, WikiProject Digital Preservation, and WikiProject Museums).

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To do

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Article alerts

Library alerts

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Did you know

• 10 Dec 2025 – Eratosthenes (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TouchedWithFire (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 03 Dec 2025 – Refbase (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Silver seren (t · c); see discussion (8 participants; relisted)

Articles to be split

• 15 Apr 2025 – Libraries in Honduras (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Easternsahara (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Apr 2025 – Libraries in Croatia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Easternsahara (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Apr 2025 – Libraries in China (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Easternsahara (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Dec 2020 – Public libraries in North America (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion

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Museum alerts

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Did you know

• 07 Dec 2025 – Lawh Wa Qalam (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by AmateurHi$torian (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 18 Dec 2025 – Fairview Art Collection (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Graham87 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
• 10 Dec 2025 – Gulgong Holtermann Museum (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Duffbeerforme (t · c) was closed as delete by Left guide (t · c) on 18 Dec 2025; see discussion (5 participants)

Categories for discussion

• 10 Dec 2025 – Category:Museums in Namur (province) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 08 Dec 2025 – Edmontosaurus mummy SMF R 4036 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Jens Lallensack (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Oct 2025 – Sannai-Maruyama Site (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MisawaSakura (t · c); start discussion
• 08 Sep 2025 – Hollywood Walk of Fame (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gb321 (t · c); start discussion
• 09 May 2025 – 1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Daniel Case (t · c); start discussion

Articles to be merged

• 12 Dec 2025 – Yangon Planetarium (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Yangon Space Museum by EmeraldRange (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Dec 2025 – Lifetime Lab (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Cork Waterworks by Guliolopez (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Oct 2025 – Former Provincial Museum Building (Edmonton) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Royal Alberta Museum by 162 etc. (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 14 Dec 2025 – Draft:Rand Suffolk (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lookingarounddd (t · c)
• 14 Dec 2025 – Draft:Museum of the Big Bend (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Nv8200pa (t · c) was accepted to Museum of the Big Bend (talk · edit · hist) by Patre23 (t · c) on 15 Dec 2025

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Metrics

Articles assessed for quality: 100% complete 100% of articles Start-Class or better: 68.4% complete (6263/9162)

4.6% List-Class 27% Stub-Class 49.5% Start-Class 14.6% C-Class 3.5% B-Class 0.6% GA-Class 0.2% FA-Class Libraries articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 2 8 10 FL 1 2 6 9 FM 17 17 GA 1 3 10 42 56 B 6 16 61 220 14 317 C 12 39 161 1,068 55 1,335 Start 5 59 379 3,988 105 4,536 Stub 12 72 2,340 54 2,478 List 4 6 40 371 421 Category 2,700 2,700 Disambig 20 20 File 42 42 Project 25 25 Redirect 4 8 142 342 496 Template 105 105 NA 3 3 Other 24 24 Assessed 28 140 735 8,185 3,278 228 12,594 Total 28 140 735 8,185 3,278 228 12,594 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 43,757 Ω = 5.04

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See also

See also all subpages of WikiProject Libraries.

Related WikiProjects

• WikiProject Bibliographies
• WikiProject Biography/Science and academia
• WikiProject History of Science
• WikiProject Academic Journals
• WikiProject Digital Preservation
• WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles
• List of missing journals
• WikiProject Reference works

Additional resources

• Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check
• Category:Wikipedia resources for researchers
• Category:Wikipedian librarians
• German Wikipedia: Library Reference Service
• COinS in Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:ISBN
• GLAM
• The Wikipedia Library
• {{Authority control}}

Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation

• b:Introduction to Library and Information Science
• m:Wikicat
• v:Learning Project

External links

• Libweb - Library WWW Servers
• LISWiki