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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Forwarded on behalf of Ingrid Thomson (UCT) & Wynand van der Walt (Rhodes Univ)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Wikipedia covers
<b>all disciplines</b>, and we have too little indigenous information and research openly available on the WWW. Please contribute colleagues – add a reference, or even edit an existing/publish a new entry on the work you do. This specific call for librarians,
but researchers most welcome to also contribute!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Librarians and library lovers,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Next month from May 15th to June 5th we will be joining together around the world to make Wikipedia more reliable. You can participate
in #1Lib1Ref by simply adding a citation to Wikipedia's content. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">That's all we ask and imagine: a world in which every librarian (or archivist, reference professional, and scholar) adds 1 more
reference to Wikipedia.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">This is the fourth year of the #1Lib1Ref campaign and our second time running it in May, when it's more convenient for the southern
hemisphere. You can learn about this year's January campaign too in our recently released learnings report.
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/5CN-C66x59tx9vQ9SpWcZY">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons/2019</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Full resources and guides for participating in May are available on the
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/lCaSC76y5Xt96K36UWqhRC">http://1lib1ref.org</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">
campaign website.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">The campaign will be fully tracked with daily metrics and leaderboard updates. You can make sure your contribution is counted by
using the Program and Events Dashboard for your event, institution, or region.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Login to start a new event or join up with an existing group for the May Campaign here:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/lfbjC8qz5ESxM0nMS21MT9">https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/1lib1ref_may_2019/programs</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Please tell your library and library-loving friends about #1Lib1Ref in May. We need everyone's help to make Wikipedia more reliable!</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Jake Orlowitz</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Head of the Wikipedia Library</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Wikimedia Foundation</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:wikipedialibrary@wikimedia.org">wikipedialibrary@wikimedia.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">@Wikilibrary</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">P.S. Don’t worry if you can’t make it for the May campaign, as now 1Lib1Ref receives annual support and you can always reach out
for assistance any time of the year.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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