Wikipedia and libraries
The libraries of the UAB have played a very active role in relation to Wikipedia in 2018.
18/12/2018
During 2018, the main actions of the UAB libraries in relation to Wikipedia have been the following:
- Train library staff as Wikipedians
- Improve the collection of Rectors of the UAB
- Increase the collection of Doctors Honoris Causa
- Create a collection in the DDD of aerial photographs of the campus and facades of some buildings of the UAB, also available in the Wikimèdia Commons
- Update some licenses of the contents of the DDD in cc-by-sa
- Participate in the Wickimedia Hackaton 2018
- Participate in the organization of the Wikimaratón del Patrimonio Cultutal
- Promote some thematic wikiprojects, such as the Veterinary UAB
All these actions are within the framework of the agreement between the Amical Wikimedia and the UAB to promote open and participatory knowledge, and promote the social transfer of this to society