For those with access, the internet has opened up exciting new possibilities to access information and discover the world.
Libraries globally are doing great work to make it easier for as many people as possible to find and use their collections.
In parallel, sites like Wikipedia help bring together knowledge from thousands and thousands of contributors, and give access to this for free.
Indeed, we’re currently celebrating #1Lib1Ref – a biannual effort to work with librarians to improve the quality of articles on Wikipedia.
But Wikipedia articles don’t just need to be by librarians – they can also be about them and their work.
So for our 2nd 10-Minute International Librarian exercise, find and improve a library-related Wikipedia page!
Ensuring your library appears on Wikipedia can be a great way of helping both your users, and other librarians around the world find out about your building and your services.
Or you could ensure that the pages about key institutions or concepts related to libraries are up-to-date, helping colleagues elsewhere.
Find out more about how to edit Wikipedia on the #1Lib1Ref page and on our blog!
This idea relates to the IFLA Strategy! Strategic Direction 2, Key Initiative 2: Deliver high quality campaigns, information and other communications products on a regular basis to engage and energise libraries
As we publish more ideas, you will be able to view these using the #10MinuteInternationalLibrarian tag on this blog, and of course on IFLA’s Ideas Store! Do also share your ideas in the comments box.
Human nature pick and learn everything so quickly from childhood life. Currently smartphones and mobile games more popular than books for more kids and this will destroy their learning and reading behaviors. So to protect new generation from this lose we must promote school libraries and books culture ideas from early school life. IFLA must start initiative in this regard specially for developing countries. #SchoolLibrariesInternationalDrive