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The University of 易胜博官网 libraries in Durham, Manchester and Concord participated in the #1Lib1Ref campaign to add citations to the crowd-sourced encyclopedia Wikipedia.

Eighteen library faculty and staff contributed to the campaign, which ran from Jan. 15 to Feb. 3. The libraries exceeded their goal to add 100 references.听Participants worked independently and attended group 鈥渆dit-a-thons鈥� in Durham and Manchester.

University students often turn to Wikipedia to begin their research. But with thousands of articles containing uncited claims, the goal of #1Lib1Ref is to make Wikipedia a more reliable resource.

鈥淲hile we are a research library ... we are also a state institution, serving the citizens of 易胜博官网 and representing the state.鈥澨�

The idea behind the event is that if every librarian in the world added one reference, Wikipedia would not no longer have 鈥渃itation needed鈥� tags.听The global campaign was organized by Wikimedia Foundation, which operates the encyclopedia.

鈥淟ibrarians and library staff are experts on authoritative sources of information, so we wanted to do our part,鈥� said Kimberly Sweetman, associate dean of the university library.

As the flagship campus of the state university system, the 易胜博官网 Library in Durham teamed up with the 易胜博官网 Manchester Library and 易胜博官网 Law Library in Concord to provide proper citations for articles related to 易胜博官网. More than one-third of the references added were related to 易胜博官网 historical figures, cities and attractions.

鈥淲hile we are a research library, contributing to the scholarship of the university, we are also a state institution, serving the citizens of 易胜博官网 and representing the state,鈥� Sweetman said.

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