Volunteers
In 2014 the National Library of Wales began advertising for volunteers to work on various projects and a volunteer co-ordinator was appointed. The project proved so successful that there is now a waiting list to Volunteer at the Library. One of the key goals of the Volunteer project is to offer people the opportunity to improve computer literacy, so from the outset I was keen to get volunteers involved in Wikipedia projects. All new volunteers to NLW are now offered the chance to work on Wikipedia based projects. Notice of every Edit-a-thon event held by the NLW is sent to the volunteer mailing list and a number of volunteers have attended these events with most have attended more than once.
Detailed stats are kept here.
Projects
- Welsh Newspapers Project - 124 Articles about historical Welsh Newspapers created in English and Welsh. Completed
- Welsh Biography Online Mix & Match project. Completed
- Welsh Journals Project - 34 articles created about historic Welsh journals were created. Completed
- Welsh Biography Online - 361 articles created to date about people in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
- Welsh Translation project - Welsh speakers Translating articles from English into Welsh. 76 articles to date.
- Aberystwyth Shipping records project - 3 volunteers are working on researching new information related to the Aberystwyth Shipping Records collection. This data is being added to Wikidata as it is made available.
- Tailored tasks - number of Volunteers have been working on Tailored tasks, creating content relating to Wales.
Volunteers
In 2014 the National Library of Wales began advertising for volunteers to work on various projects and a volunteer co-ordinator was appointed. The project proved so successful that there is now a waiting list to Volunteer at the Library. One of the key goals of the Volunteer project is to offer people the opportunity to improve computer literacy, so from the outset I was keen to get volunteers involved in Wikipedia projects. All new volunteers to NLW are now offered the chance to work on Wikipedia based projects. Notice of every Edit-a-thon event held by the NLW is sent to the volunteer mailing list and a number of volunteers have attended these events with most have attended more than once.
Detailed stats are kept here.
Projects
- Welsh Newspapers Project - 124 Articles about historical Welsh Newspapers created in English and Welsh. Completed
- Welsh Biography Online Mix & Match project. Completed
- Welsh Journals Project - 34 articles created about historic Welsh journals were created. Completed
- Welsh Biography Online - 361 articles created to date about people in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
- Welsh Translation project - Welsh speakers Translating articles from English into Welsh. 76 articles to date.
- Aberystwyth Shipping records project - 3 volunteers are working on researching new information related to the Aberystwyth Shipping Records collection. This data is being added to Wikidata as it is made available.
- Tailored tasks - number of Volunteers have been working on Tailored tasks, creating content relating to Wales.