Over an 18 months period, the SLIC Wikimedian in residence facilitated training on how to edit Wikipedia and contribute to its sister open knowledge projects for a total of 162 librarians across 23 Scottish local authorities. The gender ratio of the participants was 75.31% female.
The project was funded by the Public Library Improvement Fund (PLIF), so priority for training was given to public librarians (73.45% of total librarians trained), but opportunities were also offered to public library partners across the library profession including school librarians, HE and FE librarians, specialist librarians, health librarians and law librarians.
In the past 6 months, the project has culminated with a Train the Trainer programme specifically tailored for librarians to enable them to deliver their own Wikipedia related activities with their local library users. A total of 32 librarians have taken up this opportunity from 9 local authorities and will constitute a network across Scotland delivering consistent high quality training and able to collaborate across the library sector as well as with other partners from the Scottish Wikimedia community.
Throughout the residency, a total of 10 editathons were delivered with support from the SLIC Wikimedian in Residence and a further 7 are currently in planning by librarians who have undertaken the Train the Trainer programme. To date, a total of 45 library users have been trained to edit Wikipedia during these events and 55 new articles on Scottish history and culture have been added to Wikipedia using sources from the libraries' rich collections.
Aberdeenshire
The lead contact for this service is Jacque97 .
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
11
4
11
0
in planning
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
90.9% Female
100% Public Librarians
0
Angus
The lead contact for this service is PippyF .
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
3
3
1
3
in planning
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
100% Female
100% Public Librarians
1
City of Dundee
There is no lead contact for this local authority.
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
2
0
1
0
1
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
100% Female
50% Public Librarians/50% HE Librarians
0
East Dunbartonshire
The lead contact for this service is MJWest01 .
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
6
5
6
2
in planning
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
100% Female
100% Public Librarians
0
East Lothian
There is no lead contact for this local authority.
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
1
0
1
0
0
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
100% Female
100% Public Librarians
0
N/A
East Renfrewshire
There is no lead contact for this local authority.
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
1
0
0
1
0
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
100% Male
100% Public Librarians
0
N/A
City of Edinburgh
The lead contact for this service is Online Librarian .
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
16
0
13
4
in planning
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
56.25% Female
68.75% Public Librarians, 12.5% School librarian, 6.25% Law Librarian, 6.25% HE Librarian, 6.25% Specialist librarian
8
Falkirk
The lead contact for this service is NaomiFK .
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
10
0
10
0
1
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
60% Female
100% Public Librarians
0
Fife
The lead contact for this service is SaraFife .
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
7
6
5
2
3
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
100% Female
100% Public Librarians
8
Glasgow
There is no lead contact for this local authority.
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
13
0
3
4
7
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
69.2% Female
23.07% Public Librarians, 46.15% FE Librarians, 23.07% HE Librarians, 7.69% School Librarian
13
Highlands
The lead contacts for this service are Hazelraee and Shona Skye .
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
12
3
12
0
4
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
91.66% Female
83.33% Public Librarians, 16.67% Other
7
Inverclyde
The lead contacts for this service are ColinDunc and AllyIrl .
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
14
3
12
2
2
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
78.57% Female
57.14% Public Librarians, 35.71% School Librarians, 7.14% HE Librarians
6
Midlothian
There is no lead contact for this local authority.
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
1
0
1
0
0
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
100% Male
100% Public Librarians
0
North Ayrshire
The lead contact for this service is Jmccoll1968 .
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
10
0
9
1
0
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
90% Female
100% Public Librarians
0
N/A
North Lanarkshire
The lead contact for this service is RussellWBrown .
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
10
6
8
0
4
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
60% Female
100% Public Librarians
2
Moray
There is no lead contact for this local authority.
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
2
0
2
0
0
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
100% Female
100% Public Librarians
0
Perth and Kinross
There is no lead contact for this local authority.
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
4
0
4
0
0
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
75% Female
100% Public Librarians
0
Scottish Borders
There is no lead contact for this local authority.
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
6
0
6
0
0
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
50% Female
100% Public Librarians
0
South Ayrshire
The lead contact for this service is Citadelscribe .
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
9
0
9
0
0
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
66.66% Female
100% Public Librarians
0
South Lanarkshire
The lead contact for this service is Scobro13 .
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
2
1
1
2
in planning
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
100% Male
100% Public Librarians
0
Shetland Islands
There is no lead contact for this local authority.
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
1
0
1
0
0
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
100% Female
100% Public Librarians
0
N/A
Stirling
The lead contact for this service is RosieMA13 .
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
4
1
4
1
in planning
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
100% Female
50% Public Librarians/50% HE Librarians
0
West Dunbartonshire
There is no lead contact for this local authority.
Breakdown of Training[ edit ]
Total librarians trained
Train the Trainer
1 Day Intro to Wikipedia
Took part in a Wiki Campaign
Organised/Took part in Editathon
1
0
1
0
0
Gender breakdown
Library Sector breakdown
Number of Library Users trained
100% Female
100% Public Librarians
0