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Serbia report

Wikimedia Serbia: Advancing GLAM collaborations and digital heritage

By Gorana Gomirac (VMRS)

Wikipedian in residence projects

Wikimedia Serbia has been successfully running the Wikipedian in residence program, collaborating with various cultural institutions since 2014. The collaboration with the Little Theatre "Duško Radović" has been organized, leading to the creation of 61 new articles, 44 improved articles, and 96 illustrated. Additionally, 1.752 files, including programs and posters, were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. This included significant contributions like monographs, theater programs, and posters. This collaboration also provided opportunities for valuable digitization work and content creation, enriching both Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons repository.

An another Wikipedian in Residence project began in September with the National Library “Dobrilо Nenadić” in Arilje. This project focused on digitizing important content, such as books, catalogs, and photographs, and resulted in the creation of 60 new articles and 11 improved. During this project, a total of 463 files were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

In addition, a collaboration with the Public Library “Bora Stanković” in Vranje was organized, leading to having 30 new articles on Wikipedia and 200 files uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

Funding and digitization Projects

Wikimedia Serbia in cooperation with Wikimedia MKD applied for funding from the Serbian Ministry of Finance’s program for the protection and digitization of cultural heritage. Also, Wikimedia Serbia applied for funding from the Ministry of Culture Republic of Serbia with the Wikipedian in residence project.

#1Lib1Ref Campaign and Wikimedia + Libraries initiatives

Wikimedia Serbia contributed significantly to the #1Lib1Ref campaign in collaboration with the University Library "Svetozar Marković" and the Wikimedia community of the Republic of Srpska. The campaign, which focused on adding references to Wikipedia articles, will ran from January 15 to February 5. During January, Serbian Wikipedia was improved with 12,517 references added to 2,425 articles. Wikimedia Serbia has also been planning for the 2025 #1Lib1Ref campaign and global coordination efforts.


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