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This Month in GLAM – Volume XV, Issue V, May 2025

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Ukraine report

Spring GLAM news from Ukraine – first major survey for GLAM institutions & yet another successful #1Lib1Ref

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By AntonProtsiuk

Throughout the spring of 2025, Wikimedia Ukraine has conducted two important GLAM initiatives – a pilot “Open GLAM in Ukraine” project, which included a major survey for institutions, and one more round of the #1Lib1Ref campaign.

1. “Open GLAM in Ukraine” promises to kick off a large-scale Wikimedia GLAM collaboration

In late 2024 a consortium of partners that includes Wikimedia Ukraine, Wikimedia Sweden and the National Archives of Sweden received a grant from the Swedish Institute to support a pilot project that would help bring Ukraine's cultural heritage from GLAM institutions to the Wikimedia platforms.

The main goal of the pilot project is to conduct research and analysis of the state of GLAM institutions needs and interests. The most important activity was a large-scale survey of institutions. We've managed to get over 550 institutions to respond – much more than we'd hoped for! – and received a lot of interesting results.

You can review highlights from the survey in the presentation, which was delivered during a working meeting of project partners in Stockholm on March 31-April 1. For more context about the meeting and the project, read also our article on Diff.

Based on the pilot, in May we applied for a larger project that would support large-scale training for GLAM professionals (both leaders and staff members), which would result in fruitful cooperation with Wikimedia. Fingers crossed we get the funding!

2. #1Lib1Ref's latest round brings almost 1,000 new sources to Ukrainian Wikipedia

#1Lib1Ref is an international campaign that invites people to add missing references to Wikipedia articles. We held the latest round on Ukrainian Wikipedia from February 19th to March 10th (later than the traditional international round because we feel this schedule is more convenient for Ukrainian librarians).

Within this round, 73 people improved 655 articles with 959 references – one of our best results yet. We organized two online webinars and a major hybrid event in partnership with one of Ukraine’s biggest libraries – Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine.

The campaign is open to everyone but has a special focus on engaging librarians. The survey of active participants shows that over 40% work in a library, showing the potential for further developing GLAM cooperation.

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