WP:GLAM/Leiden University Libraries
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Welcome to the Wikipedia GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) pageLeiden University Libraries prefer the designation Cultural Heritage Institutions (CHI) to Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM). of Leiden University Libraries (Dutch: Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden (UBL)), the Netherlands. In line with previous Wikimedia activities by Leiden University, the Libraries in 2025 initiated a dedicated Wikipedian in Residence project.
2025 Wikipedian in Residence Project
- Objective: To contextualize Wikipedia articles using the book, manuscript and image collections of Leiden University Libraries.
- Project leader: M.C. (Marco) de Niet, Manager Collections & Research Division / Deputy Director, Leiden University Libraries (UBL).
- Wikipedian in Residence: Hans Muller as User:Hansmuller_UBL.{{cite web |url=https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/hans-muller |title=Hans Muller Wikipedian in residence/guest |last= |first= |date=2022 |website=universiteitleiden.nl |publisher=Leiden University |access-date=12 January 2025 |quote=}}
- Start: January 9, 2025.
- Previous projects at Leiden University:
- A similar project (2019-2024) at Leiden University was led by J.C.M. (Jos) Damen MA, Head African Library at the African Studies Centre Leiden.
- KITLV image donation 2015 and 2016.
==Results==
Results include:
=New articles=
- Abraham Gronovius, Dutch jurist, classical scholar and eleventh librarian of Leiden University Library (1695-1775).
- Bibliothèque universitaire de Leyde, Leiden University Library, on the French language Wikipedia.
- Herta Mohr, Austrian egyptologist working at Leiden and Holocaust victim (1914-1945), on the Italian Wikipedia. Eponym of the Herta Mohr Building at Leiden University.
- Johan Willem de Stürler, Dutch commander of the Dutch trading post at Dejima, Nagasaki, Japan, and Japanese art collector (1774-1855). Family archive collection at the University Library.
- Jan Cornelisz. van 't Woudt, Dutch draughtsman and painter (c. 1570-1615), who documented the early Leiden University.
- Sergei Aleksandrovich Zalshupin, Franco-Russian painter and illustrator (1898/1900-1931) with work in the Leiden collection.
=New images=
- [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/Hansmuller_UBL&ilshowall=1 List of recent image uploads to Wikimedia Commons, mostly from the Library's Collections]
- Overview page of Leiden University Library collections on Wikimedia Commons
A sample (for the captions, please hover your cursor over the images):
Macrobius - Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis (Latin), page 01 (miniature monster - cropped) - 2.jpg|Monster doodle in Macrobius' Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, Leiden Gronovius Collection 78.
Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī - Primary and secondary rainbow construction, around 1300.jpg|Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī - Primary and secondary rainbow construction, around 1300
Ordonnantie voor de sleutels van de Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden, 1595.jpg|Instruction for the University library keys, 1595
Tycho Brahe - Stellarum octavi orbis inerrantium accurata restitutio, 1598. Author's portrait.jpg|Tycho Brahe: Stellarum octavi orbis inerrantium accurata restitutio, 1598
Giraffe illustration in Zakariya al-Qazwini - Aja'ib al-Makhluqat ..., 1602, Leiden MS.png|Giraffe illustration, al-Qazwini: Aja'ib al-Makhluqat 1602, Leiden MS
Tortoise as an island, illustration in Zakariya al-Qazwini - Aja'ib al-Makhluqat .., 1602, Leiden MS.jpg|A giant tortoise as an island, al-Qazwini: Aja'ib al-Makhluqat 1602, Leiden MS
Faliede Bagijnkerk naast Anatomisch theater, Leiden, 1835.jpg|Faliede Bagijnkerk, Leiden, 1835.
Mej. G.L. Lorentz, before 1909.jpg|Leiden physicist Berta Lorentz, before 1909
Astronomical Observatory of Kazan University, before 1909.jpg|Kazan Astronomical Observatory, before 1909
Leiden University Library interiors, Leiden, the Netherlands, January 2025 - 05.jpg|Book Returns, University Library 2025
Hogewoerd 113, Leiden, Nederland - 04.jpg|Leiden egyptologist Herta Mohr's student lodgings 1930s, 2024
Scaligerana Ou Bons Mots, etc., 1695, Cologne - Title page.jpg|Title page Scaligerana Ou Bons Mots, etc., 1695
Scaligerana Ou Bons Mots, etc., 1695, Cologne - Frontispiece.jpg|Frontispiece idem.
Scaliger on life in Leiden, Scaligerana Ou Bons Mots, etc., 1695, Cologne, page 237 (scan 257) (Est hic magna commoditas Bibliothecae, cropped).jpg|Scaliger 1606 in Latin on the recent Leiden university library: ..., Here is the great convenience of a library so that students can study.
=Edits=
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=Wikipedia advice=
To library colleagues and visitors:
- How to improve Wikipedia articles on Johan Willem de Stürler (1774-1855), the Dutch commander of Dejima.
- How to correct Jan_de_Vries_(philologist), and w:nl:Jan de Vries (taalkundige) (1890-1964).
- How to start a Krio language Wikipedia article in the [https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incubator:Main_Page Wikipedia Incubator] via the [https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kri/Men_Pej Men Pej], the Main Page.
Inspiration
See also
- Wikipedia:GLAM/Projects, overview of worldwide Wikimedia GLAM projects