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=

=New images=


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.

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=Wikipedia advice=

To library colleagues and visitors:

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