Wikipedia:GLAM/Leiden University Libraries
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Welcome to the Wikipedia GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) page[1] 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
[edit]- 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.[2]
- 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
[edit]Results include:
New articles
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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):
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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 -
Instruction for the University library keys, 1595 -
Tycho Brahe: Stellarum octavi orbis inerrantium accurata restitutio, 1598 -
Giraffe illustration, al-Qazwini: Aja'ib al-Makhluqat 1602, Leiden MS -
A giant tortoise as an island, al-Qazwini: Aja'ib al-Makhluqat 1602, Leiden MS -
Faliede Bagijnkerk, Leiden, 1835. -
Leiden physicist Berta Lorentz, before 1909 -
Kazan Astronomical Observatory, before 1909 -
Book Returns, University Library 2025 -
Leiden egyptologist Herta Mohr's student lodgings 1930s, 2024 -
Title page Scaligerana Ou Bons Mots, etc., 1695 -
Frontispiece idem. -
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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Edits
[edit]Wikipedia advice
[edit]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 Wikipedia Incubator via the Men Pej, the Main Page.
Inspiration
[edit]See also
[edit]- Wikipedia:GLAM/Projects, overview of worldwide Wikimedia GLAM projects
References
[edit]- ^ Leiden University Libraries prefer the designation Cultural Heritage Institutions (CHI) to Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM).
- ^ "Hans Muller Wikipedian in residence/guest". universiteitleiden.nl. Leiden University. 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2025.