Schlesinger Library, Harvard University
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Reading Room, Langdell Hall, Harvard University
Widener Library, Harvard University
Lamont Library, Harvard University

The world's knowledge for Harvard; Harvard's knowledge for the world.

The Harvard Library advances scholarship and teaching by committing itself to the creation, application, preservation and dissemination of knowledge.^[1]

Harvard Library

The Harvard Library includes more than 25 libraries across Harvard University, as well as shared services in access & discovery, preservation & conservation, information & technical services, and digital innovations & strategy. The Harvard Library is nearly 400 years old, making it the oldest library system in the United States. Its collection holds nearly 21 million volumes, 400 million manuscripts, 10 million photographs, and one million maps.

Project Aims

Create or enhance citations for articles
Edit articles to add images and or to expand the content, in accordance with Wikipedia’s guidelines
Add digital images from public domain or CC licensed Harvard Library collections to Wikimedia Commons
Add citations and/or edit articles in non-English Wikipedia (for staff with relevant language skills).
Contribute to Wikidata
Provide links to finding aids and digitized primary source material where possible throughout Wikipedia.
Create or enhance existing biographies of people and organizations whose papers and records are held by the Harvard Library.
Create or enhance existing biographies of Harvard University faculty and alumnae.
Create or enhance existing entries about or related to Harvard University history.

How to Participate

This project has many access points, feel free to participate in whichever domain (or domains) you feel comfortable.

Create or enhance citations

See our section on ways to get started finding statements that need citations: here

Create or enhance articles

See our section on ways to find articles that need editing or topics that need writing: here

Add or improve metadata for images of Harvard Library materials on Wikimedia Commons

Try adding structured data to images like this one, so people can discover what they depict in image searches
See our guide for help getting started: here

Upload new digital images

See our section on suggested collections to add: here
Be sure to note what you're working on in the project spreadsheet

Upload or enhance Wikidata

See our guide for Wikidata "games" and other fun way to identify objects or collections that you can enhance, and how to do it: here