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Inexplicably the higher authority agreed that the sources should be deleted. I could only surmise that individuals who become conversant in the Wikipedia community on certain topic have created levels of authority that can overturn well intentioned and accurate information on rare occasions. To overturn this would take much more editing focus than was available to this class. We did not have difficulties with any other national library. It is likely best to be aware that this sort of activity can go on, can be discouraging, but is not typical. It would be a leap to suggest that there is a cultural bias against women editing the National Library of Pakistan site, but it could be an aspect of the “Malala effect.”[1] Interested readers may want to review the “Talk” pages for this library to see how issues might be contested.[2]

Listed below are national library entries that were edited by students in the classes.


Albania Costa Rica
Algeria Democratic Republic of Congo
Angola Ethiopia
Azerbaijan Germany
Belarus Iran
Botswana Norway
Brazil Portugal
Burkina Faso South Africa
Burundi Turkey
Cambodia Ukraine
Cape Verde Uruguay


And a few additional non-U.S. entries demonstrate the range of library and manuscript entries that can be expanded.


List of libraries in the ancient world
Cotton library
Dresden Codex
+Gazi Husrev-beg Library
Herzog August Library
Library of Ashurbanipal
Library of Celsus
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine


Human Rights and Librarianship


Human rights topics or libraries with a focus on human rights such as the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History were added. Librarians with a notable commitment to human rights are listed


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  1. Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. 2013. I am Malala: the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban. Little, Brown, & Company, 2013. See also “Because I am a Girl—the Malala Effect.” http://becauseiamagirl.ca/the-malalaeffect# Accessed May 29, 2014.
  2. Talk:National Library of Pakistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:National_Library_of_Pakistan. Accessed May 26, 2014.