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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.” Interested readers may want to review the “Talk” pages for this library to see how issues might be contested.

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

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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