Template:Infobox library

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Usage

To use this infobox, copy the below to the top of the page describing the library and complete the relevant fields.

{{{name}}}

{{{native_name}}}
[[File:{{{logo}}}|{{{logo_size}}}|alt={{{logo_alt}}}|upright={{{logo_upright}}}]]
[[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{alt}}}|upright={{{image_upright}}}]] {{{caption}}}
Country	{{{country}}}
Type	{{{type}}}
Scope	{{{scope}}}
Established	{{{established}}}
Architect	{{{architect}}}
Reference to legal mandate	{{{ref_legal_mandate}}}
Location	{{{location}}}
Service area	{{{service_area}}}
Coordinates
Branch of	{{{branch_of}}}
Branches	{{{num_branches}}}
Collection
Items collected	{{{items_collected}}}
Size	{{{collection_size}}}
Criteria for collection	{{{criteria}}}
Legal deposit	{{{legal_deposit}}}
Access and use
Access requirements	{{{req_to_access}}}
Circulation	{{{annual_circulation}}}
Population served	{{{pop_served}}}
Members	{{{members}}}
Other information
Budget	{{{budget}}}
Director	{{{director}}}
Staff	{{{num_employees}}}
Parent organization	{{{parent_organization}}}
Affiliation	{{{affiliation}}}
Public transit access	{{{publictransit}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
Map
{{{module}}}
References: {{{references}}}

{{Infobox library
| name                = 
| native_name         = <!-- Name in native language if different -->
| native_name_lang    = <!-- ISO 639-2 code, e.g. "fr" for French. -->
| logo                = <!-- file name only (no Image: or File:) -->
| logo_size           = 
| logo_alt            = 
| image               = <!-- file name only (no Image: or File:) -->
| image_size          = 
| image_upright       = 
| alt                 = 
| caption             = 
| country             = 
| type                = 
| scope               = 
| established         = <!-- {{Start date|year|month|day}} -->
| architect           = <!-- if known and notable -->
| dissolved           = <!-- {{End date|yyyy|mm|dd}} -->
| ref_legal_mandate   = 
| location            = 
| service_area        = 
| coordinates         = <!-- {{Coord|latitude|longitude|display=inline,title}} -->
| location_map        = <!-- name of the Location map template or module (e.g. UK England) -->
| branch_of           = 
| num_branches        = 
| items_collected     = 
| collection_size     = <!-- {{Format price|number}} -->
| criteria            = 
| legal_deposit       = 
| req_to_access       = 
| annual_circulation  = 
| pop_served          = 
| members             = 
| budget              = <!-- {{Currency|value|code}} -->
| director            = 
| num_employees       = 
| parent_organization = <!-- or
| parent_organisation = -->
| affiliation         = 
| publictransit       = 
| website             = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} -->
| references          = 
| embed               = 
| module              = 
}}

Parameters

name

Designed for the original name of the library. With libraries in multilingual countries, add the other official names, preceded by '<br/>= '. With libraries having a name in a non-Latin script, use the original name in its script, followed by '<br/>' and its transliteration between parentheses.

native_name

Name of building in native language

native_name_lang

use ISO 639-2 code, e.g. "fr" for French. If there is more than one native name, in different languages, enter those names using {{lang}}, instead.

logo

File name only (no Image: or File:), use logo_upright= to change scaling (<1.0 for tall logo, >1.0 wide logo)

image

File name only (no Image: or File:), use image_upright= to change scaling (<1.0 for tall image, >1.0 wide image)

caption

Description of the image above.

country

To be omitted when the country name appears in the library name (original or in English).

type

Prefer denominations leading to an existing page describing the type of library, such as Academic library, National library, Public library, Special library etc. Should be omitted when the relevant word is already present in the library's name.

scope

To be used if a library is specialized in a particular domain but which is not reflected in its name.

established

Foundation year. Use {{Start date}} template. If the library is still open and operating the {{Start date and age}} template can also be used.

architect

Name of the architect, if known and notable.

dissolved

Date of dissolution or closure. Use {{End date}} template.

ref_legal_mandate

Designed for referencing the law or decree establishing the library and defining its mandate.

location

Normally just town and, where appropriate, province. A full address could be entered for libraries having no website of their own. Avoid redundancies, e.g. repeating the country if it is already mentioned in the 'country' field or in the library's name.

service area

The geographic region served by the library, if not already established in earlier parameters.

coordinates

Entered with a tag {{coord|'latitude'|'longitude'|display=inline,title}}. With this code, the coordinates will also appear on the top of the page (but this redundancy is not considered problematic). Remove ",title" from the "display" parameter to omit the display of the coordinates on the top right.

branch_of

Designed for libraries that are known enough to justify an entry in WP but have little or no autonomy, being a branch of another (larger) library.

num_branches

Number of branches, not counting the headquarters, followed by their location between parentheses.

Collection

The header 'Collection' will appear only if at least one of the 4 fields below contains data.

specialization

Any focus area(s) for the collection (for UK spelling, use "specialisation").

items_collected

Allows the specification of the kinds of documents acquired by the library. Prefer denominations having their own page.

collection_size

It makes reading easier to round numbers to 2-3 significant figures using {{Format price}} this allows the source to hold the most accurate number while displaying a much easier to read number formatted per MOS:Dates and numbers.

criteria

Allows to specify the kind of documents the library acquires, be it in its legal mandate or its policy.

legal_deposit

Intended for national libraries, to specify whether they can acquire material through legal deposit, copyright legislation or other kind of agreement.

Access and use

The header 'Access and use' will appear only if at least one of the 4 fields below contains data.

req_to_access

Allows to specify the conditions to be met for accessing the collections, such as residence, age, membership of a specific community etc.

annual_circulation

Number of lent or used items followed by the period concerned, preferably the most recent past year, between parentheses.

pop_served

Allows to specify the number of potential users when the library serves a specific group, be it by area of residence, age, membership etc. Can be omitted when the circle of potential users is vaguely defined, e.g. for national libraries which, as generally last resource library for national material, may serve the entire world. It makes reading easier to round numbers to 3 significant figures using {{Format price}} and format numbers per MOS:Dates and numbers.

members

Number of registered users. It makes reading easier to round numbers to 3 significant figures using {{Format price}}.

Other information

The header 'Other information' will appear only if at least one of the 5 fields below contains data.

budget

Annual budget with specification of the currency using {{currency}}, followed by the year concerned (ideally the current one) between parentheses. It makes reading easier to round numbers to 2-3 significant figures, abbreviate millions by an unspaced 'M' and provide the equivalent in US dollars between parentheses. Templates that can also be helpful here are {{Inflation}} and {{Format price}}.

director

When a name is transliterated, provide the name in its original script between parentheses. Add the year of the appointment between parentheses.

num_employees

Number of employees, ideally followed by the number of full-time equivalents (input: [[Full-time_equivalent|FTE]]). It makes reading easier to round numbers to 3 significant figures by using {{Format price}}.

parent_organization

Name of any parent organization. For alternative spelling, use |parent_organisation=

affiliation

Any organizational affiliations.

website

If the website has a home page in English, link directly to it using {{URL}}. Otherwise, specify the language(s) in which the website is.

references

References used specifically to populate infobox.

Maps

A mapframe map is automatically included if:

• There are coordinates specified on the page's Wikidata item (or the item specified in |id=), or in the |coordinates= parameter
• It has not been turned off by setting |mapframe=no

The following optional parameters can then be used to adjust the map

• |mapframe-zoom= zoom level (default is 10)
• |mapframe-width= and |mapframe-height= for the map size (defaults are 270 and 200)
• |mapframe-marker= for the marker icon (default is the library icon)
• either |mapframe-marker-color= or |mapframe-marker-colour= for the marker colour (hex triplet, default is #5E74F3)
• |mapframe-caption= caption below the map
• |mapframe-coordinates= or |mapframe-coord= – alternate initial latitude and longitude for the map, instead of the building's coordinates. Specify as {{coord
• |mapframe-geomask= Show a geomask (shape outside of which the area is shaded. Set to either:
  • yes – use the location specified in the Wikidata item's (P276) statement
  • a wikidata property (P-number), e.g. P17 for (P17) – use the location specified in this statement on the Wikidata item
  • a Wikidata item (Q-number), e.g. Q100 for (Q100) – use this item as the geomask
• |map_caption= – caption for the map. If this is not set, and a geomask is used, an automatic caption of "Location in <geomask-label>" is used.

Use as a child template

The embed parameter is used when embedding this infobox into another (see the Template:Infobox documentation which explains embedding and subboxes).

{{Infobox ABC
| name        = 
| <!-- etc. -->
| embedded    = <!-- or module= -->
  {{Infobox library
  | embed = yes
  | <!-- etc. -->
  }}<br/>
}}

Embedding other templates

The module parameter is used for embedding other templates into this infobox (see Wikipedia:Infobox modules).

{{Infobox library
| name = 
| <!-- etc. -->
| module = 
  {{Infobox ABC
  | embed = yes <!-- or child=yes or subbox=yes-->
  | <!-- etc. -->
  }}
}}

Examples

Example 1

The National Library of Russia

Российская национальная библиотека
The 18th-century building of the library faces Nevsky Prospekt
Country	Russia
Type	National library
Established	1795 (1795)
Reference to legal mandate	Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation authorizing the Statute of the Federal State Institution "The National Library of Russia" (March 23, 2001)
Location	St Petersburg
Coordinates
Collection
Items collected	Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, official publications, sheet music, sound and music recordings, databases, maps, postage stamps, prints, drawings, manuscripts and media.
Size	36.5 million items (15 million books)
Criteria for collection	Legal deposit of materials published in Russia; "Rossika": materials about Russia or materials published by the people of Russia residing abroad; selected foreign scholarly publications and other materials.
Legal deposit	Yes (Legal Deposit Law)
Access and use
Access requirements	Reading rooms – free. Russian residents must be 14 or older. Foreign visitors are limited by the period of their visa.
Circulation	8.88 million (2007)
Population served	1.15 million (2007)
Other information
Budget	569,200,000 ₽ (US$23,400,000)
Staff	1,850
Website	www.nlr.ru/eng/
Map

{{Infobox library
| name               = The National Library of Russia
| native_name        = Российская национальная библиотека
| native_name_lang   = ru
| logo               = Logo of NLR.jpg
| logo_size          = 180
| logo_alt           = 
| image              = Невский 37.jpg
| image_size         = 
| alt                = 
| caption            = The 18th-century building of the library <br />faces [[Nevsky Prospekt]]
| country            = [[Russia]]
| type               = [[National library]]
| scope              = 
| established        = {{start date|1795}}
| ref_legal_mandate  = Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation authorizing the Statute of the Federal State Institution "The National Library of Russia" (March 23, 2001)
| location           = [[St Petersburg]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|59.933611|30.335556|region:RU_type:landmark|display=inline<!--,title-->}}
| branch_of          = 
| num_branches       = 
| items_collected    = Books, [[Academic journal|journals]], newspapers, magazines, [[Official publications of Russia|official publications]], sheet music, sound and music recordings, databases, maps, postage stamps, [[Printmaking|prints]], drawings, manuscripts and media.
| collection_size    = {{Format price|36475000}} items ({{Format price|15000000}} books)
| criteria           = Legal deposit of materials published in Russia; "Rossika": materials about Russia or materials published by the people of Russia residing abroad; selected foreign scholarly publications and other materials.
| legal_deposit      = Yes (Legal Deposit Law)
| req_to_access      = Reading rooms – free. Russian residents must be 14 or older. Foreign visitors are limited by the period of their visa.
| annual_circulation = {{Format price|8880000}} (2007)
| pop_served         = {{Format price|1150000}} (2007)
| members            = 
| budget             = {{Currency|569200000|RUB}} ({{Currency|23400000|USD}})
| director           = 
| num_employees      = 1,850
| website            = {{URL|www.nlr.ru/eng/}}
}}

Example 2: embedded template

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Interior view of the main branch in the Oakland neighborhood
Established	February 6, 1890 (1890-02-06)
Location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates
Collection
Size	5.23 million (2009)
Access and use
Circulation	3.53 million (2009)
Population served	2.6 million
Members	295 thousand (2009)
Other information
Budget	US$26,879,454 (2009)
Website	www.CarnegieLibrary.org
Map
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Branch in the city's Oakland neighborhood
Location	4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Area	9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
NRHP reference No.	79002158
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1979
Designated PHLF	1970

{{Infobox library
| name               = Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
| logo               = 
| logo_size          = 100
| logo_alt           = 
| image              = Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - IMG 1162.JPG
| image_size         = 250
| alt                = 
| caption            = Interior view of the main branch in the Oakland neighborhood
| country            = 
| type               = 
| scope              = 
| established        = {{Start date|1890|02|06}}
| ref_legal_mandate  = 
| location           = [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|40.442728|-79.950787|region:US-PA_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline<!--,title-->}}
| branch_of          = 
| num_branches       = 
| items_collected    = 
| collection_size    = {{Format price|5230200}} (2009)
| criteria           = 
| legal_deposit      = 
| req_to_access      = 
| annual_circulation = {{Format price|3529379}} (2009)
| pop_served         = {{Format price|2600000}}
| members            = {{Format price|294733}} (2009)
| budget             = {{Currency|26879454|USD}} (2009)
| director           = 
| num_employees      = 
| website            = {{URL|www.carnegielibrary.org|www.CarnegieLibrary.org}}
| module             = 
  {{Infobox NRHP
  | embed = yes
  | name = 
  | nrhp_type = 
  | designated_other1 = PHLF
  | image = CarnegieLibraryPittsburghFrontEntrance.jpg
  | caption = Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Branch in the city's Oakland neighborhood
  | location = 4400 Forbes Ave., [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
  | locmapin = Pennsylvania
  | area = {{convert|9.5|acre|1}}
  | governing_body = Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  | refnum = 79002158
  | added = March 30, 1979
  | designated_other1_date = 1970
  }}
}}

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

If the place or venue has "established", "founded", "opened" or similar dates, use {{start date}} for the earliest of those dates unless the date is before 1583 CE.

If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• category
• county-name
• extended-address
• fn
• label
• locality
• nickname
• note
• org
• region
• street-address
• uid
• url
• vcard

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

• geo
• latitude
• longitude

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Precision

When giving coordinates, please use an appropriate level of precision. Do not use {{coord}}'s |name= parameter.

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData. TemplateData for Infobox library <templatedata> { "format": "block", "params": { "embed": {}, "name": {}, "library_name": {}, "name_en": {}, "library_logo": {}, "logo": {}, "logo_size": {}, "logo_upright": {}, "logo_alt": {}, "image": {}, "image_size": {}, "image_upright": {}, "alt": {}, "caption": {}, "country": {}, "type": {}, "scope": {}, "established": {}, "dissolved": {}, "ref_legal_mandate": {}, "location": {}, "coordinates": {}, "branch_of": {}, "num_branches": {}, "items_collected": {}, "collection_size": {}, "criteria_for_collection": {}, "legal_deposit": {}, "criteria": {}, "req_to_access": {}, "annual_circulation": {}, "pop_served": {}, "members": {}, "budget": {}, "director": {}, "dir_since": {}, "num_employees": {}, "website": {}, "module": {}, "references": {} } } </templatedata>

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox library with unknown parameters (0)

See also

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Infobox library/doc. (edit | history)
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