Usage
To use this infobox, copy the below to the top of the page describing the library and complete the relevant fields.
{{Infobox library
| name =
| name_en = <!-- Name in English if different -->
| logo = <!-- file name only (no Image: or File:) -->
| logo_size =
| logo_alt =
| image = <!-- file name only (no Image: or File:) -->
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| country =
| type =
| scope =
| established = <!-- {{Start date|year|month|day}} -->
| dissolved = <!-- {{End date|yyyy|mm|dd}} -->
| ref_legal_mandate =
| location =
| service_area =
| coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|latitude|longitude|display=inline,title}} -->
| 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 =
| website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} -->
| references =
| embed =
| module =
}}
Parameters
- name
- Designed for the original name of the library.
- name_en
- Library name in English if original name is not (unlikely).
- 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, 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. - 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 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.
- 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 five 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}}. - website
- If the website has a home page in English, link directly to it. Otherwise, specify the language(s) in which the website is.
- references
- References used specifically to populate infobox.