[2][3] In 2017, Susan Ross was hired by the National Library of Scotland (NLS) to develop and promote the encyclopedia, a part time position that lasted 12 months.

The NLS intended to augment its Gaelic resources following a digitization drive that put Gaelic-language materials on the Internet.

Ross is a second-language speaker of Gaelic who learned the language as a teenager and completed a doctorate in Gaelic studies.

[2][5] The grant was sponsored by Wikimedia UK and Bòrd na Gàidhlig.

[3] At one point, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig offered a module teaching students how to edit Uicipeid.