Hi,
I am Nkem Osuigwe. I work with AfLIA (African Library and Information
Associations and Institutions). We recently signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with The Wikimedia Library for training and to get more
Librarians understand the value and importance of Wikipedia as a resource
for information dissemination and research in Africa. One of the terms of
agreement in the MoU is having a progressive course on Wikipedia standards
and processes for Librarians. We have been advised to write a grant
proposal for a Wikipedian in Residence who will help adapt the already
existing curriculum and materials to suit the African information
environment and library ecosystem. The curriculum and materials were
developed by OCLC for an American audience. I came across this Discussion
list as I was researching to understand more about how the Resource has
been used by libraries.
Now, I saw in writing for the grant proposal that I need to have informed
Wikipedia Communities. Please can I get guidance on the Wikipedia
communities that I need to inform that AfLIA is writing for a Wikipedia
project grant to support the hiring of a Wikipedian in Residence?
Also, I strongly believe that we will need ideas and tips from this
Community to help AfLIA run the training course successfully.
You may read up about AfLIA -web.aflia.net
We have members(Institutional) in 33 countries in Africa and we hope to
leverage on it to increase the reach and use of Wikipedia.
I look forward to hearing from anyone here.
Thank you!
Nkem E. Osuigwe PhD CLN
Human Capacity Development & Training Director,
African Library and Information Associations & Institutions(AfLIA)
P.O.Box BC 38, Burma Camp, Accra, Ghana.
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