Congratulations to the Wikimedia Sverige team.
it's super cool.
Best regards.
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 3:12 PM Rajeeb Dutta <marajozkee(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Congratulations John and Wikimedia Sverige team!!
Looking forward to
contribute to these amazing projects.
Cheers,
Rajeeb(Marajozkee)
Sent from my iPhone
> On 28-Mar-2019, at 8:28 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com>
wrote:
>
> Congratulations. I am excited especially for the "Bibliographical
data on
> Wikidata" part, where my university and many other universities
around the
> world will join you in collaboration. I expect that what Wikimedia
> Sverige does in this space will set global precedent for how everyone
in
> research publishes and shares research. This is very good news and I
will
> look for an opportunity to collaborate in research and Wikidata
content
> curation.
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:12 AM Stacy Allison-Cassin <
sacassin(a)yorku.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> To echo everyone else, congratulations! These projects sound amazing
and
>> I'm really looking forward to the results.
>> Stacy
>>
>> Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand.
>>
>> Associate Librarian
>>
>> York University Libraries
>>
>>
>> *York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional
territory of
>> many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care
taken by
>> the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the
Huron-Wendat,
>> and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We
acknowledge
>> the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First
Nation.
>> This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt
Covenant,
>> an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.*
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Wikidata <wikidata-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf
of John
>> Andersson <john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:31 AM
>> *To:* wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org;
>> cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch; wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> *Subject:* [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500,
000+
>> in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30,
000/year
>>
>>
>> Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grants
>> totaling around USD 500,000. We hope to work with many of you as
part of
>> these projects. If you are interested in getting involved or
receiving
>> updates please let me know.
>>
>> Furthermore, the chapter also has a new heavily subsidized agreement
for
>> our office space.
>>
>> Project 1: Wikispeech – The Speech Data Collector
>>
>> The first project is a continuation of the Wikispeech[1] project, a
>> text-to-speech (TTS) system that converts written text into speech.
From
>> September 2019 to April 2021 we aim to finalize building the
MediaWiki
>> extension and to build tools to collect speech data to add
pronunciations
>> to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikidata and to add more languages to
the
>> text-to-speech solution. The tools should also be possible to use
for oral
>> citations.
>>
>> The work happens in partnership with the Royal Technical Institute,
STTS
>> (a language processing company), Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia
Deutschland
>> and the Swedish Dyslexia Association.
>>
>> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in
Swedish):
>>
https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_–_Talresursinsamlaren_2019…
>>
>> Project 2: Wikipedia in Libraries
>>
>> From 2019 to 2020 Wikimedia Sverige, together with the National
Library of
>> Sweden, will develop an online training module for Swedish librarians
>> focused around free knowledge and the Wikimedia platforms. This will
be a
>> mandatory training for all of Sweden's 5,000 public librarians. Our
hope is
>> to give all of them a basic understanding of the Wikimedia projects,
as
>> well as to complement the online training with advanced courses for
the
>> most dedicated. The advanced courses will give them the tools to
ongoingly
>> organize activities and events independently at their libraries
across the
>> country.
>>
>> Furthermore, the librarians will be engaged in the #1Lib1Ref and
>> FindingGLAMs campaigns.
>>
>> There is a great potential to receive continuous funding over the
coming 3
>> years if successful.
>>
>> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in
Swedish):
>>
https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ansökan
>>
>> Project 3: Bibliographical data on Wikidata
>>
>> We continue our work to include bibliographical data on Wikidata. The
>> project details are still being negotiated with the funder. The
project
>> will start in mid-2019 and last until 2020.
>>
>> Cost reduction
>>
>> Starting from March 2019 we have a new agreement in place for a
heavily
>> subsidized coworking space office from the Swedish Internet
Foundation.
>> Through the agreement we will save us around USD 30,000 per year
compared
>> to when we had an office of our own.
>>
>> We have received this generous subsidy because Wikipedia is
considered so
>> important for the infrastructure of the Internet. We are very happy
that
>> the agreement does not have an end date and that we have the
possibility to
>> grow significantly over time as well (while keeping the generous
subsidy).
>>
>> Please contact John Andersson (john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se) if you
have
>> any questions.
>>
>> [1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispeech
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> John
>>
>> - - - -
>>
>> John Andersson
>>
>> Executive Director
>>
>> Wikimedia Sverige
>>
>> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
>>
>> Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se
>>
>> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm
>>
>>
>>
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