Excellent! Good to know that it is co-hosted by the Department of Public Libraries.

I'll try and make some time this Sunday to help. Feel free to connect with me on phone if you need any help before the event.

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi  Members and Wikimedia Community in Bangalore,

I am glad to announce that we are planning for the first Wiki academy  co-hosted by Department of Public Libraries, Karnataka for their senior Library professionals The draft agenda is as follows

Date: 29 Aug 2011, Monday

Time: 11AM to 2 PM

Venue: Indira Priyadarshini Childrens Library, Near State Central Library, Cubbon Park, Bangalore

Agenda

11:00-11:30 Wikipedia History and Overview

11:30-12:00 Wikipedia policies

12:00-12:15 Setting up computer for Indian languages

12:15-12:30 Break

12:30-14:00 Wikimedia Lab: Browsing Wikipedia,Editing Wikipedia

We invite  volunteers especially Kannada wikipedians to join the Chapter EC members in   co-facilitate this event.

Cheers
Arjun


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