Good day colleagues and a happy new year,
The *Wikipedia in African Libraries* course which is an adaptation of the *OCLC
Libraries + Wikipedia Better Together* curriculum is meant to equip African
librarians with the requisite skills to evaluate the quality and
reliability of individual articles, edit and create content of local and
personal interest on Wikipedia and sister projects with laid down
benchmarks for quality and relevance. The course will also assist
librarians to better understand how and why Wikipedia is a current resource
for dissemination of information as well as a teaching tool that promotes
quality education thereby increasing access to knowledge for sustainable
development in Africa.
*Course Benefits*
- The course will teach African librarians how they can better assist
their user communities to use Wikipedia as they will be encouraged and
supported to physically (or online because of COVID-19 safety protocols)
run Wikipedia programmes in their libraries as community projects or
assignments.
- This would present great opportunities for communities all over the
continent to tell their stories by themselves on a very visible global
platform thus increasing the volume of information about Africa – our
heroes and heroines, our meanings and philosophies that is integrated into
the global body of knowledge.
- The course will also nurture relationships between Wikipedia
communities in Africa with libraries. This is expected to lead to
collaborations with librarians during and after the life-cycle of the
project.
*Registration*
The course is *open and free* for all African library educators and
Librarians in all library types. It is structured in such a way that there
is something for everyone irrespective of the library type or library
training institution. Participants in Cohort 1 will be trained from *1st
February – 24th April, 2021.* To know more about this project and register,
follow the link below:
https://web.aflia.net/wikipedia-in-african-libraries-course-cohort-1-regist…
Please note, *the call for the Cohort 1 is open until 14th January, 2021
(12 midnight GMT*). Successful applicants will be notified on or before 15
th January, 2021.
Regards and thanks in advance,
*Alice Kibombo*
*Wikipedian-in-Residence,AfLIA*
*WhatsApp : +256-758-975650*
*Twitter: @owakakalamu *
Hello everyone,
This is a reminder that applications are currently open for the WikiLearn:
Online Learning Pilot
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn>, an
online capacity building project. The Community Development team at the
Wikimedia Foundation will be hosting two online learning courses; 1)
Identifying
and Addressing Harassment Online
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Identifying…>
and 2) Building Partnerships
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Partnership…>.
The deadline for applications is January 14, 2021. These applications are
hosted on a third-party service provider; for information about data
handling, see the application privacy statement within each application
link above before applying. Please visit our project page on Meta if you
have any questions or feel free to email the Community Development team at
comdevteam(a)wikimedia.org or on the project Talk
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Community_Development/Wik…>
page.
Best,
The Community Development Team
Cassie Casares
Project Coordinator
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Code4Lib 2021 is soliciting proposals for prepared talks!
Code4Lib 2021 is a loosely-structured conference that provides people
working at the intersection of libraries/archives/museums/cultural heritage
and technology with a chance to share ideas, be inspired, and forge
collaborations. For more information about the Code4Lib community, please
visit the Code4Lib website <https://code4lib.org/about/>.
The conference will be held virtually, from Monday, March 22, 2021 to
Friday, March 26, 2021. Registration for the online conference is projected
to be $49. More information about Code4lib 2021 is available on this
year’s conference website <https://2021.code4lib.org/>.
We encourage all members of the library, archives, museums, cultural
heritage organizations, and technology community to submit proposals for
prepared talks. Prepared talks should focus on one or more of the following
areas:
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Projects you've worked on which incorporate innovative implementation of
existing technologies and/or development of new software
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Tools and technologies – How to get the most out of existing tools,
standards, and protocols (and ideas on how to make them better)
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Technical issues – Big issues in library technology that are worthy of
community attention or development
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Relevant non-technical issues – Concerns of interest to the Code4Lib
community which are not strictly technical in nature, e.g. collaboration,
diversity, organizational challenges, etc.
We will be soliciting 10, 15, and 20 minute talks. You'll be asked to
indicate which talk lengths you would be willing to accommodate for your
proposal. A separate call for poster proposals will be offered at a later
date. There will also be sign-up opportunities to present 5-minute
lightning talks at the event.
Submit a presentation proposal for Code4Lib 2021
<https://forms.gle/1wnx8mQP6xpawJhP9>
As in past years, the Code4Lib community will vote on proposals that they
would like to see included in the program. In order to provide increased
opportunities for a diversity of speakers and topics, all presentations
will be listed by title and description only during the voting period.
Speaker names will not be included until the program is posted.
The top 10 proposals are guaranteed a slot of their preferred length at the
conference. The Program Committee will curate the remainder of the program
in an effort to ensure diversity in program content and presenters.
Community votes will weigh heavily in these decisions.
Presenters whose proposals are selected for inclusion in the program will
have conference registration slots held for them. The standard conference
registration fee will apply.
Proposals can be submitted through Monday, December 21, 2020 at 11:59pm
Pacific time. Voting will start Monday, January 4, 2021 and continue
through Friday, January 22, 2021 at 11:59pm Pacific time. The committee
plans to announce selected proposals by Monday, February 8, 2021.
Thank you,
The Code4Lib 2021 Program Committee
Dear Community,
You are cordially reminded of the Campaigns Office Hour happening tomorrow 2
December, 2020 at 3:00 pm UTC at the zoom link below.[1]
The office hour will focus on sharing some insights about the Wikipedia20
celebrations, sharing insights about the 1Lib1Ref January strategy and how
you can participate (1Lib1Ref human challenge, 1lib1ref CEE strategy, etc.)
and discussing the future of campaigns office hours*.*[2]
Looking forward to learning, discussing and sharing with you!
Cheers,
Felix Nartey
[1] -
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/94391226637?pwd=MHovSVBnczdicnJLUWVTK2RXRGNuUT09
[2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns/Foundation_Campaigns_Team
--
Felix Nartey
Community and Partnerships Coordinator, Campaigns
*Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>*
*fnartey(a)wikimedia.org <fnartey(a)wikimedia.org>*