Hi everyone,
The founding members of The Wikipedia Library User Group would like to host a series of Google Hangouts on Air to share what we have been doing as well as to get input on future directions. We'd like to do the first of these later this month. As usual, scheduling so that we accommodate a range of schedules is challenging so we are proposing two times (the date is not yet fixed but will likely be a weekday).
22:00 UTC which is 6 pm Pacific / 9 pm Eastern / 11 pm London / 8 am Sydney / 1 am Tel Aviv )
and
14:00 UTC which is 7 am Pacific / 10 am Eastern / 3 pm London / 9 pm Syndey / 2 pm Tel Aviv)
Please let us know what you think of this -- I'm trying to balance times that would be after work with times that people (including me!) will simply be awake and can participate. We hope to repeat these periodically to promote engagement and connections so I'm sure we will evolve!
Thank you!
Merrilee
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Hello everyone,
If you are interested in The Wikipedia Library or Wikipedia and
Libraries, we have an event that might just suit you. We're talking
about the *Birds of a feather discussion: Wikipedia + Libraries Meetup*
that will happen in Wikimania 2017 on Friday, August 11.
If you are coming in-person, come join us in the venue at the time given
below!
Venue: *Joyce/Jarry (level A)*
Time: *Friday August 11, 13:00 - 13:30 EDT (17:00 - 17:30 UTC)*
You'll be getting a chance to meet librarians, Wikipedians, publishers
and other community leaders. You'll also learn how to get involved in
your community, how to collaborate and how to take upon projects and
create an impact.
If you won't be able to join us in-person, we'll also be taking your
questions from the Wikipedia + Libraries Etherpad
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikipedia_%2B_Libraries> and the
Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikiLibrary/>. Please ask your question
in the above forums and we'll try our best to bring them into the
discussion.
For more information on the event, please refer to the submission page
<https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikipedia_%2B_Librarie…>.
For a list of all Wikipedia and Libraries related events, please visit
this meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Library_User_Group/Wikimania_2017>.
Thank you,
Aaron
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Aaron Vasanth
Global Coordinator
The Wikipedia Library
Wikimedia Foundation
avasanth(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:avasanth@wikimedia.org>
Wikimania 2017 in Montreal is going to be a great event for libraries and
Wikipedia! We had a few people ask what library-related events will happen
in Wikimania. So, we put together a schedule-helper for sessions that might
be of interest to you.
The main gathering, where we hope everyone will attend, is:
Birds of a Feather Meetup: Wikipedia + Libraries meetup (BIG LIBRARIES
MEETUP)
August 11th, 13:00 to 13:30 in Joyce/Jarry (level A)
Friday, August 11th
1.
Title: : Centering Knowledge From The Margins
Time : 11:30 to 12:30
Venue : Drummond West (level 3)
1.
Title : Wikipedia + Libraries meetup
Time : 13:00 to 13:30
Venue : Joyce/Jarry (level A)
1.
Title : The Internet Archive and Wikimedia - Common Knowledge Goals
Time : 14:00 to 15:00
Venue : Drummond Center (level 3)
1.
Title : Growing a User Group, a roadmap for survival
Time : 16:00 to 17:00
Venue : Drummond Center (level 3)
Saturday, August 12th
1.
Title : Structured Commons: what changes are coming?
Time : 11:30 to 12:00
Venue : Drummond Center (level 3)
1.
Title : Wikipedia Visiting Scholars
Time : 11:45 to 12:30
Venue : Salon 5 (level 2)
1.
Title : Journals Cited by Wikipedia: Evaluating the Impact of Journals
on Wikipedia
Time : 14:30 to 15:00
Venue : Drummond West (level 3)
1.
Title : Is Wikipedia ready for videos?
Time : 16:00 to 16:30
Venue : Drummond East (level 3)
1.
Title : State of Video in the Wikimedia Movement
Time : 16:30 to 17:00
Venue : Drummond East (level 3)
Sunday, August 13th
1.
Title : Brick by Brick: Libraries and Wikimedia building on each other
Time : 11:00 to 11:30
Venue : Ballroom Center (level 4)
1.
Title : Libraries and Wikipedia: Global perspectives and opportunities
Time : 11:30 to 12:30
Venue : Ballroom Center (level 4)
Visit our schedule-helper page on meta to find more about each session:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Library_User_Group/Wikimania_2017
Link to Full Conference Programme:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme
We hope to see many of you there!
Cheers,
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*Felix Nartey*
*Global Coordinator*
*The Wikipedia Library*
*Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>*
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*Skype:Flixtey*
Hi all,
In just about 2 weeks all roads lead to Montreal, what will you be doing at
Wikimania?
Are there any sessions on Wikipedia and Libraries or The Wikipedia Library?
Cheers,
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*Felix Nartey*
*Cofounder/Director Finance & Admin*
*Open Foundation West Africa <https://openfoundationwestafrica.org/>*
*+233242844987 | +447440959477*
*Skype:Flixtey*
Hello everyone,
We're excited to announce that email delivery of our bi-monthly
newsletter Books & Bytes to your email is now possible. This is such an
obvious thing that should've existed way long ago, but we finally got to
it. If you are interested in receiving the newsletter via email, please
subscribe here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Email_subs…>[1].
If you have any questions regarding the subscription or the landing
page, please drop me an email at avasanth[at]wikimedia[dot]org.
Thanks,
Aaron (UY Scuti)
[1] -
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Email_subs…>
Hey all and apologies for the cross-posting.
The amount of conversation within the last few months via Wikicite about
FRBR, MARC and other bibliographic standards, I wanted to make sure folks
were aware that they are examining them in some way.
Cheers,
Alex
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Joanne Yeomans <Joanne.Yeomans(a)ifla.org>
Date: Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 7:47 AM
Subject: [IFLA-L] Call for nominations for the IFLA namespaces/linked data
committee
To: "ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr" <ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr>
Dear all,
Do you know something about namespaces? Or does someone in your
organization have an interest or knowledge in this technical area? Would
you like to help develop the namespaces for IFLA’s standards?
IFLA publishes FRBR, ISBD and UNIMARC; if you believe in supporting these
as free resources for the whole world to use, we need you, to help us to
make and keep their namespaces available.
The IFLA Committee on Standards is looking for enthusiastic people to work
together to develop the provision of IFLA namespaces and their management.
The Linked Data Technical Sub-Committee (LIDATEC) will be a group of up to
7 people working together – mainly online – to develop the procedures and
support for maintaining IFLA’s namespaces. The Sub-Committee reports to the
IFLA Committee on Standards.
Applications to work on the Sub-Committee should be sent to
elections(a)ifla.org by 30 June 2017. The format of the application is brief
– if you are interested in working with us on this topic, simply describe
your own expertise and knowledge in a short paragraph. A selection will be
made in July and we hope the selected participants will be able to meet
with us in Poland in August.
As IFLA is a not-for-profit organisation, funded by library membership, we
unfortunately do not have funding to support individual participation.
Please, however, consider contributing your (or your organization’s) time
and financial support and unite with us to improve the library world for
the benefit of all.
Members of the committee try to meet once a year at the IFLA World Library
and Information Congress; discounted registration is available for people
selected for the LIDATEC committee.
Applications to elections(a)ifla.org by 30 June 2017:
Name:
Institutional affiliation (if any):
Short (APPROXIMATELY 250 WORDS) explanation of your background and
experience *relevant to this committee* (particularly in the area of linked
data and RDF publishing):
Please share this message with anyone you think might have an interest in
helping.
Thank you,
Joanne Yeomans
Professional Support Officer
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
IFLA Headquarters - PO Box 95312 - 2509 CH The Hague - The Netherlands
Tel. +31 70 314 0884 <+31%2070%20314%200884>
Email. joanne.yeomans(a)ifla.org
Skype: joanne.yeomans
Website for IFLA Officers: http://www.ifla.org/en/officers-corner
(Please be aware that I am not in the office on Wednesdays.)
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Alex Stinson
GLAM-Wiki Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
http://glamwiki.org