Hi, I have done it! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikipedia_in_African_Librarie... I have created a proposal. Please do all have a look. Felix Nartey should be listed as an advisor because he started it all. Yet to get his approval for that so didn't add him. I hope I can still do that. 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. *neosuigwe@aflia.net neosuigwe@aflia.net * *drnkemosuigwe@gmail.com drnkemosuigwe@gmail.com*
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On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 8:23 PM Merrilee Proffitt mproffitt@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you so much for joining our community!
Writing a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation is a very open process, and notifying this group is a great starting point! Once you're grant proposal is available, please let us know so that we can comment on it and support it. You can send a note to this list.
You may also find support in the general GLAM community, and also in the Education Community. I hope members of those groups will also offer guidance.
Best,
Merrilee
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 8:47 AM Nkem Osuigwe neosuigwe@aflia.net wrote:
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. *neosuigwe@aflia.net neosuigwe@aflia.net * *drnkemosuigwe@gmail.com drnkemosuigwe@gmail.com*
*nkemekene@ymail.com nkemekene@ymail.com* *Website: www.aflia.net http://www.aflia.net* Facebook /Twitter /Instagram
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