Good day all,

The participation and contribution of African Librarians to #1Lib1Ref under the first ever African Librarians Week in May 2020 recorded about 84% of the total edits attained worldwide for that cycle .

With the theme "Learning in Africa'',  AfLIA will launch the second African Librarians Week starting 17th - 24th May, an exciting period where African library and information professionals concertedly provide reliable and factual information to the world through Wikipedia as part of the global #1Lib1Ref campaign which is expected to run from the 15th May – 5th June, 2021.

The AfLibWk dashboard will remain open to track contributions till 5th June, 2021. Contributions in AfLIA's working languages (English, French and Portuguese) are welcome.

To learn more about the African Librarians Week, see: https://web.aflia.net/aflibwk/ [1].
How can you be a part of this?
We invite you to engage in any of the following ways :

Edit in the challenge!
Sign-up for the challenge and add citations to Wikipedia.
Alternatively, create and expand articles you have identified under the given theme with the relevant sources.

Sign up here : https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/AfLIA/AfLIA_1Lib1Ref_African_Librarians_Week_2021_(May_-_June_2021)?enroll= [2]

Promote in your community!
Please share this in your communities and networks where possible; tell your library, researcher and knowledge-loving friends about this. We need everyone's help to make Wikipedia more reliable!

Share this as a starting point : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_African_Libraries/African_Librarians_Week_2021 [3]

Our hashtags on social media remain #1Lib1Ref #AfLibWk

Thank you in advance

Alice Kibombo
WiR, AfLIA

[1] https://web.aflia.net/aflibwk/

[2] https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/AfLIA/AfLIA_1Lib1Ref_African_Librarians_Week_2021_(May_-_June_2021)?enroll=

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_African_Libraries/African_Librarians_Week_2021