Hello, Muli mutya!
It’s no secret that librarians make amazing Wikimedians. Whether it is
because of the shared passion for knowledge or superpowers in working with
sources, databases and categories, or the simple fact that librarians are
just great human beings, we know that they thrive in the Wikimedia projects.
Today, we Wikicelebrate
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/WikiCelebrate>a truly
amazing Wikimedian and librarian: Alice Kibombo
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AKibombo> – a contributor to Wikipedia,
Wikidata, Wikisource
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Uganda/WikiSource_in_Uganda_2022>,
and the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, a #1lib1ref trainer
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3X_-w0tYp4&t=2854s>, and, in her
Wikimedian in Residence role, personally trained ~180 English-speaking
librarians in Wikidata!. From a common start as a Wikipedia reader to a
transformative role as a teacher and community supporter, Alice Kibombo has
become an inspiring figure in the pursuit of barrier-free access to the sum
of human knowledge
As she says: “Participating in the Wikimedia Movement has offered me the
responsibility to be a more responsible contributor, a community resource
person as well as a teacher.”
Learn more about Alice on Diff
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/12/14/one-librarian-many-achievements-meet-alice-kibombo-librarian-extraordinaire/>
as
we WikiCelebrate her incredible dedication to free knowledge.
Each month we WikiCelebrate a different Wikimedian, acknowledging the
amazing community, the pillars of our movement. We warmly invite you to
participate in the celebrations. If there’s an outstanding Wikimedian that
you think should be celebrated, recommend
<https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/WikiCelebrate>them.
Happy celebrating!
Winnie, Natalia, and Belinda
*Belinda Mbambo*
Senior Manager: Global Movement Communications
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>