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,