Congratulations to the Wikimedia Sverige team. it's super cool. Best regards.
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 3:12 PM Rajeeb Dutta <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations John and Wikimedia Sverige team!! Looking forward to > contribute to these amazing projects. > > Cheers, > Rajeeb(Marajozkee) > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 28-Mar-2019, at 8:28 PM, Lane Rasberry <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Congratulations. I am excited especially for the "Bibliographical data on > > Wikidata" part, where my university and many other universities around > the > > world will join you in collaboration. I expect that what Wikimedia > > Sverige does in this space will set global precedent for how everyone in > > research publishes and shares research. This is very good news and I will > > look for an opportunity to collaborate in research and Wikidata content > > curation. > > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:12 AM Stacy Allison-Cassin <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > >> To echo everyone else, congratulations! These projects sound amazing and > >> I'm really looking forward to the results. > >> Stacy > >> > >> Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand. > >> > >> Associate Librarian > >> > >> York University Libraries > >> > >> > >> *York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional territory > of > >> many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care taken > by > >> the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat, > >> and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We acknowledge > >> the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. > >> This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt > Covenant, > >> an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.* > >> ------------------------------ > >> *From:* Wikidata <[email protected]> on behalf of > John > >> Andersson <[email protected]> > >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:31 AM > >> *To:* [email protected]; [email protected]; > >> [email protected]; [email protected] > >> *Subject:* [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, > 000+ > >> in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, > 000/year > >> > >> > >> Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grants > >> totaling around USD 500,000. We hope to work with many of you as part of > >> these projects. If you are interested in getting involved or receiving > >> updates please let me know. > >> > >> Furthermore, the chapter also has a new heavily subsidized agreement for > >> our office space. > >> > >> Project 1: Wikispeech – The Speech Data Collector > >> > >> The first project is a continuation of the Wikispeech[1] project, a > >> text-to-speech (TTS) system that converts written text into speech. From > >> September 2019 to April 2021 we aim to finalize building the MediaWiki > >> extension and to build tools to collect speech data to add > pronunciations > >> to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikidata and to add more languages to the > >> text-to-speech solution. The tools should also be possible to use for > oral > >> citations. > >> > >> The work happens in partnership with the Royal Technical Institute, STTS > >> (a language processing company), Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia > Deutschland > >> and the Swedish Dyslexia Association. > >> > >> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish): > >> > https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_–_Talresursinsamlaren_2019/Ansökan > >> > >> Project 2: Wikipedia in Libraries > >> > >> From 2019 to 2020 Wikimedia Sverige, together with the National Library > of > >> Sweden, will develop an online training module for Swedish librarians > >> focused around free knowledge and the Wikimedia platforms. This will be > a > >> mandatory training for all of Sweden's 5,000 public librarians. Our > hope is > >> to give all of them a basic understanding of the Wikimedia projects, as > >> well as to complement the online training with advanced courses for the > >> most dedicated. The advanced courses will give them the tools to > ongoingly > >> organize activities and events independently at their libraries across > the > >> country. > >> > >> Furthermore, the librarians will be engaged in the #1Lib1Ref and > >> FindingGLAMs campaigns. > >> > >> There is a great potential to receive continuous funding over the > coming 3 > >> years if successful. > >> > >> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish): > >> > https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ansökan > >> > >> Project 3: Bibliographical data on Wikidata > >> > >> We continue our work to include bibliographical data on Wikidata. The > >> project details are still being negotiated with the funder. The project > >> will start in mid-2019 and last until 2020. > >> > >> Cost reduction > >> > >> Starting from March 2019 we have a new agreement in place for a heavily > >> subsidized coworking space office from the Swedish Internet Foundation. > >> Through the agreement we will save us around USD 30,000 per year > compared > >> to when we had an office of our own. > >> > >> We have received this generous subsidy because Wikipedia is considered > so > >> important for the infrastructure of the Internet. We are very happy that > >> the agreement does not have an end date and that we have the > possibility to > >> grow significantly over time as well (while keeping the generous > subsidy). > >> > >> Please contact John Andersson ([email protected]) if you have > >> any questions. > >> > >> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispeech > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> John > >> > >> - - - - > >> > >> John Andersson > >> > >> Executive Director > >> > >> Wikimedia Sverige > >> > >> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 > >> > >> Email: [email protected] > >> > >> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikidata mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > >> > > > > > > -- > > Lane Rasberry > > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > > 206.801.0814 > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam >
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