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, -- *Felix Nartey* *Global Coordinator* *The Wikipedia Library* *Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>* *[email protected] <[email protected]>* *+233242844987 | +447440959477* *Skype:Flixtey*
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