Dear Libraries UserGroup, I hope you have already heard of this currently-open call for proposals to lead a "Space" [aka symposia] at Wikimania this year - see initial announcement below. With one week to go in the call, we have so far received submissions on a variety of topic areas (see public summaries here): https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Program_design#Submitted_proposals_for_Spaces
However, as you'll note, there's nothing there that is related specifically to cultural partnerships, GLAM-wiki in general, nor Libraries specifically. Also, please note that U.G. Medicine, and U.G. Education have proposed to be the leaders of "spaces" on their respective topics. So, I thought it prudent to contact you directly to invite you to participate. If you were not sure if the Libraries U.G. (as a collective), or individuals within it, were welcome to make a proposal... please consider yourselves invited and welcome! I personally see a LOT of scope for a Wikimania space dedicated to issues at the intersection of Wikimedia, the SDGs, and Libraries. So I do hope that this important topic area is visible in the conference program! Please contact me if you've any questions. Sincerely, - Liam / Wittylama (program chair), cc'ing Eric Luth from WM-SE. On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 8:28 PM Eric Luth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > The Wikimania organizing team is now happy to announce the *Program > Design* <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Program_design> of > Wikimania 2019! > > We believe that this year’s conference theme > <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Theme> requires a format that > is *future-oriented, collaborative, active, and focused on practical > problem-solving. *The program will therefore consist of a series of > parallel *spaces* (or tracks), lead by *leaders,* and through practical > training, learning, idea-sharing and cross-cultural collaboration focusing > on different *topic areas*. > > The call for proposals for these *Leaders*, and what they would like to > do with those *Spaces*, is NOW OPEN. We invite you to visit the Program > Design page <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Program_design> on > the Wikimania Wiki to read more. > > Best, > *Eric Luth* > Conference Manager, Wikimedia Sverige > [email protected] > +46 (0) 765 55 50 95 > > Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige. > Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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