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You may also find support in the general GLAM community, and also in the Education Community. I hope members of those groups will also offer guidance. Best, Merrilee On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 8:47 AM Nkem Osuigwe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I am Nkem Osuigwe. I work with AfLIA (African Library and Information > Associations and Institutions). We recently signed a Memorandum of > Understanding with The Wikimedia Library for training and to get more > Librarians understand the value and importance of Wikipedia as a resource > for information dissemination and research in Africa. One of the terms of > agreement in the MoU is having a progressive course on Wikipedia standards > and processes for Librarians. We have been advised to write a grant > proposal for a Wikipedian in Residence who will help adapt the already > existing curriculum and materials to suit the African information > environment and library ecosystem. The curriculum and materials were > developed by OCLC for an American audience. I came across this Discussion > list as I was researching to understand more about how the Resource has > been used by libraries. > Now, I saw in writing for the grant proposal that I need to have informed > Wikipedia Communities. Please can I get guidance on the Wikipedia > communities that I need to inform that AfLIA is writing for a Wikipedia > project grant to support the hiring of a Wikipedian in Residence? > Also, I strongly believe that we will need ideas and tips from this > Community to help AfLIA run the training course successfully. > You may read up about AfLIA -web.aflia.net > We have members(Institutional) in 33 countries in Africa and we hope to > leverage on it to increase the reach and use of Wikipedia. > I look forward to hearing from anyone here. > Thank you! > > Nkem E. Osuigwe PhD CLN > Human Capacity Development & Training Director, > African Library and Information Associations & Institutions(AfLIA) > P.O.Box BC 38, Burma Camp, Accra, Ghana. > *[email protected] <[email protected]> * > *[email protected] <[email protected]>* > > *[email protected] <[email protected]>* > *Website: www.aflia.net <http://www.aflia.net>* > Facebook /Twitter /Instagram > > *"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster > horses." - Henry Ford.* > *"**Knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while > imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know > and understand" - Albert Einstein* > > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries >
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