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]
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