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] Website: www.aflia.net AfLIA, Connecting Africa's Library and Information Communities "Knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution." - Albert Einstein On Thu, 20 Feb 2020, 12:33 pm Adjoa Linda Fletcher, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, so much for the introduction. L > > On Feb 19, 2020 4:09 PM, "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. >> Felix Nartey introduced me to this group >> I look forward to collaborations between African libraries and >> Wikipedians all across the continent. >> Also, I strongly believe that we will need support from this Community to >> help AfLIA run the proposed training course as one of the success >> indicators of the course will be the number of collaborations formed >> between libraries and Wikipedians all over the continent. >> 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* >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >
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