Hello Nkem and Co Greetings,
I was able to glance through your proposed grants. As someone who has dedicated time to train over 100 librarians in Nigeria tertiary institutions on how to use Wikipedia and Wikidata for Library, Sincerely, I see the project as a very laudable approach that can sync the embedded knowledge gap among African librarians with respect to Wikimedia projects ( Wikipedia, Wikidata ,WikiCite and Wikisource) but , in my opinion, it is not yet time for a grant application. These are my thoughts Except I am missing something... 1. The grant doesn't show a project methodology ( means of achieving your goal) 2. According to the grant, the sums of $60k being the grand total will be used for the salary of the proposed WIR. I am afraid, you will need to show us the breakdown of the component of the budget that will finance the Salary of the WIR and other budgetary items such as cost of organizing a workshop and training, etc. And if that is not applicable here you will need to show us how you want to finance these items. Lastly, I will also like to see your project time line. Let me stop here until I have an ample time to review the entirety of the grant. Once more, you have done a great job. Thanks Olaniyan Olushola CEO DataAccess Systems Ltd President, Wikimedia Nigeria Member, Affcom ( Wikimedia Foundation) Co-director Wiki Women Radio www.wikimedia.org.ng [email protected] [email protected] +2348167352512 On Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 16:57 <[email protected]> wrote: > Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Wikimedia and African libraries (Nkem Osuigwe) > 2. Re: Wikimedia and African libraries (Abel L MBULA) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:54:02 +0100 > From: Nkem Osuigwe <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimedia and African libraries > Message-ID: > <CABd7ZcfA2m5LHU9b=vvhRhOxirW90K_o5WK-+Ci6mryYpf= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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 > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20200220/9dddcd08/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:56:42 +0000 > From: Abel L MBULA <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimedia and African libraries > Message-ID: > > <77ZD1hNFiEYCIcaydmgZceLbvLdZIjHhZY4uwkE9FZN6d9B-FqVeJwKCElMC-YXGi0Hjd7aLVgE1igMwpqarN2jFK50xOtpFoS6ERnNhUEs=@ > protonmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Nkem, > > I see your project grant on meta. It's good. You have to change the status > from draft to proposed already as the deadline is today. > > Best, > > Abel Lifaefi Mbula > > Free Software Dev > Free Culture Enthusiast > > Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send > OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ > > Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Thursday 20 February 2020 13:54, Nkem Osuigwe <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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] > >>> > >>> Website: 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 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/african-wikimedians/attachments/20200220/a31872a1/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > ------------------------------ > > End of African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 12, Issue 12 > *************************************************** >
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