Hello Reem, I'm not a librarian, but what worked well with librarians here in Quebec, Canada was the #1lib1ref campaign. We organized a little friendly competition between different university and institutional libraries and it was very successful in my opinion. We also invited students in relevant university courses to participate and taught them how to add references to Wikipedia. From what I have been told, since last year, the International Federation of Library Association (IFLA) is actively supporting the cooperation between libraries and WMF projects, especially through #1lib1ref. I'm sure there are people more qualified than me on this mailing list to explain to you what is #1lib1ref, but you can find information about it on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref>
Thank you and good luck with your meeting! Jean-Philippe Béland Wikimédia Canada On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 7:23 AM Reem Al-Kashif <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > Hope this finds you well. I didn't plan on meeting librarians at a > university here in Cairo, Egypt, but they expressed interest in Wikipedia, > so we are meeting :). The problem is, I really don't know what activities > to offer them. I have zero experience in Wiki+libraries collaborations. It > would be more than great if anybody could help me out. What I need is: > 1. Understanding the nature of librarians work (I know it is a big topic, > but some general remarks would do). > 2. Having examples of activities they can be part of to contribute to Wiki > (be it Wikipedia or Wikimedia). > 3. Understanding how rewarding those activities are (so that I explain to > them) > 4. Having examples of similar activities, if any, around the world. > Bonus point 5. Having a clear plan of action to give them (i.e. what do > we do after the meeting and so on) > > Thank you so so much in advance for helping me navigate this uncharted > territory. > > Best, > Reem > > > > > -- > > *Kind regards,Reem Al-Kashif* > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries >
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