You are very welcome Dr. Osuigwe; it’s really great knowing of the relationship/understanding between your organization and The Wikimedia Library. This is a great feat as it will further boost the capacity of librarians across Africa and how well they could maximize the use of Wikipedia and other sisters project.
Personally, I am very elated about this development mainly because am from Africa(Nigeria) as this will intentionally boost the work we have been doing partnering with various public and academic libraries already here in Nigeria. As regard the grant proposal; it is open and really simple to put up once you have the right variables and will be ready personally to help in any way possible. And as Merrilee pointed out we will also be here to comment and support when it’s ready. Feel free to contact me personally or this list of any questions or clarifications whatsoever. Once again you are welcome here. Best regards, Ayokanmi On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 at 5:47 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. 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 > -- Ayokanmi Oyeyemi Director, Kaizen Media Hub Director of Media, JCI Ikeja Co-lead, Wiki Loves Women Nigeria Community lead, Wikimaster Nigeria Coordinator, Wiki Loves Earth Nigeria Jury Member, Wiki loves Earth international Jury team Member Steering Committee, Wikipedia and Library Usergroup www.wikimedia.org.ng [email protected] +2347063944643 "*Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge*"
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