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Bukky658/WikiGLAM Awareness for Librarians in Kwara State
To create awareness on the various Wikimedia products/ projects that librarians in Kwara State can adopt to promote open knowledge and open access to information in Kwara State and help them gain insight into the inner workings of Wikiglam to promote and enhance the librarian's digital and information literacy skills.
targetWikipedia and Wikidata
start date26th August
end date20th September
budget (USD)please add the amount you are requesting (USD)
grant typeIndividual
grantee• Bukky658
contact(s)• bukolajames2017@gmail.com


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Project Goal

Briefly explain what are you trying to accomplish with this project, or what do you expect will change as a result of this grant. Example goals include, "recruit new editors", "add high quality content", or "train existing editors on a specific skill".

  1. Recruit atleast 20 new Wikibrarian editors for the proposed WikiGLAM related activities on Wikipedia and sister projects..
  2. Create awareness among librarians in Ilorin on the relevance and impacts of WikiGLAM projects in libraries.
  3. Engage existing Wikibrarian editors at different Libraries in Ilorin .
  4. promote the use of Wikipedia and its sisters project among Librarians in Ilorin as an information processing, organising, preserving, retrieval, and dissemination tool for library users.
  5. create new and improve existing content online by adding relevant citations.
  6. partner with library stakeholders and other information centers in Ilorin that are involved in selecting, acquiring,processing, organising, storing, preserving, conserving, retriving and disseminating information sources in different formats towards showcasing, generating and promoting free knowledge.

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. What will you and other organizers spend your time doing?

There is a huge gap in the way librarians in Kwara State interact with Wikipedia and its sisters project, as librarians in Kwara State do not have adequate knowledge about Wikimedia projects/products, and this has led to the inadequate visibility and lack of widespread adoption in information processing, retrieval, and dissemination to information seekers.
Worthy of note is the presence of incomplete, inappropriate, and unstructured information about prominent individuals, stakeholders, places, organizations, tourist attraction centers, libraries, and information centers in Kwara state, which would have ensure quick answers to users' queries within and outside the libraries.
We attempt to bridge this gap by creating awareness on the various Wikimedia products/ projects that librarians in Kwara State can adopt to promote open knowledge and open access to information by organizing seminars and training that for them in Kwara State.
We attempt to equipped librarians with the prerequisite knowledge on how to edit and improve articles on Wikipedia with Wikidata relevant and reliable sources.
We attempt to provide solutions to unstructured data about places, prominent individuals, stakeholders, organizations, tourist attraction centers, libraries, and information centers in Kwara State using Wikidata.
We attempt to offer librarians ample opportunity to learn about various ways, and actions that will create visibility for their library collections online and also raise awareness on how this project provides opportunities beyond information service delivery.
We will help them gain insight into the inner workings of Wikiglam to promote and enhance the librarian's digital and information literacy skills.
This is in line with the Wikimedia movement 2030 strategy recommendation of identifying topics of impact, to develop individual and organizational self-awareness; to Evaluate, Iterate, and Adapt work, which requires resources, expertise, and capacity, shared responsibility, and mutual accountability to evaluate, communicate progress, facilitate learning, and adapt work.

How will you let others in your community know about your project (please provide links to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions)?

We will liaise and share this project with the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA) as well as the Nigerian Library Association, Kwara (NLA) State Chapter.
We will share this project with the Wikimedia community in Nigeria.
We will also share this project on our social media pages to encourage participation by using paid promotions to reach a wider number of librarians in Kwara State.
We will share this project with heads of library and Information Science Schools in Kwara State.
We will notify library staff within Kwara State.

Why are you targeting a specific audience?

Because this project is limited to librarians and library students in Kwara State.

What will you have done at the end of your project?

Increase awareness on the effective usage of Wikipedia and Wikidata among librarians in Kwara State.
Creation and improvement of existing articles about places, prominent individuals, stakeholders, organizations, tourist attraction centers, libraries, and information centers in Kwara State.
promote open knowledge and open access to information by librarians in Kwara State.
Equip librarians with the prerequisite knowledge on how to edit and improve articles on Wikipedia with Wikidata relevant and reliable sources.
Provide solutions to unstructured data about places, prominent individuals, stakeholders, organizations, tourist attraction centers, libraries, and information centers in Kwara State using Wikidata.
Offer librarians ample opportunity to learn about various ways, and actions that will create visibility for their library collections online.
Create awareness on how this project provides opportunities beyond information service delivery.
gain insight into the inner workings of Wikiglam to promote and enhance the librarian's digital and information literacy skills.

How will you follow-up with people that are involved with your project?

through continous engagement and follow-up with the participants.

Are you running any in-person events or activities?

Yes

If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets and feel free to add more specific to your project:

  1. Number of total participants:30
  2. Number of new editors : 20
  3. Number of articles created or improved : 100

Resources

What resources do you have? Include information on who is the organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

(User:Bukky658)- she is an experienced wikibrarian, Librarian in training and fellow of the WikiAFlib Cohort 1. She has participated in series of online contest such as WPWP, WikiSDGs, WikiLoveAfrica, Wiki Activate, WikiHumanRights etc.
(User:AfricanLibrarian)- she is experienced Wikibrarian facilitator and Director, Human Capacity and Training for the AfLIA who has worked on different online training programmes of AfLIA as a mentor and content developer. She will be doing a presentation at the seminar on the relevance of Wikiglam among Librarians in Kwara State.
(User:Olani_Olabimpe) Mrs. Olani Olabimpe - she is an experienced library administrator and director at the National Library of Nigeria Kwara State Branch with over 16years experience. she also doubles as the chairman, National Library Association Kwara State chapter.
(User:Timmylegend)- He’s an experienced Wikipedian, Ex-president of Unilorin Wikimedia Fan Club, and project coordinator of various campaigns at the University of Ilorin Wikimedia community such as 1Lib1Ref, Art+Feminism, Wiki Loves Africa, WikiExpedition and Wikipedia pages wanting photos. He will be facilitating the creation of instructional videos/materials, at the seminar and selection of speakers/trainers at both physical and virtual training workshops for new members.
(User:Omolarabasirat)-She is an experienced Wikibrarian, and librarian in training at the Kwara State University Malete, Nigeria.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense:

  • Internet subscription (For the team members, during the project and post-project for report writing): $250
  • Social media promotion: $150
  • Online meeting platform subscription: $100 ($100 X 4weeks)
  • Internet support to active participants: $600 ($20 X 30 participants)
  • Airtime for communication: $100
  • Shirts for organizers and winners: $80 ($10 X 8)

Prizes

  • 1st prize: Shopping Voucher: $200
  • 2nd prize: Shopping Voucher : $100
  • 3rd prize: Shopping Voucher : $100

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