Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/1Lib1Ref 2024 Campaign in Gombe Network 0.2

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Following the recent successes in librarians' training in Gombe University Library and Gombe City, it's imperative to extend this initiative to the Federal University Kashere, which is over 63 kilometers from the capital. FUK Library With a staff strength of over 40 professionals and 15 paraprofessionals, it would be of great value to the 1Lib1Ref campaign when trained and onboarded.

The 1Lib1Ref campaign aims to improve the reliability of Wikipedia articles by encouraging librarians to add at least one citation to a reliable source. This not only enhances the quality of information online but also empowers librarians with valuable digital literacy skills.

Hence, organizing capacity building on digital literacy and the Wikipedia skills required to participate in the annual campaign will go a long way toward improving the reliability of Wikipedia.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. English Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

• In this campaign, Wikipedia will be our primary focus. However, Wikidata will be introduced to the participants.

Contact person and location

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project, including email(s) and location. For more than one contact person, indicate same details for everyone

• Full name: Ismail Atiba
• Email address:
• Address: Gombe
• Location of Project: Kashere, Gombe State

Project class

Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club

Individual

Timeline of activities

Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project

June 1th–July 10th, 2024.

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

1. recruit new editors
2. Add or improve Wikipedia content
3. Introduce Librarians to Wikidata

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

Two trainings and editathon

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

The Wikimedia UG Nigeria community will be communicated using her talk page and other relevant communities, such as the Gombe Wikibrarians.

The prospect of the project has been discussed with representative librarians from FUK Library, and formal writing would be done to communicate our proposed dates for the two-day capacity building and campaign timeline.

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings. Some staff of the FUK Library are part of the Gombe Wikibrarians and have been communicated to promptly.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse your proposal as proof of availability.)
For example: User:Kaizenify

• Atibrarian, Project lead, librarian, experienced Wikimedian trainer and President of Wikimedia UG Nigeria - Gombe Network.
• Meritkosy is an Librarian and experienced Wikimedian trainer who has led and facilitated several Wikimedia trainings.
• Harabdu is an experience librarian and Wikimedian who will be facilitating practical session during the training.
• Lazborn is an experienced Wikimedian who will be available to provide the needed support during training and serve as communication officer.
• Gaandarumar is an experienced librarian, researcher, and staff member of FUK Library. He will volunteer as the liaison officer with the campaign team and librarians from the FUK Library.

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high-quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Participants are expected to join the training with their smartphones /laptop computers.

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

After the training, participants who are NOT members of the Gombe Wikibrarians dedicated WhatsApp group will be onboarded for continuous engagement and sustainability

7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project? Since the inception of Wikimedia awareness campaigns and activities in the state, librarians outside of the Gombe capital have not had the opportunity to participate in Wikimedia capacity building due to distance and the high cost of transportation from other parts of the state, hence the need to take this initiative closer to their reach.

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets (only those applicable to your project):

1. Number of events - 2
2. Number of participants - 45
3. Number of new editors - 15
4. Number of of articles created - NIL
5. Number of of articles improved - 150
6. Number of of images uploaded - 50
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding.) The event tool and metric dashboard will be used for participant management and tracking editors' contributions.

Resources

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

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

• Hall for the physical session (2 days, 35,000 per day) = ₦70,000
• Promotional Materials like banners and e-flyers= 15,000
• Transportation= 15,000
• Rental of public Address system (2 days, 5,000 per day) = ₦10,000
• Rental of projector: (2 days, 5,000 per day) = #10,000
• Alternative power supply (2 days, 10,000 per day) =20,000
• Refreshment 2500 per person (2500 x 35 = 87,500) x 2 days = ₦175,000
• Prizes for Top 3 editors (1st, 15k gift card; 2nd, 10k gift; 3rd, 5k gift card) = 30,000
• Total= NGR 345,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

•  Strong support: This is a welcome development. Taking Wikipedia awareness and capacity building closer to Librarians at Federal University Kashere will NOT only improve their digital skills but also enable them to participate in the global 1LIB1REF and African Librarians Week 2024 campaign which aligns with the aims of Wikipedia more accurate and reliable.

Furthermore, it will mitigate challenges associated with distance which has hindered the participation of Librarians from FUK in Wikimedia activities organized within the state capital. Lazborn (talk)