WikiIndaba conference 2018/Submissions/Overview of my work as Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO
This is a Closed submission for WikiIndaba conference 2018 that has already been reviewed by the members of the Program Committee. |
- Submission no. 063
- Title of the submission
- Overview of my work as Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO
- Type of submission (lecture, panel, tutorial/workshop, roundtable discussion, lightning talk, birds of a feather discussion)
- Lightning talk
- Author of the submission
- John Cummings
- Language of presentation
- English
- E-mail address
- J.Cummings
unesco.org
- Username
- John Cummings
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
- UNESCO
- Personal homepage or blog
- Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)
A brief overview of the projects I have been doing the past two years in my role as Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO including:
- Using UNESCO publication text in Wikipedia
- Promoting the Wiki Loves competitions through UNESCO social media
- Sharing UNESCO images on Wikipedia
- Sharing UNESCO data on Wikidata
- Working with other UN agencies on open licensing
Much of the work I have done is based at Wikiproject United Nations
- What will attendees take away from this session?
- Ideas for projects
- An understanding the requirements of working with UN agencies
- Awareness of new tools and documentation created as part of the project
- Potential opportunities for collaboration
- Theme of presentation
- GLAM
- For workshops and discussions, what level is the intended audience?
All welcome, the talk is intended to provide a broad overview and will not be technical (although I'm happy to talk about this with people)
- Length of session (if other than 25 minutes, specify how long)
- 5 minutes (lightning talk)
- Will you attend WikiIndaba if your submission is not accepted?
- Yes
- Slides or further information (optional)
- Special requests
- If my workshop submission is accepted I would like to present this first.
- Is this Submission a Draft or Final? Final
Interested attendees
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Committee decision
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Accepted