Event:Upskilling academic librarians in Gombe State on Open knowledge practices through Wikimedia projects

Upskilling academic librarians in Gombe State on Open knowledge practices through Wikimedia projects

Introduction

Open access to knowledge is the bedrock of a thriving society. Librarians stand as essential players in the world of open knowledge who fulfill functions that go far beyond the typical perception of them as the keepers of actual books. They are guardians of information accuracy and accessibility, the advocates of open knowledge access, and bridges connecting communities to the vast repositories of knowledge concealed within library walls and beyond. In Gombe State, Nigeria, we see a vast potential for librarians to bridge the gap between rich local knowledge and the global reach of Wikimedia projects.

Facilitators

• Meritkosy (Project lead)
• AfricanLibrarian
• Bukky658
• Atibrarian
• Omorodion1

Action points

• Introduction to wikimedia projects.
• Creating Wikipedia Account
• Wikipedia Editing.
• Wikipedia editing basics (account creation, core policies, general editing principles).
• Expanding articles on Gombe State, libraries, and librarians in Nigeria .
• Creating articles using article creation wizard or sandbox.
• Use of citation hunt.
• Wikidata basics: creating and improving items on libraries, associations, and notable librarians in Nigeria,
• Conduct practical, hands-on edit-a-thons for editing English Wikipedia articles.
• Provide practical guidance on uploading images to Wikicommons.
• Different licences for wikimedia commons.

Registration process

1. Sign in or Create a new account on Wikipedia.
2. Enroll on the Outreach Dashboard to track your contributions. Click 👉🏾 Dashboards
3. Sign up in the participant section on this page.

Prizes

• 1st Top Editor  : N25,000 gift card
• 2nd Top Editor : N20,000 gift card
• 3rd Top Editor : N15,000 gift card
• 4th Top Editor : N10,000 gift card
• Newbie Editor  : N10,000 gift card

Project Timeline

• Start Date for entries: 12th April, 2024
• Deadline for entries: 31st May, 2024

Upskilling Librarians: Leveraging Open Knowledge with Wikimedia Projects. (Day 1: 12th April) Onboarding Session Time: 4:00pm Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86911321968?pwd=H34k1bDjLgmBky4YMtWUDjEQrJoMOt.1

• Introduction to the Wikimedia movement, its mission, and core values.
• Overview of various Wikimedia projects with focus on (Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons).
• Open knowledge practices through Wikimedia Projects------(Facilitator-Dr. Nkem Osuigwe)
• Project Details (Informing participants of what the project entails). ------Merit Ibekeme

(Day 2: 13th April ) Wikipedia Editing--------(Facilitator- Bukola James) Time: 2:00pm

• Creating a Wikipedia account and navigating the user interface.
• Core Wikipedia policies (Neutral Point of View, Notability, Verifiability) and how they ensure reliable information.
• General editing principles like formatting, adding references, and internal linking.

(Day 3: 15th April) Wikipedia Editing continues (Facilitator- Ismai’l Atiba) Time: 4pm

• Using citation hunt tool to add references.
• Adding categories to Wikipedia items
• Finding high-quality, reliable sources like library websites, scholarly journals, and credible news outlets to support edits.
• (Day 4: 17th April) Introduction to Wikidata (Facilitator- Ibekeme Merit)

Time: 4pm

• Introduction to Wikidata (Explaining items, labels, states, properties, values etc)
• Introduction to the Wikimedia movement, its mission, and core values.
• Overview of various Wikimedia projects with focus on (Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons).

• (Day 4: 17th April) Introduction to Wikidata (Facilitator- Ibekeme Merit)

Time: 4pm

• Introduction to Wikidata (Explaining item, labels, states, properties, values etc)
• Practical on creating and improving Wikidata items for libraries, library associations, notable librarians in Nigeria and books.

18th April Physical Session (Day 5: 20th April) Wikimedia Commons ----(Facilitator-Dr.Omorodion) Time: 4pm

• Introduction to Wikimedia commons.
• Uploading images to Wikimedia Commons.
• Adding images to Wikipedia articles.

Jury Process

To ensure transparency and fairness, scoring in this program will be qualitative, keeping in mind that all articles must meet Wikipedia and Wikidata's standards for notability. Any article outside library related contents will not be scored.

The scoring system for the winners would be as follows:

• 1 point for adding a Wiki link to an article on Wikipedia
• 20 points for creating a stub Wikipedia article.
• 10 points for a newly created Wikidata item with atleast 5 statements
• 2 point adding Category in an article Wikipedia
• 5 points for adding a section to an article on Wikipedia
• 2 point for adding a citation
• 3 points for each image added.
• 5 point for adding a complete infobox to a Wikipedia stub article

Articles

• Articles on the outreach dashboard to be improved

Username	Link to article/item	Type of project (Wikipedia or Wikidata)	Score( use the jury process for your calculations)	Type of edit carried out
Bukky658	Abia State University	Wikidata	Todo	create new item
Umar2z	Evelyn Nkechi Emeahara	Wikidata	Todo	created a new wikidata item
Abike25	Victoria Lawal	wikidata	Todo	created a Item
Abike25	Dauda Adamu Bakum	wikidata	Todo	created New Item
Abike25	Professor Udo Nwokocha	wikidata	Todo	created a new Item
Abike25	DR. OMAWUNMI ORIGHOMISAN MAKINDE	Wikidata	Todo	Created New Wikidata Item
Abike25	Dr Robert Akinade Awoyemi	Wikidata	Todo	created a new Item
Abike25	Abdullahi Bala Shehu	Wikidata	Todo	created a new Item
Abike25	Dr. Musa Dauda Bassi	Wikidata	Todo	created a new Item
Abike25	Victor Okeoghene Idiedo	Wikidata	Todo	created a new Item
Abike25	Jeremiah Salifu	Wikidata	Todo	created new Item
Abike25	Rahmon Onaolapo Akinbode	Wikidata	Todo	created a new Item
Abike25	Abubakar Usman	Wikidata	Todo	created New Wikidata Item
Abike25	Deparment of plant Biology Library, BUK	Wikidata	Todo	Created New Wikidata Item
Abike25	Blessing Solomon	Wikidata	Todo	created a new Item
Abike25	Mal. Danladi Bala	Wikidata	Todo	created a new Item
AB-Babayo	Abdulkadir Dahiru Sidi	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Mahmood Abubakar Muhammad	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Fada Maikano	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Shamsuddeen Kazinu Saad	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Kawuwa Haruna	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Yahaya Andrew Haruna	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Ali Magaji	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Abdullahi Yarima Abubakar	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Abdulkadir Muhammad	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Ya'u Adamu	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Mustapha Alhaji Muhamman	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Joseph J. Okoh	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Salisu Ali Rakum	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Isaac Adamu Msheliza	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Ahmed T. Shittu	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Mustapha Mohammed Namadi	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Mohammed A. Dukku	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Ga’anda Umar Ahmed	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Usman Auwal Muktar	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Abubakar Adamu	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Jamilu Usman	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Abubakar Umar	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Fatima Sani	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Yahanatu D. Mani	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Maigari Mohammed	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Munniru Tukur	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Hashimu Ibrahim	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Jamilu Adamu	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Aminu Saleh	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Ibrahim Mohammed Magaji	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Yusuf Danladi	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Joan Adamu Joshua	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Abubakar Faisal Abdulkadir	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Shuaibu Adamu	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Abubakar Mohammed	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Sa Adatu Aliyu	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Abubakar Musa Tongo	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Charles Yellenbini Gideon	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Mohammed Adamu	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Musa Saidu	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Musa Mohammed Doma	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Abdullahi Sani Adamu	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Bagwarande Lawal	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Ibrahim Misal	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Aliyu S. Muhammed	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Simon Wakaya Malgwi	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
Mrabtu	Uloma Doris Onuoha	Wikidata	To do	created a new item
Mrabtu	Library Education in Nigeria	Wikidata	To do	Created a wikidata scholarly article
AB-Babayo	Abdullahi Usman	Todo	Wikidata	Created a new item
AB-Babayo	Shuaibu Gara Shuaibu	Wikidata	Todo	Created a new item
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