Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda/GLAM Wiki Uganda Showcase 2024

Under the theme One Year, Many Stories, the GLAM-Wiki showcase 2024 is a hybrid event that is designed to highlight and celebrate the collaborative projects  between Wikimedia Community User group Uganda and GLAM institutions in the year 2024.

GLAM Wiki & Partners showcase 2024

Details

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Date : Thursday 19 December 2024

Time : 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Venue

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In-person : Goethe Zentrum- Kampala basement, Plot 52 Bukoto Street, Kamwokya (Opposite Millennium Terrace Hotel). You MUST register here (Registration closed)

Online : Please follow this link to register for the online session

Schedule

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**Please note that this is a draft schedule and is still being updated

Time Item
10:00 - 11:00
 
Arrivals, Registration & Breakfast

Organising team

11:00 - 11:25  

Welcome session & House rules

Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda

11:30 - 12:00
 
Who we are, the UserGroup and GLAM
12:00 - 12:30
 

The Uganda Society at 100 : A collaboration

Wartson Atukwatse & Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda

Links

 Wikipedia Category : Presidents of the Uganda Society

 Commons Category : The Uganda Society

12:30 - 13:15
 

Documentation on a budget : A Partnership with BRIMS Heritage Resource Centre

Emmanuel Ssemwanga, Shafic Mubiru & Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda

Links

 Commons Category : BRIMS Heriage Resource Centre

13:15 – 13:45
 

Partner spotlight : The National Library of Uganda

National Library of Uganda

13:50 – 14:45
 

Lunch

14:45 - 15:00
 

Word from the Executive Director & Wiki Loves Monuments Awards

Geoffrey Kateregga, Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda

15:00 - 15:20
 

A Case for Social Media Basics for Librarians

Carol Nankinga, National Library of Uganda

15:20 - 15:50
 

Wikisource 101 : Continuing Education through Wikimedia Projects

Divine Nanteza, Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda

Links

 Wikisource 101 Contest Board

  Translated Wikisource editing guides

15:50 – 16:30
 

Uganda Libraries GeoQuest : Discovering libraries with COLAU

Denis Lewis Bukenya,(COLAU Chairperson(, Micheal Kaluba, Catherine Amia

Links

 Commons category :Community Libraries in Uganda

 Commons Category : Public Libraries in Uganda

 Link to interactive map : OSM-powered community and public libraries map