Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Libraries 2.0 (ID: 22458891)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Linason Blessing
- Organization
N/A
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
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- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wiki Loves Libraries 2.0
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-04-08 - 2024-01-15
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Nigeria
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Not applicable
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
The Holistic objective of Wiki Loves Libraries Nigeria is to contribute to the enrichment of Wikipedia by systematically and comprehensively documenting information related to Nigerian Libraries, Library Associations, and notable Librarians. This initiative aligns with the Wikimedia Foundation's mission to empower and engage people around the world through free access to knowledge. Specifically, the proposed project aims to achieve the following:
1. Enhance the quality and quantity of Wikipedia articles pertaining to Nigerian Libraries, Library Associations, and notable Librarians, ensuring that accurate and up-to-date information is readily available to a global audience.
2. Raise more awareness and visibility of Nigerian Libraries on a global scale, showcasing their significance, achievements, and contributions to the cultural and educational landscape.
3. Foster collaboration among Librarians, Library students and library organizations, This collaboration will contribute to the collective effort of knowledge dissemination and preservation.
4. Address the digital divide by actively engaging in virtual initiatives that make information about Nigerian Libraries easily accessible to individuals regardless of geographical location.
The following are the approaches to achieve it :
Recruiting 15 new and 25 existing editors from Library schools, Library associations, and all types of libraries in Nigeria to allow all representatives from all identified areas for improvement to participate in this project.
Increasing more awareness of Wikimedia projects, such as wikipedia, wikidata and wiki commons to the librarians and library students
Training participants on how to contribute to wikipedia which will focus on; creating Wikipedia accounts, understanding the core content policies, understanding the general editing principles, performing minor edits, creating categories, expanding articles about Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria, and creating articles using article creation Wizard on Wikipedia.
Train participants on how to create and improve items about Libraries, Library associations, and notable Librarians in Nigeria on Wikidata.
Train participants on how to upload media files on the Wikimedia Commons, train them on the various licensing available on Wikimedia commons and teach them on how to add categories to their media files.
Use outreach dashboard, hashtag tools, and article listing methods to track editors' contributions and also provide one on one support for editors.
Giving out gift vouchers to the top 7 contributors including 2 new editors as incentives to motivate them at the end of the campaign.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
The second implementation of the WikiLovesLibrariesNigeria campaign will run for a period of 5 weeks to create more awareness, introduce, train, improve articles/items and upload pictures on libraries and Librarians on Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikicommons. These strategies that will be adopted in carrying out the project will include: One week of online awareness about the campaign on various social media platforms. The second week there will be two (2) days of an in-person (physical) workshop for chartered practicing librarians in the different types of Libraries, Library associations, and Library science students in Nigeria. The third to fifth week there will be series of online follow-up training during the campaign to properly equip them with needed skills on how to edit on Wikipedia, Wikidata, and WikiCommons.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
I have a team of four (4) active Wikimedians (including myself), that will ensure the diligent implementation of this program,We are:
(User)Linason Blessing (Project Lead): She led the Wikipedia awareness for Library and Information Science Students in Nigeria and she is a certified Librarian of the Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN) she was a facilitator for the first Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom in Nigeria. She is a Wikibrarian,she has also participated in various Wikimedia projects such as WikiLoveAfrica, WPWP, Wikidata (Media personalities in Nigeria), Winner of WPWP Kwara and Wikidata Media personality in Nigeria, WikiGLAM Awareness for Libraries and Librarians in Kwara, Wikidata for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria, 1lib1ref 2022 Kwara, etc. She is the Co-Founder of the Kwara State University Fan Club.
User:Bukky658: (Facilitator): She is a certified Librarian of the Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN), she is the founder of the initiative WikiLovesLibraries, She is the first Certified Trainer of the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program in Nigeria, a certified Content Campaign Organiser focused on Climate Change and Sustainability. She has led several projects such as Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Kwara, Nigeria for teachers and Students, Wiki Climate Campus Tour Nigeria 2023, Wiki-cred Bootcamp for information professionals, WikiLovesLibrariesNigeria, 1Lib1Ref Kwara 2022, WikiGLAM Awareness for Librarians in Kwara State, and Wikidata for Libraries and notable Librarians in Kwara State among others, whilst co-organising several Wikimedia projects related to SDGs and other topics of impact. She founded the Wikimedia Fan Club at Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria.
(User)Ugwulebo (Facilitator):is a librarian, researcher and the co-founder of the Port Harcourt Wikimedia Hub. He is an experienced Wikimedian who has organized several Wikimedia projects in Nigeria. He will facilitate this project. He has also been involved in other climate related projects in Nigeria and beyond.
(User) Olani Olabimpe (Advisor and resource person)- Wikimedian with over 30 years of experience as a library administrator and director at the National Library of Nigeria Kwara State Branch. She is also the chairman of the Nigerian Library Association Kwara State chapter. She has also participated in competitions and campaigns such as 1Lib1Ref2020, WikiAflib 1Lib1Ref 2021, and local in-person meetup Wikimania for the Wikimedians of Sustainable Development in Nigeria 2022.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
This campaign is targeted at the Librarians and Students of Library and Information Science in Nigeria. There will be online awareness for a week about the campaign via the official handles of the campaign.
The call for participation will be done across diverse social media platforms through the utilization of electronic posters and banners. All prospective participants will receive an online form, facilitating the collection of their data for documentation.
I will be actively participating in the project, together with my teammates, in order to facilitate the training and ensure that participants understand the process and way of contributing to Wikipedia and its sister projects, Wikidata and WikiCommons.
Also, the training is set to have 2 physical and online training/ Edithatons to ensure that editors are properly guided on how to bridge the knowledge and content gap across various Wikimedia projects during the editing contest.
In order to guarantee the project's sustanability , Following the events, attendees will be invited to join the various Wikimedia user groups and the Wikibrarian group, which will keep them informed and promote further librarian participation in wiki activities.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
Yes
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
This project will involve youths and we will follow the Wikimedia Youth Safety Policy stated here (https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Friendly_space_policy#Youth_Safety) to ensure that every participant is safe and well cared for he friendly policy will be read to all the participants to be aware of the policy and there will be emergency hotline available 24 hours for all participants during the session.
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
I have informed them at the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria for their suggestions, the link can be found here :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Wiki_Loves_Libraries_2.0
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Other Important Topics (topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context)
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Not applicable
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Wiki Loves Libraries Nigeria project will offer a rich learning experience across various dimensions. Here are some aspects i hope to learn from this project:
Working with a diverse group of editors, including new and existing ones, from different library schools, associations, and types of libraries can provide insights into community dynamics and effective collaboration. Learning how to foster a sense of shared purpose and engagement among participants is a valuable skill. Through several training sessions and practical editing tasks, I hope to effectively improve content gaps on Wikipedia and its sister's project.
And we hope the following questions are answered after completing the project:
What is their perception of Wikipedia? What are the best metrics to be used in measuring the outcome of the campaign? Did the campaign meet the expectations of the participants?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 44 | We will be working with 44 Participants which will be made up of Librarians and Students of Library and Information Science in Nigeria and 4 project team members. |
| Number of editors | 40 | There will be 15 Newly Registered Users (new editors) and 25 returning editors. |
| Number of organizers | 4 | There will be 1 Project Lead, 2 Facilitator, and 1 Advisor/Resource person |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 |
| Wikidata | 100 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
The outreach dashboard will be used to measure the metrics
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LKMr9wMr9lklLciR1S8duf-fnoNNP_XTYviX-Uq2a-Y/edit?usp=sharing
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
1154000 NGN
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
1185.43 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
Endorsements and Feedback[edit]
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- Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
- Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
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- Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).