Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wiki Loves Librarians, Kaduna

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• this project will create awareness among librarians, students and academics in kaduna on the importance of wikimedia projects especially as tools for library services in 21 century digital literacy skills. its aimed at training new and existing editors to gain new active members for wikimedia kaduna network.

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.

• wikipedia
• wikicommons

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: Ramatu A. Haliru
• Email address: wikimediakadunanetwork@gmail.com
• Address: Kaduna state
• Location of Project: Zaria-kaduna

Project class

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

• Wikimedia Kaduna Network

Timeline of activities

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

• 5th to 30th January, 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 20
2. Add or improve content 50

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?

editathon and series of training

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.

https://chat.whatsapp.com/Kr2BSZI9UAC2x516aU5nbl

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.

social media handle like whatapp groups, facebooks of different platforms of librarians in kaduna and Nigeria at large.

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

user:Friday Musa

user:inyor4mr

user:Zmu'az4Z

user:Em-mustapha

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

we engage participants through physical training and online session for new editors while existing article can do well.

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

through wikimedia kaduna network whatapp group and facebook page where we share information regarding wikimedia campaigns for better learning.

7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

The physical event will be at Ahmadu Bello University zaria for better participants of students, librarians and academics.

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

1. Number of events 3
2. Number of participants 30
3. Number of new editors 15
4. Number of of articles created or improved 70
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) 15

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? i shall create metapage and dashboard for better understanding of participants contribution.

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.

promotional materials like e-flyer and banner = #25,000

Refreshments like food, water and drinks = 2500 per person x 30 = #75,000

Alternative power supply = #20,000

Local running (include transport to Zaria = #25,000

Rental of projector and sound system = #30,000

Prizes for top editors = #30,000

souvenirs for invited guest like University librarian, Head of departments = #25,000

Total:#230,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

This project is going to encourage librarians to contribute their knowledge and expertise to Wikimedia projects, such as Wikipedia, by adding reliable and accurate information to articles, improving citations, and sharing resources. This collaboration will help to enhance the quality of information available on Wikimedia platforms, making it more valuable for users around the world. Additionally, it will help to raise awareness about the importance of libraries and the role they play in preserving knowledge.