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Preferred name Lilian Viana
What languages do you speak, and at what fluency level? (Please include your English proficiency.) Portuguese (native speaker), English (not fluent as an advanced level but I can communicate)
What region(s) of the world do you have experience with, and what kind of experience do you have? (“Experience” can mean you have lived or worked there or are currently living or working there; you’re familiar with the culture and language; etc.) Latin America, Brazil
What Wikimedia project(s) do you actively edit? And in what language(s)? Wikidata, Portuguese Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons
What affiliate(s) are you actively involved with? In what capacity are you involved? Do you serve in a leadership role or have you in the past? informal group: GLAM Bibliotecas da USP (coordination team) https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:GLAM/Bibliotecas_da_USP
Please describe any experience you have with working in Wikipedia/Library. *EveryBookItsReader Campaign leadership team https://www.everybookitsreader.org/pt/about-us/

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:GLAM/Bibliotecas_da_USP/Oficinas_e_eventos#_OFICINAS and https://campusvirtual.fiocruz.br/gestordecursos/hotsite/wikibibliotecas/programaaao/9734

  • editathons organizer and facilitator

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:GLAM/Bibliotecas_da_USP/Oficinas_e_eventos#_OFICINAS

  • translation of Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom guides to Portuguese;

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Reading_Wikipedia_in_the_Classroom/Modules#Portuguese

  • former member of the LATAM Committee (2021-2024)

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/LATAM_and_The_Caribbean

  • Academic project to write biographies of Brazilian artists in Wikipedia (in progress) (coordinator)

https://pt.wikiversity.org/wiki/Artes_Visuais_na_Wikip%C3%A9dia >

What is your view on the development of our affiliation? * Establish protocols and rules for the group, based on transparency and collaboration.
    • Define members' roles, mechanisms for resolving internal conflicts, and methods for determining demands and priorities that encompass issues relevant to libraries from different world regions. Consider input from the broader community, not limited to committee members.
    • Establish protocols for renewing group leadership, ensuring its growth, and ensuring that issues pertinent to libraries in general are well represented.
    • Establish protocols for effective communication with group participants (those subscribed to the member list) so that they can be engaged and have a voice (message lists, assemblies to discuss action plans, voting on processes and actions, Slack group);
  • After reviewing the group's protocols, collaboratively outline an annual action plan. Possible focus areas include:
    • building relationships with globally impactful librarian associations, aiming for the group’s recognition, and establishing institutional pathways for continuous education and engagement of libraries in the Wikimedia movement. In this regard, dialogue with regional chapters would be strategic.
    • Using a thematic approach, promote initiatives to engage the library community in Wikimedia projects. For instance, the Brazil case in the EveryBookItsReader campaign, in which two librarians partner with the local affiliate to develop in-person activities in libraries nationwide. The initiative achieved significant results over its three years of implementation.
    • Develop educational and promotional materials for Wikidata and Wikibase, focusing on issues relevant to libraries (authority databases, rare collections, scientific production);
    • Establish a collaborative learning and exchange network among librarians (e.g., Let’s Connect).
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