WLUG SC 2025 candidate/Orlysi
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| Preferred name | Orly Simon | |
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| What languages do you speak, and at what fluency level? (Please include your English proficiency.) | Hebrew, English, French, Arabic | |
| 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.) | Middle East | |
| What Wikimedia project(s) do you actively edit? And in what language(s)? | Wikipedia (HE+EN), Wikicommons, Wikidata | |
| 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? | Wikimedia & Libraries User Group, Wikimedia-Israel, #1lib1ref global ambassadors, GLAM wiki, Wiki Women | |
| Please describe any experience you have with working in Wikipedia/Library. | * For the past 5 years I'm part of the WLUG Steering committee. I was part of the Core Organizing Team and co-chair of the WIKILIBCON 2025 conference held in Mexico on January 2025.
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| What is your view on the development of our affiliation? | My vision is to promote an active and vivid global WikiLibrarians community that will work together to advance the contribution of librarians knowledge and rich content held in libraries to the various Wikimedia projects.
I believe personal connections and inspiration drawn from activities around the world can encourage greater involvement of libraries and librarians in the free knowledge movement. These are the key areas I believe the Steering Committee and the User Group should focus on in the coming years:
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