Wiki-Cred Boot-Camp for Information Professionals in Nigeria/Stakeholders and Implementation team

Wiki-Cred Boot-Camp for Information Professionals in Nigeria

• Overview
• Timeline and Activities
• Partnership and Implementation team
• Participants
• Suggested Articles/Items/Images/Courses to create or improve
• Fact-Checking
• Report, Resources, and Recordings

Stakeholders

We have the following stakeholders involved in this project;

• Association of Nigerian Authors Kwara State Chapter
• Nigerian Union of Journalist Kwara State Chapter
• Nigerian Library Association Kwara State Chapter
• Department of English and Linguistics, Kwara State University Malete
• Department of French and Arabic Studies Kwara State University Malete
• CrownHill University Ilorin
• Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Ilorin
• Association of Publishers, Kwara State Chapter
• Individual Information professionals and Educators passionate about promoting credibility online.

Implementation Team

The project team includes:

• User: Linason Blessing (lead): she is an experienced Wikibrarian, she has 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 led the Wikipedia awareness for Library and Information Science Students in Nigeria and was a facilitator for the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom in Nigeria.

• User:Bukky658(facilitator): is a fellow of Wikipedian in African Libraries, and the first Certified Trainer of the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program in Nigeria. She has led several projects among which include: Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Kwara, Nigeria, 1Lib1Ref Kwara 2022, WikiGLAM Awareness for Librarians in Kwara State, and Wikidata for Libraries and notable Librarians in Kwara State. Co-organiser Wikipedia awareness for Library and Information Students in Nigeria, Wikidata for novelists and their novels, and the founder of the Wikimedia Fan Club, Kwara State University.
• User:Ridzaina(facilitator): is a Wikimedia volunteer, who has gathered experience from contributing (as a facilitator and as an editor) to various Wikimedia projects like Wiki loves SDGs, WikiGlam, 1lib1ref, Wikidata for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria, Wikidata for Novels and Novelists in Nigeria and so on. She was also a facilitator for the recently concluded Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom, Nigeria. She is a trained educator who is also passionate about learning and sharing knowledge and is also the General Secretary of the University of Ilorin, Wikimedia Fan Club.

• User:James Rhoda (Facilitator): is an experienced Wikimedian, who has participated in various Wikimedia projects (as a facilitator as well as an editor) namely; 1lib1ref, WikiGlam, Wikidata for Novel and Novelist in Nigeria, Wikidata for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria, Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Nigeria, etc.

• User: Olani Olabimpe (Advisory)-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 the local in-person meetup Wikimania for the Wikimedians of Sustainable Development in Nigeria 2022.

• User:Savvyseyi (Communication Expert): is a trained facilitator who is passionate about providing solutions to challenges surrounding quality education, sustainable agriculture, community, personal and social development with interests in literacy programs and integration of technologies to enhance teaching and learning. She is a certified teacher with the Teachers' Registration Council of Nigeria and was a facilitator of the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom, Nigeria.

• Victor Abiose:Is a Wikimedian and Data Analyst who has gained extensive experience in analysing data and using visualizations to interpret it. Some of the projects he has participated in, include Let's Connect Peer Learning Program in Kwara, Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom programs in Kwara, and Wikicred Boot Camp for Information professionals in Nigeria.