Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention 2025/Organization
15-17 January 2025 | Colegio de México - Mexico[edit]
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Core Organizing Team[edit]
Scholarship Committee[edit]
- Rajene Hardeman, Lead, Windblown29
Rajene Hardeman is Chair of the Wikimedia Library Users Group Steering Committee, Strategic Officer for Wikimedia NYC and VP of the Mid-Hudson Library System board of trustees. She is an avid advocate for open source knowledge distribution and writes regularly for the New York Library Association. Currently helping to bring Wikibrarians and information professionals in conference for WikiLibCon25, she continues to facilitate engagement with Wikimedia projects worldwide.
- Orly Simon, Orlysi
She is a Director of User Services at The National Library of Israel and a lecturer at The David Yellin College of Education in Jerusalem. She teachs the course titled: "Digital Libraries: Wikipedia, Libraries & Librarians" at the Library and Information Science Master degree program. The course encourages librarians to take a pro-active role in the partnership between libraries and Wikimedia initiatives. On 2018 she completed the course "Wikipedia & Libraries: Better Together" (OCLC & Wikimedia Foundation). She's a global ambassador of #1Lib1ref and led the campaign in Israel in 2018&2019. She is a member of the Wikipedia & Libraries User Group steering committee since 2019.
- Francesc Fort
Programme Committee[edit]
- Daniel Gil, Lead, Dgilso
Diploma in Librarianship and Documentation from the University of Barcelona (2002) and License in Documentation from the Open University of Catalonia (2011). Former president of the Official College of Librarians-Documentaries of Catalonia between 2014 and 2016. Expert in management of specialized libraries, cataloging and management of digital content, digital marketing and social networks. Since November 2015, he has been working as a librarian at the Barcelona Seminary Episcopal Public Library (BPEB). He is part of the team of corporate Wikipedians of the BPEB. He is the secretary of Amical Wikimedia since July 2023.
- Michael David Miller BiblioQC
Michael David MILLER holds a Master of Library and Information Science, achieved in 2013 at the Université de Montréal. He currently serves as an Associate Librarian at the McGill University Libraries, where he occupies the position of Liaison Librarian for French Language Literature, Economics, and Gender Studies. Michael David began contributing to the Wikimedia Movement in 2017 during Wikimania in Montréal. He is a board member of Wikimedia Canada, WikiFranca, and Acfas. His work with Wikimedia is centered on the intersections between librarianship, open knowledge, and the Wikimedia Movement.
- ahava cohen
- Brazil
- Mexic