Bikol Wikipedia Community/Bikol Wikisource Training of Trainers/Program
Naga City, Philippines; July - August 2024
The Bikol Wikisource Training of Trainers aims to build a pool of enthusiastic trainers who can share their gained knowledge and skills with the staff of GLAM institutions and various organizations through trainings, tutorials and mentorship. The activity is an initiative of the Philippine Wikimedia Community, Nueva Caceres Heritage Movement, and the Bikol Wikipedia Community and a response to the call-to-action of Wikisource Loves Manuscripts for the digitization of old publications.
Saturday, 20 July 2024 : Session 1
edit| Time | Naga City Hall Conference Room | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Arrival of participants | |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Welcome program | |
| 9:45 - 9:55 | Health break | |
| 9:55 - 10:55 | Introduction to Bikol Wikisource and Wikisource Loves Manuscripts | |
| 10:55 - 11:55 | Presentation 1 - Running Editathons and other Editing Events | |
| 11:55 - 1:00 | Lunch break | |
| 1:00 - 1:30 | Presentation 2 - Learning and Evaluation | |
| 1:30 - 4:00 | Advance Wikisource content creation | |
| 4:00 - 5:00 | Workshop - Organizing a Proofread-a-thon |
Sunday, 21 July 2024 : Session 2
edit| Time | Naga City Hall Conference Room | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Arrival of participants | |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Presentation 3 - Support and Safety | |
| 9:45 - 9:55 | Health break | |
| 9:55 - 11:55 | Proofread-a-thon | |
| 11:55 - 1:00 | Lunch break | |
| 1:00 - 2:30 | Presentation 4 - Importing books from open libraries and repositories to Wikisource | |
| 2:30 - 4:00 | Workshop - Importing books | |
| 4:00 - 5:00 | Workshop - Creating index pages and transcribing pages |
Saturday, 17 July 2024 : Session 3
edit| Time | Starmark Cafe at Royale Emelina | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00 - 1:30 | Arrival of participants | |
| 1:30 - 3:00 | Sharing of insights and learnings in the training modules, and the motivation, experience and tips in the on-going Proofreading Challenge | |
| 3:00 - 4:30 | Brainstorming, creating action plan on conducting an activity in their institution or university to be implemented within the year | |
| 4:30 - 5:00 | Update on the upcoming GLAM Wiki Conference PH 2024 and other activities of PhilWiki Community | |
| 5ː00 - 6ː00 | Snacks and meet-up |
Monday, 26 August 2024 : Graduation and Awarding Ceremony
edit| Time | Tugawe Cove Cafe at Savage Mindː Arts, Books, Cinema | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1:30 - 2:00 | Arrival of participants | |
| 2:00 - 3:30 | Messages | |
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Highlights of the training | |
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Awarding of certificates of appreciation to the guest and partners | |
| 4ː30 - 5:00 | Awarding of certificates of achievement to the participants and winners |
Background
editIn December 2022, the virtual seminar Webinar on Wikimedia featuring LiAnna Davis and Satdeep Gill as resource speakers was conducted at Fr. James O'Brien SJ Library in partnership between the Ateneo de Naga University and the Bikol Wikipedia Community. The webinar featured two topics on Wikipedia and Education, and Wikisource. In partnership with the PhilWiki Community and the University of Nueva Caceres Museum, the Bikol Wikipedia Community organized the Wikimedia forum on Preservation of old publications through Bikol Wikisource in March 2023. Attendees were faculty members of University of Nueva Caceres, and college students taking History and BS Library & Information Science from Camarines Norte State College, Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, and University of Nueva Caceres. In June 2023, another GLAM outreach activity at University of Nueva Caceres was conducted with Engineering and Architecture students and the UNC Museum staff. Participants learned about Wikisource as an open online library as well as its edition in the Bikol language and how the project contributes in the quest for the greater Bicol identity and Filipino identity. The participants identified digitization, workshops and proofread-a-thons as activities for future collaboration. PhilWiki Community president Maffeth Opiana and board treasurer Marife Altabano reiterated their support to efforts that will make rare publications be more accessible thru open sources like the Wikisource.
Revitalization of indigenous languages and Bikol Wikisource were among the topics discussed at the Bikol WikiConference 2023 held from August 4-6, 2023 attended by teachers and indigenous language advocates. At the 3-day WikiCommons PH Conference 2023, a museum-hopping was conducted visiting GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) institutions namely Museo ni Jesse M. Robredo, Universidad de Santa Isabel Museum, Museo del Seminario Conciliar de Nueva Caceres (Holy Rosary Minor Seminary Museum) and finally, the University of Nueva Caceres Museum. Ian Christopher Alfonso, Officer-in-Charge - Research Publications and Heraldry Division (RPHD) of National Historical Commission of the Philippines, one of the speakers at the conference talked about Liberating Philippine Historical Sources. He shared about the national agency's project called National Memory Project which envisions to democratize Philippine history materials, especially the rare collection, unique items, and public domain materials found in the NHCP library, archives, or museums.
