Grants:Project/Rapid/BamLifa/Wikipedia in Libraries (Kisangani)

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Rapid Grants

Wikipedia in Libraries (Kisangani)

Editathon with librarians from the University of Kisangani and surroundings to promote the #1lib1ref campaign

targetfrwp, commons

start dateJune 25

end dateJuly 25

budget (local currency)3894150.00CDF

budget (USD)1950

grant typeindividual

grantee• BamLifa

contact(s)• news.abelprotonmail.com• User:VALENTIN NVJ

organization (if applicable)• Wikimedians of DRC UG

website (if applicable)• https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo_User_Group

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Please see the sample Editathon/Training application before drafting your application.

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed. For this project: Wikipedia in Libraries (Kisangani), the edit-a-thon that is part of the #1Lib1Ref Campaign 2021, we aim to:

1. Recruit new editors: connect local librarians with the local community of wikimedians
2. Increase skills for existing editors by adding references to existing articles and/or creating new ones
3. Add or improve content: upload images and improve the content of "Projet République démocratique du Congo"

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

We are planning a 3-day edit-a-thon that focuses on teaching librarians from the University of Kisangani and surroundings how to take the advantage of Wikipedia to better serve the community.

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

We post notifications on our Twitter as well as in our Whatsapp group and mailing list. There have been discussions with librarians of the University of Kisangani to see their availability and we have even run a successful "pilot training" with them back in April 2021.

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.

We'll be doing this via email and also physical discussion with their representative.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:I JethroBT

On our team we have experienced editors to help lead editathons and to support participants and we will have edit instructions for new members, and there is always a great event organizer who will be in charge of event logistics. FYI: our UG was selected to handle French course materials with Aflia

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Some participants will bring their own laptops, but we'll be using those in the training room from the University. As librarians, they do have books that would help us in adding references to articles. Depending on their time, we'll try to identify some important books one day before the editathon.

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

We already have a community built up from past edit-a-thons and there will be follow-up questions and also communication of future projects through the email list and social accounts of the UG.

7. Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1weqRHcU3NMpY6Ap9K5Kl7_jOASignCiu9AQEJXpEFHE/edit?usp=drivesdk

8. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

1. Number of events: 1
2. Number of participants: 20
3. Number of new editors: 10
4. Number of of articles created or improved: 30-35
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Resources

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

We have a strong team of 5 experienced Wikimedians who will attend all the events.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

1. Food and drink = $20 x 3 days x 20 people = $1200
2. Transport= $5 x 3 days x 20 people = $300
3. Internet & Communication= $200
4. Print (goodies, booklets...): $150
5. Misc.: $100

Total = 1,950 USD

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