Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention 2025/Programme

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Information for Presenters

• Sessions will be assigned a chairperson in the programme. Please expect an email from your chairperson and let them know if you have any questions or concerns. Please be ready to share your presentation files or links with your chair.
• Presenters should upload their presentations to WikiCommons before the Convention.
• Please bring a laptop to your session and any needed dongle adapter. If you are unable to bring a laptop, please let us know before Dec. 2024.
• More information to come.

Programme Schedule

An outline draft of the programme schedule will be published soon. As programme proposals are accepted the draft will be updated.

Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention takes place over three days, 15-17 January, 2025

Possible Themes

• Fact-checking and countering disinformation through Wikimedia projects
• It takes a village: collaborations for fighting disinformation on Wikipedia and sister projects
• Reimagining digital literacy training within the Wikiverse
• Strategies for identifying and addressing biased information
• The role of libraries in promoting media literacy and critical thinking
• Case studies on successful interventions against disinformation in Wikimedia
• Leveraging technology and AI to detect and prevent disinformation
• Community engagement and education in combating disinformation
• Ethical considerations in managing and curating content on Wikimedia platforms

Expected Tracks: Wikiverse & Disinformation

• Wikipedia as a tool
• Wikidata
• Library content contribution to Wikicommons
• Wiki-Library Advocacy:
  • Wikimedian-in-Residence Work
  • Libraries & Wikimedia campaigns
  • Wikilibrarian training
• Mexico/South America WikiProjects
• WikiProjecs: The Wikipedia Library, 1Lib1ref etc.
• Wikibase
• Wikimedia Foundation
• Workshops: Beginners & Advanced
• Unconference Spaces

Call for Papers

With support from the Wikimedia Foundation, we are excited to announce the second Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention, to be held in Mexico City, Mexico, 15-17 January, 2025, following the first-ever WikiLibCon held in Ireland on 2022. While a limited number of scholarships are available, individuals do not need to be awarded a scholarship to participate. As the inaugural conference for professionals working at the intersection of Wikimedia and libraries, we seek proposals that engage all aspects of libraries and information literacy work happening in and alongside the Wikimedia movement. Wikimedia's core-knowledge projects (especially Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikisource, and Wikimedia Commons) provide the community, resources, and technical infrastructure that enable free educational content on a global scale.

Submit your proposal here.

Submissions from the Call for Papers

TBC