Event:R@/Bibliothécaire II

R@/Bibliothécaires

Introduction

R@/Bibliothécaires II is the second edition of a project dedicated to collaboration with French-speaking librarians in Benin. This project aims to strengthen the links between library professionals and collaborative platforms, while exploring new opportunities to enhance documentary resources through Wikimedia projects.

Objective

The objective of the R@/Bibliothécaires II project is to strengthen the skills of French-speaking librarians in the use of Wikimedia platforms, including Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikidata. The project aims to promote the digitization, preservation, and dissemination of local cultural and literary heritage, while fostering a better understanding and participation of information professionals in online collaborative projects.

Deployment of Project R@/Librarians II

05 January to 05 March 2025

Project R@/Librarians II will be implemented from January to March 2025.

The list of main activities is as follows

• The first day: An introductory session with the people involved in the project, organizers, former participants, new participants; followed by a presentation of the Wikimedia community. The projects we'll be working on during the activity period. Question and answer session. Some exercises for the next session on a project (wikimedia commons) and techniques for uploading royalty-free files.

• Day two: a webinar with a wikipedia administrator, a librarian by training, to motivate participants in the collaborative life of the movement. do the exercise at home. show the relationship between wikimedia commons, wikisource and wikidata. upload a royalty-free book to wikimedia commons, then to wikisource to start the exercise on scanning pages while learning the scanning technique. Learn some scanning techniques. A few book page scanning exercises for each participant.

• Webinar with each participant a few days later to review progress and answer any questions they may have.

• Third day of physical activity: Webinar with a wikisource administrator to show them the importance of digitizing documents. Then continue with the digitization of downloaded book pages and the relationship between wikisource and wikidata. Finally, what is wikidata? Practical exercises on wikidata with a list of well-known Beninese or African authors whose works can be found in libraries. Learn some techniques for creating entries on wikidata. Exercise to continue at home.

• Webinar a few days later to check progress.

• Day 4: Question and answer session, continuing with the digitization of pages in small groups, with participants exhibiting their work at the end of the session. Followed by one of the exercises to be done between the small groups.

• A webinar with each small group to see progress and answer questions.

• Day 5: Summary of the three projects: Wikimedia commons, Wikisource, Wikidata.

Organizer

• User:Azogbonon: organizer of the activity and founder of the community, I have already organized several community activities on different wikimedia projects.

• User:Chiemelacebelae: responsible for coordination with partners Co-founder of the community, she will ensure that the project runs as planned. She is a Wikimedian experienced in organizing community events.

• User:Step may:, facilitator, member of the community, has experience in organizing online events in the community.