Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Upskilling academic librarians in Gombe State on Open knowledge practices through Wikimedia projects (ID: 22454581)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2024-06-30T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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- Applicant username: Meritkosy
- Organization name: N/A
- Amount awarded: 1048.6
- Amount spent: 1894.01 USD, 1684500
Part 1: Project and impact[edit]
1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)
The program aimed to equip librarians across Gombe State with the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute to Wikimedia projects, promoting open knowledge access.
Activities Implemented include:
Awareness Generation:
Visits to various libraries across Gombe State.
Collaboration with the Nigerian Library Association (NLA), Gombe State branch, to leverage their network.
Social media campaigns to reach a wider audience of librarians.
Training Sessions:
5 series of online training and 2 physical training were held. The online trainings were held through zoom platform which covered the following contents:Introduction to the Wikimedia movement, its mission, and core values, Open knowledge practices through Wikimedia Projects, Creating Wikipedia Account, Wikipedia Editing, Wikipedia editing basics (account creation, core policies, general editing principles), Expanding articles on Gombe State, libraries, and librarians in Nigeria, Creating articles using article creation wizard or sandbox, Use of citation hunt, Wikidata basics: creating and improving items on libraries, associations, and notable librarians in Nigeria, Conduct practical, hands-on edit-a-thons for editing English Wikipedia articles, practical guidance on uploading images to Wikicommons, different licences for wikimedia commons. Edit- a-thon was held and the participants contributed to Wikipedia, Wikimedia commons and Wikidata. The article scoop program was used on the dashboard to track specific edits relating to Gombe State, libraries, librarians and librarianship scholarly publications.
Results Achieved The key factors contributing to this success include: Number and Variety of Trainings: Offering both online and in-person sessions catered to diverse learning choices and schedules. Recorded Videos: Provided participants with the flexibility to revisit training materials at their own pace. WhatsApp Group: Fostered a sense of community, enabled ongoing communication and facilitated timely support. One-on-One Support: Ensured participants received personalized guidance to overcome individual challenges.
2. Documentation of your impact. Please use space below to share links that help tell your story, impact, and evaluation. (required)
Share links to:
- Project page on Meta-Wiki or any other Wikimedia project
- Dashboards and tools that you used to track contributions
- Some photos or videos from your event. Remember to share access.
You can also share links to:
- Important social media posts
- Surveys and their results
- Infographics and sound files
- Examples of content edited on Wikimedia projects
Link to meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Upskilling_academic_librarians_in_Gombe_State_on_Open_knowledge_practices_through_Wikimedia_projects
Link to the dashboard
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Individual/Open_knowledge_through_Wikimedia_projects_for_Academic_Librarians?enroll=
Link to the photos can be found here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Upskilling_librarians_in_Gombe_through_Wikimedia_projects.
Link to Facebook post
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/jYovT3zhqcDLqghg/?mibextid=oFDknk
Link to LinkedIn post
Link to recordings
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IGLaPVfJGHK22YfrwET9cyCZar4D_mEz/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D6jm_MeqIuGdp_kI7HVbbVIbdRTmmadI/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ey13yar03RoXG-jFPepbZkCVJeFdE2aK/view?usp=sharing
Link to presentations:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_ZYbNfGl2drVf-ckY0MkBSg05SYvJ2MD/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109953216029467728702&rtpof=true&sd=true
Additionally, share the materials and resources that you used in the implementation of your project. (required)
For example:
- Training materials and guides
- Presentations and slides
- Work processes and plans
- Any other materials your team has created or adapted and can be shared with others
Link to recordings
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IGLaPVfJGHK22YfrwET9cyCZar4D_mEz/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D6jm_MeqIuGdp_kI7HVbbVIbdRTmmadI/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ey13yar03RoXG-jFPepbZkCVJeFdE2aK/view?usp=sharing
Link to presentations:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_ZYbNfGl2drVf-ckY0MkBSg05SYvJ2MD/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109953216029467728702&rtpof=true&sd=true
3. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with this Rapid Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals. Required. Select one option per question. (required)
| A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups | Strongly agree |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | Agree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Strongly agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Strongly agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Strongly agree |
| G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement | Strongly agree |
| F. Other (optional) |
Part 2: Learning[edit]
4. In your application, you outlined some learning questions. What did you learn from these learning questions when you implemented your project? How do you hope to use this learnings in the future? You can recall these learning questions below. (required)
You can recall these learning questions below: Did the project recruit new editors? Did the project equip participants with the necessary skills and knowledge to contribute effectively to Wikimedia projects? Did the project meet the participants' expectations in terms of knowledge and skills they gained through the project? Did the participants contribute contents to Wikipedia and it's sisters' projects ? Did the project successfully foster a sustainable community of active Wikimedia editors among the participants?
Yes, the project recruited new editors, 22 new editors were recruited. The participants were equipped with the skills to contribute to wikimedia projects, the project met the participants' expectation. They gained skills to contribute to wikipedia, wikidata and wikimedia commons. The participants contributed contents to wikipeddia, wikidata and wikimedia commons. Yes, the whatsapp group was sustained to have active wikimedia editors through follow up and sharing information of other related wikimedia project's training.
5. Did anything unexpected or surprising happen when implementing your activities? This can include both positive and negative situations. What did you learn from those experiences? (required)
Some of the librarian's mindset changed, before the training, they perceived wikipedia as an unreliable source of information but the training changed their mindset about wikipedia.
The outreach dashboard was down for some time and stopped tracking edits at some points which got the participants worried thinking that their edits were lost.
6. What is your plan to share your project learnings and results with other community members? If you have already done it, describe how. (required)
I have shared the projects learning through a publication on Diff The link can be found here: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/06/28/upskilling-libraries-on-open-knowledge-practices-through-wikimedia-projects/
Part 3: Metrics[edit]
7. Wikimedia Metrics results. (required)
In your application, you set some Wikimedia targets in numbers (Wikimedia metrics). In this section, you will describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used.
| Target | Results | Comments and tools used | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 55 | 67 | outreach Dashboard |
| Number of editors | 50 | 62 | Outreach Dashboard |
| Number of organizers | 5 | 5 | Outreach dashboard |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 | 0 | 62 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 200 | 283 | 283 |
| Wikidata | 150 | 150 | 150 |
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | |||
| Translatewiki | |||
| MediaWiki | |||
| Wikiquote | |||
| Wikivoyage | |||
| Wikibooks | |||
| Wikiversity | |||
| Wikinews | |||
| Wikispecies | |||
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
8. Other Metrics results.
In your proposal, you could also set Other Metrics targets. Please describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used if you set Other Metrics in your application.
| Other Metrics name | Metrics Description | Target | Result | Tools and comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
9. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? (required)
Yes
9.1. Please state what difficulties you had. How do you hope to overcome these challenges in the future? Do you have any recommendations for the Foundation to support you in addressing these challenges? (required)
The article scoop Program was used for the outreach Dashboard to track edits, this is to track only edits related to the project but the article scoop program does not track wikidata edits, so the team advised the participants to add the wikidata items created/improved on the event's metapage.
Part 4: Financial reporting[edit]
10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
1684500
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
1894.01
12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
Upload the financial report https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ges8e-yyhu8PRQNwQQTEb0N2DNF6PF0f/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100804128010404951769&rtpof=true&sd=true
12.2. If you have not already done so in your financial spending report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal. (optional)
13. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
No
13.1. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
N/A
13.2. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
N/A
13.3. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
N/A
14.1. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?
Yes Your response to the review feedback. 14.2. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
Yes
14.3. Are you in compliance with provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement? In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the WMF mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.
Yes
15. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. (optional)
Review notes[edit]
Review notes from Program Officer:
N/A
Applicant's response to the review feedback.
N/A