Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda/GLAM Wiki Uganda Showcase 2024

Under the theme One Year, Many Stories, the GLAM-Wiki showcase 2024 is a hybrid event that is designed to highlight and celebrate the collaborative projects between Wikimedia Community User group Uganda and GLAM institutions in the year 2024.

Details

Date : Thursday 19 December 2024

Time : 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Venue

In-person : Goethe Zentrum- Kampala basement, Plot 52 Bukoto Street, Kamwokya (Opposite Millennium Terrace Hotel). You MUST register here (Registration closed)

Online : Please follow this link to register for the online session

Images : Please follow this link to find images taken from the day

Schedule


Time	Item
10:00 - 11:00	Arrivals, Registration & Breakfast Organising team
11:00 - 11:25	Welcome session & House rules Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
11:30 - 12:00	Who we are, the UserGroup and GLAM
12:00 - 12:30	The Uganda Society at 100 : A collaboration Wartson Atukwatse & Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda Links Wikipedia Category : Presidents of the Uganda Society Commons Category : The Uganda Society
12:30 - 13:15	Documentation on a budget : A Partnership with BRIMS Heritage Resource Centre Emmanuel Ssemwanga, Shafic Mubiru & Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda Links Commons Category : BRIMS Heritage Resource Centre Watch the project documentary here
13:15 – 13:45	Partner spotlight : The National Library of Uganda National Library of Uganda
13:50 – 14:45	Lunch
14:45 - 15:00	Word from the Executive Director & Wiki Loves Monuments Awards Geoffrey Kateregga, Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
15:00 - 15:20	A Case for Social Media Basics for Librarians Carol Nankinga, National Library of Uganda
15:20 - 15:50	Wikisource 101 : Continuing Education through Wikimedia Projects Divine Nanteza, Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda Links Wikisource 101 Contest Board Translated Wikisource editing guides 1. Link to proofreading guide in luganda 2. Link to transcluding and validating guide in luganda
15:50 – 16:30	Uganda Libraries GeoQuest : Discovering libraries with COLAU Denis Lewis Bukenya,(COLAU Chairperson(, Micheal Kaluba, Catherine Amia Links Commons category :Community Libraries in Uganda Commons Category : Public Libraries in Uganda Link to interactive map : OSM-powered community and public libraries map