Good day all,
With support from the Wikimedia Foundation, we are happy to announce that
the first ever Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia%2BLibraries_International_Convention_2022>
will take place between 23-24 July 2022 in Maynooth,Ireland.
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.
The call for proposals is now open - please follow this link
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia%2BLibraries_International_Convention_2022/Programme>
Proposals could include but are not limited to
- Advocacy and outreach in local contexts;
- Tutorials and training on Wikimedia’s core-knowledge projects
(Wikipedia, Wikidata,Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons); experience sharing
panels;
- Experience sharing panels
- Productive failures
- Future initiatives and research;
- Publication and research at the intersection of Wikimedia+Libraries
*The deadline for submissions is 21 June 2022 *.
We look forward to receiving your submissions and seeing you in July....
Regards,
*Alice Kibombo*
*(On behalf of the Program Committee)*