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Wikidata for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria

BY BUKOLA OLUTOLA JAMES

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My name is BUKOLA OLUTOLA JAMES.

I joined Wikipedia in 2020.

I am a fellow of Wikipedia in African Libraries, certified trainer of RWC & a member of the Nigeria Wikimedia Usergroup

I primarily contribute to Wikipedia, WikiCommons and Wikidata.

BUKOLA Olutola JAMES

ABOUT ME

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A query carried out for Libraries and query  for Librarians in Nigeria on Wikidata returned only 46 results for Libraries and 14 results for Librarians in November 2021.

Lack of widespread adoption and availability of data relating to Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria on Wiki data for information processing, storage, retrieval, and dissemination to information seekers.

Presence of incomplete data to facilitate quick reference queries about Kwara State on Wiki.

Background of the project

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RECRUIT

Recruit new editors

INCREASE

Increase skills for existing editors

CREATE

Create or improve items on Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria on Wikidata

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Action pointsA

Create awareness for the project on social media

Teach

participants

how to access and create a Wikidata account.

 Teach Participants the general editing rules of Wikidata.

Create and or improve 200+ items for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria on Wikidata with at least a reference.

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Target

2 physical events

30 participants

10 new editors

200 items improved or created

outcomes

55 editors

471 items created

819 items edited

926 references added

This metric can be found on the Dashboard , 111 Nigerian Librarians using Wikidata Query Builder, and 469 Libraries in Nigeria using Wikidata Query Builder

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ACHIEVEMENTS

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  • New editors needed one on one support during the training.

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  • We had more participants than we had budgeted for at the two physical trainings, so we had to provide series of online trainings for those we could not accommodate, in order for them to contribute to the project.

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Challenges

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