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The relationship between ‘glocal inquiry learning’ and Wikipedia in Japanese...
In February 2023, the Glocal Inquiry Results Presentation was held at Saitama Omiya High School. Glocal Inquiry is a new form of education in Japan based on the acquisition of 21st century skills....
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14 May – 26 May UTC #AfLibWk is an annual #1Lib1Ref campaign led by the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA). This week-long virtual campaign engages the African...
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On an attempt to use Wikipedia Town in university education
Introduction As shown in “Wikimedia Education”, there are already many examples of attempts to incorporate Wikipedia into educational practices, and the momentum has been accelerating in recent years....
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From local libraries, to global impact: A world tour of January 2023...
The #1Lib1Ref campaign invites us –open knowledge enthusiasts, Wikimedians, book lovers, and library workers– to collaborate on verifying, increasing, and diversifying references on Wikipedia. The...
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The first Wikipedia Town in “Jimbocho,” one of Japan’s leading antiquarian...
This report describes a public event organised by the Faculty of Letters of Nishogakusha University in Japan and held in Jimbocho, Tokyo, on 4 February 2023. For more information on what has been an...
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An introductory course on Wikipedia editing at the foot of the world’s...
On 26 February 2023, an ‘Introduction to Wikipedia Town’ was held in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, to bring together local information. Sumida Ward is located 5 km from Tokyo Station and is an administrative...
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Wikipedia Town held in Hokkaido, breaking Japan’s northernmost record.
The Wikipedia Town Shibetsu (ウィキペディアタウン士別) was held on 21 May 2023 in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan. Hokkaido is the second largest island in Japan after Honshu. Of these, Shibetsu City is located in the...
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#LD42023. Part I: The Future of Wikidata + Libraries (A Workshop)
In a world with AI hallucinations, information overload, and digital isolation, libraries’ pursuit of enriched knowledge and community engagement is paramount. Many librarians have walked the Open...
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#LD42023 II: Getting to Know Each Other, Librarians in the Wikidata World
In the first post of this series, we introduced the workshop that started this all: an LD42023 hour, in which Giovanna and I learned what librarians think about Wikidata. In that post, we promised to...
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School Libraries as Allies of Free Knowledge – Lessons from Wikimedia...
Fiflon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikiteka is one of the flagship projects of Wikimedia Polska (WMPL). Wioletta Matusiak, Open Education and Development Manager at WMPL, talks about its genesis...
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