2019:Education/Education & Libraries: Opportunities Explored

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Education/Education & Libraries: Opportunities Explored

Yousafzai · Saturday 14:00 - 14:45

Video panel discussion

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Session leader(s)

Full Name*	Email address*	Wikimedia Username (if you have one)	Affiliation	Country	Role, website or any other details you'd like to share
Shani Evenstein	shani.even@gmail.com	Esh77	Wikipedia & Education User Group	Israel	Chair
Merrilee Proffitt	mproffitt@gmail.com	Example	Wikipedia & Libraries	US	Chair
Trudi Jacobson	tjacobson@albany.edu	TrudiJ	University at Albany, SUNY	US	Panelist
Silvia E. Gutiérrez De la Torre	segutierrez@colmex.mx	Silva Selva	Daniel Cosío Villegas Library, El Colegio de México, Mexico	Mexico	Panelist
Orly Simon	orly.simon@nli.org.il	Orlysi	The National Library of Israel; The David Yellin College of Education; Wikipedia & Libraries User Group steering committee;	Israel	Panelist
Kelly Doyle	doylek2@si.edu	KellyDoyle	Smithsonian Institution; Wikimedia District of Columbia	US	Panelist
Paulo Perneta	paulosperneta@gmail.com	DarwIn	Wikimedia Portugal; CLEPUL (University of Lisbon); Library of NOVA School of Business and Economics and National Library of Portugal (on behalf of Miguel Mimoso)	Portugal	Panelist

Session type

Each Space at Wikimania 2019 will have specific format requests. The program design prioritises submissions which are future-oriented and directly engage the audience. The format of this submission is a:

Panel / round table, with audience discussion - 45 min

Description

This panel will discuss the benefits, challenges and opportunities of EDUWiki initiatives collaborating with libraries. We will also discuss how the Wikimedia & Libraries community and the Wikimedia & Education community work better together, as well as explore new strategies to strengthen the relationships between these communities to reach our joint goals.

Supporting work

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Relationship to the theme

This session will address the conference theme — Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals — in the following manner:

Session outcomes

At the end of the session, the following will have been achieved: Attendees will:

become better aware of the benefits and opportunities of such collaboration
learn about various case studies
participate in a discussion on what new strategies might be used to bring the EDU and Libraries communities closer together

Relation to other Spaces

Requirements

The session will work best with these conditions:

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Link to session slides