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Updates on OpenRefine training and Wikisource Loves manuscripts
OpenRefine beta testing and new Meta portal
In February 2024, the Culture and Heritage team continued its collaboration with OpenRefine to develop training with the goal of engaging and preparing the Wikimedia community to make use of the tool, especially its Wikimedia Commons functionalities. This undertaking is part of the OpenRefine-Wikimedia Commons training and sustainability grant (2023-2024).
Right now, there's an ongoing Train-the-trainer course taking place to prepare Wikimedians to use the tool in an advanced way and to even offer training themselves afterward.
On another hand, there's also a WikiLearn course developed by Sandra Fauconnier to prepare newcomers and people who want to learn how to use the new functionalities of OpenRefine on Wikimedia Commons. For this course, our team spent January and February coordinating the beta testing of the course with several volunteers. Now, the changes from the feedback are being applied and soon we will be coordinating the translation of the course to Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Stay tuned!
Finally, as part of our efforts to support OpenRefine, we also revamped their presence on Meta Wiki.
Don't forget to check the OpenRefine's contributions to the Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons report of this newsletter!
Final activities of the Wikisource Loves Manuscripts learning network
The final session of the WiLMa learning network was a meeting with The British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme (EAP). EAP is working with a network of regional hubs to co-create and deliver a series of online and onsite training opportunities for institutions, researchers, archivists, librarians, and anyone interested in protecting archival material at risk.
They shared training resources and grant opportunities:
- Capture book offers practical advice on planning and executing successful digitization projects with minimal resources.
- Training videos about conservation and digital preservation are available on YouTube with subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Urdu.
- Grant opportunities
As we’ve concluded our last learning session, our focus now shifts to celebrating our achievements, sharing our learnings, and discussing the next steps for the cohort. We have already discussed potential projects in 1:1 sessions with nine cohort members.
Help Wikimedistas de Uruguay give GLAM Wiki a new face
As an outcome of the GLAM Wiki Conference, Wikimedistas de Uruguay is facilitating a community process to redesign the public presence of GLAM Wiki on Meta. They are calling for volunteers to join a working group to revamp these pages in advance of Wikimania Poland. The application form will be open until 24 March (end of your day anywhere in the world). The Culture & Heritage team will provide responsive support to the working group.
