GLAM/Newsletter/January 2018/Contents/Macedonia report

This Month in GLAM – Volume VIII, Issue I, January 2018

Macedonia report

Importance of digitization in 21 century & Velo-city edit-a-thon

Importance of digitization in 21 century

On 18 January 2018 GLAM Macedonia organized open discussion "Importance of digitization in 21 century" in collaboration with the City Library "Braka Miladinovci" in Skopje. This event was organized to celebrate Wikipedia 17 in Macedonia, and also to support #1Lib1Ref campaign.

Four speakers had their presentation on importance of digitization in the GLAM institution they work for:

Jasmina Najdovska, advisor for archiving material, a new period, from The State Archives of Republic of Macedonia,
Daniela Mitevska, historian educator from the Museum of Macedonian struggle in Skopje,
Gordana Andreeva, program manager from the City Library and
Gordana Jovik Stojkovska, who is Wikipedian in Residence in the City Library.

The event itself was announced on national TV channel.

All photos from the event are in this category.

Velo-city edit-a-thon

On 18 January Shared Knowledge had the first edit-a-thon in this year. This edit-a-thon was organized jointly with the cyclists-members of the Critical Mass / NaTo4ak initiative on the topic: "Velograd" (meaning: velo-city) with the main aim to improved and broaden the content of information about cycling infrastructure and issues on the articles on Wikipedia on Macedonian language. The event took place at the self-sustainable social center "Dunja" in Skopje where over 20 people first had a lecture on Wikipedia and then 11 participants created 11 new articles.