GLAM/Newsletter/August 2016/Contents/Republic of Srpska report

This Month in GLAM – Volume VI, Issue VIII, August 2016

Republic of Srpska report

Wikimedia community of the Republic of Srpska continues GLAM cooperation with City of East Sarajevo Main Library

Meet Srpska edit-a-thon

Edit-a-thon titled "Meet Srpska" was GLAM project realized through another cooperation between Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska and the City of East Sarajevo Main Library. Mentioned cooperation was achieved within larger project with identical name, Meet Srpska, which aimed to increase number of written articles on Wikipedia in Serbian language related with the Republic of Srpska. Goal of the edit-a-thon itself was the same as the project mentioned above. City of East Sarajevo Main Library, once again, was kind enough to permit the use of its internet reading room while providing Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska with necessary literature and other help. Workshop was held on 29th of July and lasted from 09:00 to 15:00. For some of the community volunteers this was the first time they worked on creation or edition Wikipedia articles while others have become acquainted with the process and found themselves, partially, in role of instructors to the newbies. Twelve community members and volunteers participated in the workshop. Nineteen new articles were created. Representatives of both the City of East Sarajevo Main Library and Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska expressed their pleasure at continuation of cooperation and reaffirmed their intention to develop it further in the future.