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Members of the [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject%20Library%20and%20Information%20Science WikiProject Library and Information Science] made the most of an opportunity to meet in person at the Wagga Wagga campus of Charles Sturt University in October. This WikiProject started as a 2024 Partner Project between [[meta:Wikimedia Australia|Wikimedia Australia]], the [[w:Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers|Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI)]], and Charles Sturt University School of Information and Communications Studies, led by Dr Mary Coe. Its volunteers have been adding Wikidata records for indexers and librarians ever since, and still meet regularly.

=== Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI) Conference ===
[[File:ANZSI Conference 2026 Group Photo.jpg|thumb|ANZSI Conference 2026 Group Photo]]

The 2026 ANZSI Conference, held on 29-30 October 2026, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Society. Indexers and Wikidata share a goal: '''organising information so people can find it'''. 

Both the conference programme and the location made this a perfect place for our WikiProject to gather, and we thank Wikimedia Australia and ANZSI for support to make this happen. 

Members of the WikiProject were inspired by the [[meta:GLAM/Wikifying a Conference|''Wikifying a Conference'']] guide by [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] and [[User:Giantflightlessbirds|Giantflightlessbirds]], and saw ANZSI as a small, friendly event on which to experiment. We were fortunate to have Wiki-friendly conference organisers and photographer, and we will be working on uploading and categorising conference outputs in coming weeks. 

===Wikidata 14 celebration===
[[File:Wikidata birthday photo.jpg|thumb|Wikidata birthday celebration]]

Fortuitously, the conference coincided with Wikidata's 14th birthday. Following the presentation by Wikimedians [[User:Oronsay|Oronsay]] and [[d:User:ThursdayNext25|ThursdayNext25]], who reported on progress made by members of the [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject Library and Information Science|Wikidata:WikiProject Library and Information Science]], project members joined them for a Wikidata celebration and photo.

=== Wagga Wagga Wiki Workshop ===
[[File:Wikimedia workshop group photo.jpg|thumb|Wagga Wiki Workshop]]

A [https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wagga_Wiki_Workshop Wagga Wiki Workshop] was held on Saturday 31 October at the Charles Sturt University Library. Seven members of the LIS WikiProject took part in introducing four new and recent editors to the Wiki platforms, with a particular focus on Wikidata and uploading images to Commons. The training was led by experienced Wikimedian [[User:Pru.mitchell|Pru.mitchell]].

On Wikidata, we had a robust discussion on how to model an organisation whose name has changed over time so that the history is recorded, with references added, of course. The team realised that we need to do more research into how this is modelled by other organisations before we settle on an exemplar.

On Commons, a photo of the ANZSI conference participants was uploaded, the relevant categories created and linked to Wikidata. We looked at the structured data and added a depicts statement.

At the close of the workshop, participants were asked for final questions and what next steps we planned to take on our Wiki journeys. Although tired after two days of conferencing, we left the workshop with enthusiasm to upload photos and keep filling the many gaps in indexing and indexers on Wikidata.
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=== Wiki Loves Monuments Brasil 2026 Winners ===

[[commons:User:Guilherme Provenzano Giovanni|Guilherme Provenzano Giovanni]] takes first place with a photograph of the Water Intake System on the Paraguay River in Corumbá.

A total of 20,215 photographs were submitted to Wiki Loves Monuments Brasil in 2026, and on November 4, we announced to the public via a YouTube live stream at @wikimediabrasil which entries were the best among them, as well as the winning editors of the national stage of the world's largest photo competition.

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Sistema de Captação de água sobre o Rio Paraguai - Corumbá - 20260904060406.jpg| 1º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Sistema de captação de água sobre o Rio Paraguai em Corumbá|Sistema de captação de água sobre o Rio Paraguai em Corumbá]], [[w:pt:Corumbá|Corumbá]], [[w:pt:Mato Grosso do Sul|MS]]&lt;br&gt;by [[c:User:Guilherme Provenzano Giovanni|Guilherme Provenzano Giovanni]]
Patio de São Pedro.jpg| 2º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Concatedral de São Pedro dos Clérigos|Concatedral de São Pedro dos Clérigos]], [[w:pt:Recife|Recife]], [[w:pt:Pernambuco|PE]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Hansfotos|Hansfotos]]
Palácio da Liberdade - Belo Horizonte - 20260731143006.jpeg| 3º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Palácio da Liberdade|Palácio da Liberdade]], [[w:pt:Belo Horizonte|Belo Horizonte]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Rkieferbaum|Rkieferbaum]]
Entrada e anjos da Catedral de Brasília.jpg| 4º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Catedral Metropolitana de Brasília|Catedral Metropolitana de Brasília]], [[w:pt:Brasília|Brasília]], [[w:pt:Distrito Federal|DF]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Rrmagoo|Rrmagoo]]
VISTA DO VIADUTO DE SANTA TERREZA E COMPLEXO DE EDIFÍCIOS SULACAP.jpg| 5º palce&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Viaduto Santa Tereza|Viaduto Santa Tereza]], [[w:pt:Belo Horizonte|Belo Horizonte]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:ELVIO GUSMÃO SANTOS|ELVIO GUSMÃO SANTOS]]
Cemitério Santa Isabel - Mucugê - 20120504202331.jpg| 6º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Cemitério Santa Isabel de Mucugê|Cemitério Santa Isabel]], [[w:pt:Mucugê|Mucugê]], [[w:pt:Bahia|BA]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:ELVIO GUSMÃO SANTOS|ELVIO GUSMÃO SANTOS]]
Teatro Amazonas - Teatro Amazonas - 20260919082012.jpg| 7º palce&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Teatro Amazonas|Teatro Amazonas]], [[w:pt:Manaus|Manaus]], [[w:pt:Amazonas|AM]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Cliqueioquevi|Cliqueioquevi]]
Santuário do Bom Jesus de Matosinhos - Congonhas - 20260112173942.jpg| 8º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Santuário do Bom Jesus de Matosinhos|Santuário do Bom Jesus de Matosinhos]], [[w:pt:Congonhas|Congonhas]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Rkieferbaum|Rkieferbaum]]
Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Penha - Passos - 20260213170458.jpg| 9º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Capela Nossa Senhora da Penha|Capela Nossa Senhora da Penha]], [[w:pt:Passos (Minas Gerais)|Passos]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Riccosta03|Riccosta03]]
Cemitério do Gavião Centro Histórico de São Luís Maranhão Entrada 2025-7017.jpg| 10º place&lt;br&gt;[[:d:Q141600646|Cemitério do Gavião]], [[w:pt:São Luís (Maranhão)|São Luís]], [[w:pt:Maranhão|MA]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Prburley|Prburley]]
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=== Best Image of Minas Gerais ===

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Conjunto Paisagísitico da Ponte dos Peixotos (sobre o rio Grande) - Ibiraci - 20260717102748.jpg| 1º place&lt;br&gt;[[:d:Q138766027|Ponte dos Peixotos]], [[w:pt:Ibiraci|Ibiraci]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Riccosta03|Riccosta03]]
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* Check the full list of winner and honored mentions: [[w:pt:Wikipédia:Wiki Loves Monuments 2026/Brasil/Prêmios|Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 winners list]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/@wikimediabrasil @wikimediabrasil youtube channel]

=== GLAM-Lusophone Campaign ===

On October 23, Wikimedia Brasil, in partnership with [[d:Q141822465|Ateliê Paulo Chavonga]], hosted a [[w:pt:Wikipédia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades em português/Editatona Cultura Angolana|hybrid editing activity]] on Wikidata and Wikipedia covering various topics related to Angolan culture, aiming to expand the quality and quantity of information on the open internet about this Portuguese-speaking African nation.
* [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Ateli%C3%AA_Paulo_Chavonga/Editatona_Cultura_Angolana?enroll= Check the Dashboard]

Taking place later in November is a [[w:pt:Wikipédia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades em português/Editatona Cultura de Guiné-Bissau|free activity]], open to the public, inviting participants to explore and practice editing Wikidata and Wikipedia across various topics related to Guinea-Bissau's culture. The event is organized in partnership between the Guinea-Bissau Wiki Editors Community and Wikimedia Brasil, occurring both online and in person.

=== October edit-a-thons brought new information on the history and policies of Cultural Heritage and on Cordel Literature === 

[[w:pt:Wikipédia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades em português/Editatona sobre história e políticas do patrimônio cultural (4ª edição)|Edit-a-thon on Cultural Heritage History and Policies (4th edition)]] – On November 1, we concluded tracking the edits connected to the edit-a-thon dedicated to creating, updating, and improving Wikipedia articles related to cultural heritage. Organized through a partnership between Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz and Wikimedia Brasil, the initiative included an award ceremony during an in-person gathering on September 30, along with a second round of prizes for online and asynchronous contributions.

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[[w:pt:Wikipédia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades em português/Editatona Museu da Pessoa - Literatura de Cordel na Wikipédia|Museu da Pessoa Edit-a-thon | Cordel Literature on Wikipedia]] – On October 28, a Wikipedia editing activity took place, organized in partnership between Museu da Pessoa and Wikimedia Brazil. The activity aimed to help the general public discover high-quality, verifiable, and accessible information on Wikipedia about Cordel literature, an essential expression of Brazilian culture.

=== SINDIBRJ live stream on the “Every Book, Its Reader” campaign airs on Nov 9 ===

Wikimedia Brazil and the FSP/USP and IME/USP libraries participate in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkA9hvh9Rp4 live stream hosted] by the Rio de Janeiro State Librarians Union (SINDIBRJ). The session focuses on the “Every Book, Its Reader” project and features a discussion about editing on Wikipedia.


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=== Wiki Loves Monuments Brasil 2026 Winners ===

[[commons:User:Guilherme Provenzano Giovanni|Guilherme Provenzano Giovanni]] takes first place with a photograph of the Water Intake System on the Paraguay River in Corumbá.

A total of 20,215 photographs were submitted to Wiki Loves Monuments Brasil in 2026, and on November 4, we announced to the public via a YouTube live stream at @wikimediabrasil which entries were the best among them, as well as the winning editors of the national stage of the world's largest photo competition.

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Sistema de Captação de água sobre o Rio Paraguai - Corumbá - 20260904060406.jpg| 1º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Sistema de captação de água sobre o Rio Paraguai em Corumbá|Sistema de captação de água sobre o Rio Paraguai em Corumbá]], [[w:pt:Corumbá|Corumbá]], [[w:pt:Mato Grosso do Sul|MS]]&lt;br&gt;by [[c:User:Guilherme Provenzano Giovanni|Guilherme Provenzano Giovanni]]
Patio de São Pedro.jpg| 2º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Concatedral de São Pedro dos Clérigos|Concatedral de São Pedro dos Clérigos]], [[w:pt:Recife|Recife]], [[w:pt:Pernambuco|PE]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Hansfotos|Hansfotos]]
Palácio da Liberdade - Belo Horizonte - 20260731143006.jpeg| 3º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Palácio da Liberdade|Palácio da Liberdade]], [[w:pt:Belo Horizonte|Belo Horizonte]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Rkieferbaum|Rkieferbaum]]
Entrada e anjos da Catedral de Brasília.jpg| 4º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Catedral Metropolitana de Brasília|Catedral Metropolitana de Brasília]], [[w:pt:Brasília|Brasília]], [[w:pt:Distrito Federal|DF]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Rrmagoo|Rrmagoo]]
VISTA DO VIADUTO DE SANTA TERREZA E COMPLEXO DE EDIFÍCIOS SULACAP.jpg| 5º palce&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Viaduto Santa Tereza|Viaduto Santa Tereza]], [[w:pt:Belo Horizonte|Belo Horizonte]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:ELVIO GUSMÃO SANTOS|ELVIO GUSMÃO SANTOS]]
Cemitério Santa Isabel - Mucugê - 20120504202331.jpg| 6º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Cemitério Santa Isabel de Mucugê|Cemitério Santa Isabel]], [[w:pt:Mucugê|Mucugê]], [[w:pt:Bahia|BA]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:ELVIO GUSMÃO SANTOS|ELVIO GUSMÃO SANTOS]]
Teatro Amazonas - Teatro Amazonas - 20260919082012.jpg| 7º palce&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Teatro Amazonas|Teatro Amazonas]], [[w:pt:Manaus|Manaus]], [[w:pt:Amazonas|AM]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Cliqueioquevi|Cliqueioquevi]]
Santuário do Bom Jesus de Matosinhos - Congonhas - 20260112173942.jpg| 8º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Santuário do Bom Jesus de Matosinhos|Santuário do Bom Jesus de Matosinhos]], [[w:pt:Congonhas|Congonhas]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Rkieferbaum|Rkieferbaum]]
Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Penha - Passos - 20260213170458.jpg| 9º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Capela Nossa Senhora da Penha|Capela Nossa Senhora da Penha]], [[w:pt:Passos (Minas Gerais)|Passos]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Riccosta03|Riccosta03]]
Cemitério do Gavião Centro Histórico de São Luís Maranhão Entrada 2025-7017.jpg| 10º place&lt;br&gt;[[:d:Q141600646|Cemitério do Gavião]], [[w:pt:São Luís (Maranhão)|São Luís]], [[w:pt:Maranhão|MA]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Prburley|Prburley]]
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=== Best Image of Minas Gerais ===

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Conjunto Paisagísitico da Ponte dos Peixotos (sobre o rio Grande) - Ibiraci - 20260717102748.jpg| 1º place&lt;br&gt;[[:d:Q138766027|Ponte dos Peixotos]], [[w:pt:Ibiraci|Ibiraci]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Riccosta03|Riccosta03]]
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* Check the full list of winner and honored mentions: [[w:pt:Wikipédia:Wiki Loves Monuments 2026/Brasil/Prêmios|Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 winners list]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/@wikimediabrasil @wikimediabrasil youtube channel]

=== GLAM-Lusophone Campaign ===

On October 23, Wikimedia Brasil, in partnership with [[d:Q141822465|Ateliê Paulo Chavonga]], hosted a [[w:pt:Wikipédia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades em português/Editatona Cultura Angolana|hybrid editing activity]] on Wikidata and Wikipedia covering various topics related to Angolan culture, aiming to expand the quality and quantity of information on the open internet about this Portuguese-speaking African nation.
* [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Ateli%C3%AA_Paulo_Chavonga/Editatona_Cultura_Angolana?enroll= Check the Dashboard]

Taking place later in November is a [[w:pt:Wikipédia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades em português/Editatona Cultura de Guiné-Bissau|free activity]], open to the public, inviting participants to explore and practice editing Wikidata and Wikipedia across various topics related to Guinea-Bissau's culture. The event is organized in partnership between the Guinea-Bissau Wiki Editors Community and Wikimedia Brasil, occurring both online and in person.

=== October edit-a-thons brought new information on the history and policies of Cultural Heritage and on Cordel Literature === 

[[w:pt:Wikipédia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades em português/Editatona sobre história e políticas do patrimônio cultural (4ª edição)|Edit-a-thon on Cultural Heritage History and Policies (4th edition)]] – On November 1, we concluded tracking the edits connected to the edit-a-thon dedicated to creating, updating, and improving Wikipedia articles related to cultural heritage. Organized through a partnership between Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz and Wikimedia Brasil, the initiative included an award ceremony during an in-person gathering on September 30, along with a second round of prizes for online and asynchronous contributions.

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&lt;/gallery&gt;

[[w:pt:Wikipédia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades em português/Editatona Museu da Pessoa - Literatura de Cordel na Wikipédia|Museu da Pessoa Edit-a-thon | Cordel Literature on Wikipedia]] – On October 28, a Wikipedia editing activity took place, organized in partnership between Museu da Pessoa and Wikimedia Brasil. The activity aimed to help the general public discover high-quality, verifiable, and accessible information on Wikipedia about Cordel literature, an essential expression of Brazilian culture.

=== SINDIBRJ live stream on the “Every Book, Its Reader” campaign airs on Nov 9 ===

Wikimedia Brasil and the FSP/USP and IME/USP libraries participate in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkA9hvh9Rp4 live stream hosted] by the Rio de Janeiro State Librarians Union (SINDIBRJ). The session focuses on the “Every Book, Its Reader” project and features a discussion about editing on Wikipedia.


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=== Wiki Loves Monuments Brasil 2026 Winners ===

[[commons:User:Guilherme Provenzano Giovanni|Guilherme Provenzano Giovanni]] takes first place with a photograph of the Water Intake System on the Paraguay River in Corumbá.

A total of 20,215 photographs were submitted to Wiki Loves Monuments Brasil in 2026, and on November 4, we announced to the public via a YouTube live stream at @wikimediabrasil which entries were the best among them, as well as the winning editors of the national stage of the world's largest photo competition.

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Sistema de Captação de água sobre o Rio Paraguai - Corumbá - 20260904060406.jpg| 1º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Sistema de captação de água sobre o Rio Paraguai em Corumbá|Sistema de captação de água sobre o Rio Paraguai em Corumbá]], [[w:pt:Corumbá|Corumbá]], [[w:pt:Mato Grosso do Sul|MS]]&lt;br&gt;by [[c:User:Guilherme Provenzano Giovanni|Guilherme Provenzano Giovanni]]
Patio de São Pedro.jpg| 2º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Concatedral de São Pedro dos Clérigos|Concatedral de São Pedro dos Clérigos]], [[w:pt:Recife|Recife]], [[w:pt:Pernambuco|PE]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Hansfotos|Hansfotos]]
Palácio da Liberdade - Belo Horizonte - 20260731143006.jpeg| 3º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Palácio da Liberdade|Palácio da Liberdade]], [[w:pt:Belo Horizonte|Belo Horizonte]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Rkieferbaum|Rkieferbaum]]
Entrada e anjos da Catedral de Brasília.jpg| 4º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Catedral Metropolitana de Brasília|Catedral Metropolitana de Brasília]], [[w:pt:Brasília|Brasília]], [[w:pt:Distrito Federal|DF]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Rrmagoo|Rrmagoo]]
VISTA DO VIADUTO DE SANTA TERREZA E COMPLEXO DE EDIFÍCIOS SULACAP.jpg| 5º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Viaduto Santa Tereza|Viaduto Santa Tereza]], [[w:pt:Belo Horizonte|Belo Horizonte]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:ELVIO GUSMÃO SANTOS|ELVIO GUSMÃO SANTOS]]
Cemitério Santa Isabel - Mucugê - 20120504202331.jpg| 6º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Cemitério Santa Isabel de Mucugê|Cemitério Santa Isabel]], [[w:pt:Mucugê|Mucugê]], [[w:pt:Bahia|BA]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:ELVIO GUSMÃO SANTOS|ELVIO GUSMÃO SANTOS]]
Teatro Amazonas - Teatro Amazonas - 20260919082012.jpg| 7º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Teatro Amazonas|Teatro Amazonas]], [[w:pt:Manaus|Manaus]], [[w:pt:Amazonas|AM]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Cliqueioquevi|Cliqueioquevi]]
Santuário do Bom Jesus de Matosinhos - Congonhas - 20260112173942.jpg| 8º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Santuário do Bom Jesus de Matosinhos|Santuário do Bom Jesus de Matosinhos]], [[w:pt:Congonhas|Congonhas]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Rkieferbaum|Rkieferbaum]]
Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Penha - Passos - 20260213170458.jpg| 9º place&lt;br&gt;[[w:pt:Capela Nossa Senhora da Penha|Capela Nossa Senhora da Penha]], [[w:pt:Passos (Minas Gerais)|Passos]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Riccosta03|Riccosta03]]
Cemitério do Gavião Centro Histórico de São Luís Maranhão Entrada 2025-7017.jpg| 10º place&lt;br&gt;[[:d:Q141600646|Cemitério do Gavião]], [[w:pt:São Luís (Maranhão)|São Luís]], [[w:pt:Maranhão|MA]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Prburley|Prburley]]
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=== Best Image of Minas Gerais ===

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Conjunto Paisagísitico da Ponte dos Peixotos (sobre o rio Grande) - Ibiraci - 20260717102748.jpg| 1º place&lt;br&gt;[[:d:Q138766027|Ponte dos Peixotos]], [[w:pt:Ibiraci|Ibiraci]], [[w:pt:Minas Gerais|MG]]&lt;br&gt;by [[:c:User:Riccosta03|Riccosta03]]
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* Check the full list of winner and honored mentions: [[w:pt:Wikipédia:Wiki Loves Monuments 2026/Brasil/Prêmios|Wiki Loves Monuments 2026 winners list]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/@wikimediabrasil @wikimediabrasil youtube channel]

=== GLAM-Lusophone Campaign ===

On October 23, Wikimedia Brasil, in partnership with [[d:Q141822465|Ateliê Paulo Chavonga]], hosted a [[w:pt:Wikipédia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades em português/Editatona Cultura Angolana|hybrid editing activity]] on Wikidata and Wikipedia covering various topics related to Angolan culture, aiming to expand the quality and quantity of information on the open internet about this Portuguese-speaking African nation.
* [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Ateli%C3%AA_Paulo_Chavonga/Editatona_Cultura_Angolana?enroll= Check the Dashboard]

Taking place later in November is a [[w:pt:Wikipédia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades em português/Editatona Cultura de Guiné-Bissau|free activity]], open to the public, inviting participants to explore and practice editing Wikidata and Wikipedia across various topics related to Guinea-Bissau's culture. The event is organized in partnership between the Guinea-Bissau Wiki Editors Community and Wikimedia Brasil, occurring both online and in person.

=== October edit-a-thons brought new information on the history and policies of Cultural Heritage and on Cordel Literature === 

[[w:pt:Wikipédia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades em português/Editatona sobre história e políticas do patrimônio cultural (4ª edição)|Edit-a-thon on Cultural Heritage History and Policies (4th edition)]] – On November 1, we concluded tracking the edits connected to the edit-a-thon dedicated to creating, updating, and improving Wikipedia articles related to cultural heritage. Organized through a partnership between Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz and Wikimedia Brasil, the initiative included an award ceremony during an in-person gathering on September 30, along with a second round of prizes for online and asynchronous contributions.

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[[w:pt:Wikipédia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades em português/Editatona Museu da Pessoa - Literatura de Cordel na Wikipédia|Museu da Pessoa Edit-a-thon | Cordel Literature on Wikipedia]] – On October 28, a Wikipedia editing activity took place, organized in partnership between Museu da Pessoa and Wikimedia Brasil. The activity aimed to help the general public discover high-quality, verifiable, and accessible information on Wikipedia about Cordel literature, an essential expression of Brazilian culture.

=== SINDIBRJ live stream on the “Every Book, Its Reader” campaign airs on Nov 9 ===

Wikimedia Brasil and the FSP/USP and IME/USP libraries participate in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkA9hvh9Rp4 live stream hosted] by the Rio de Janeiro State Librarians Union (SINDIBRJ). The session focuses on the “Every Book, Its Reader” project and features a discussion about editing on Wikipedia.


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=== Polish Wikipedia at 25: Anniversary Gala in Warsaw ===
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On 24 September, Wikimedia Polska celebrated the 25th anniversary of [[w:Polish Wikipedia|Polish Wikipedia]] with a gala at the Norblin Factory, a 19th-century industrial complex in Warsaw that has been transformed into a cultural and entertainment hub. The event brought together Wikipedians, partners and friends of the Wikimedia movement in Poland.

The gala was opened by Tomasz Wszeborowski, President of the Board of Wikimedia Polska and a long-time Wikipedian and administrator. A letter from the President of Poland was read to the guests, and speeches were given by Dr Piotr Cywiński, Director of the [[w:Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum|Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum]], and Prof. Hanna Schreiber. The evening continued with a violin concert, a birthday cake and time for informal conversations.

We were especially pleased to welcome a representative of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, as well as our GLAM and academic partners, including the [[w:Nicolaus Copernicus University Library|University Library in Toruń]], [[w:pl:Biblioteka Uniwersytecka we Wrocławiu|Wrocław University Library]], the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute (FINA), the [[w:Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences|Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences]] and the [[w:University of Warsaw|University of Warsaw]]. Twenty-five years of Polish Wikipedia are also a story of growing cooperation with the institutions that care for and research our shared heritage.

Photographs from the event are available in [[:commons:Category:Gala jubileuszowa polskiej Wikipedii w Warszawie|the dedicated Wikimedia Commons category]].

=== Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in Katowice ===
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On 9–10 October, Katowice hosted '''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region|Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region]]''', a conference bringing together the Wikimedia community with researchers who study, use or collaborate with Wikimedia projects. Co-organised by Wikimedia Polska and Wikimedia Ukraine in partnership with the [[w:University of Silesia in Katowice|University of Silesia]], with support from the Wikimedia CEE Hub and a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, the hybrid event offered presentations, workshops, panels and poster sessions on topics ranging from information quality and education to open science and AI.

GLAM and cultural heritage formed one of the conference's thematic tracks, and Polish Wikimedians in Residence played a prominent part in the discussions. Marta Moraczewska, Wikimedian in Residence at [[w:EC1 Łódź – City of Culture|EC1 Łódź – City of Culture]], presented '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/From Residency to Community: Developing Open Knowledge for Industrial Heritage at EC1 Łódź|From Residency to Community]]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAvTxdeVCxs recording]), showing how a residency brought together a cultural institution, a university and students to document industrial heritage. Grzegorz Gogacz, Wikimedian in Residence at [[w:Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of the Masovian Voivodeship|the Warsaw Public Library]], spoke in '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/Microhistory in Wikimedia projects: How the resources of the Mazovian Digital Library are preserving local heritage in Central and Eastern Europe|Microhistory in Wikimedia Projects]]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqnin3U1oNg recording], in Polish) about using the Mazovian Digital Library to fill gaps in regional history. Wojciech Szczęsny, Wikimedian in Residence at [[w:National Library of Poland|the National Library of Poland]], explained in '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/How to make a million files available on Wikimedia projects and have them used fifty thousand times|How to Make a Million Files Available on Wikimedia Projects and Have Them Used Fifty Thousand Times]]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MflRuVzXJxI recording], in Polish) how technology and automation have supported six years of sharing resources from Polona, the library's digital collection.

Agata Jabłońska of [[w:National Museum in Kraków|the National Museum in Kraków]] discussed the museum's long-term involvement in the Wikimedia movement in '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/The Future of the Past? Gifts Data Standards – GLAM – MNK|The Future of the Past? Gifts, Data, Standards – GLAM = MNK]]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1G14b9h6fE&amp;t=7s recording], in Polish). She also announced '''WikiDante''', the next editing campaign organised with Wikimedia Polska. Planned for early next year, it is linked to the exhibition ''In Dante's Mirror: Temptation and Warning'', which opens at the museum in November.

Heritage documentation carried out in partnership with local communities was the focus of '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/Partnership-Based Heritage Documentation: The Experience of a Mobile Digitisation Centre|Partnership-Based Heritage Documentation: The Experience of a Mobile Digitisation Centre]]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uri4hv5QFms recording], in Polish). Ewa Caban, Head of the Cultural Heritage Department at the Wojciech Korfanty Institute in Katowice, and Łukasz Dziuba showed how the institute's mobile digitisation centre works with cultural institutions, NGOs, researchers and local communities in southern Poland to document tangible and intangible heritage.

Kamila Neuman, Open Culture Manager at Wikimedia Polska, spoke in the main hall on '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/Beyond Openness: GLAM–Wiki Partnerships and the Future of Open Knowledge|Beyond Openness: GLAM–Wiki Partnerships and the Future of Open Knowledge]]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4pKteWNnvY&amp;t=123s recording]). Drawing on more than ten years of GLAM-Wiki work in Poland, she outlined five elements that make a partnership work: governance, law and licences, attribution and provenance, visibility, and community. She then showed how each is coming under pressure as people increasingly get their answers from AI: open knowledge becomes more valuable while the people and institutions behind it become less visible. Beyond asking whether something is open, she argued, we need to ask who is responsible for sustaining it, who gets the credit and who keeps it alive.

We also recommend three talks by invited speakers: '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/Who tells the story of intangible heritage|Who Tells the Story of Intangible Heritage?]]''''' by Prof. Hanna Schreiber (UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage in Public and Global Governance, University of Warsaw, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZLbSFhQjB4 recording]), '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/Linked Open Tools for Cultural Heritage: Connecting Wikimedia and European Public Infrastructures|Linked Open Tools for Cultural Heritage]]''''' by Dr Lozana Rossenova (TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEJwP7AvdGg&amp;t=53 recording]) and '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/ Unlocking Collections, Connecting Knowledge. Natural History Collections in the Global Knowledge Graph|Unlocking Collections, Connecting Knowledge]]''''' by Dr Sabine von Mering (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8TF8HEYSrM&amp;t=1617s recording]).

This is our own selection from a GLAM perspective, and we warmly encourage you to explore [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI3x61UpHK0c all the conference recordings on our YouTube channel], some of which are in English. Photographs and presentations can be found in [[:commons:Category:Open Knowledge Wikimedia and Research 2026|the dedicated Wikimedia Commons category]]. The conference was made possible by the commitment of many people, and we would especially like to thank Katarzyna Makowska, Open Science Manager at Wikimedia Polska.

=== University of Wrocław and Wikimedia Polska Sign a GLAM-Wiki Agreement ===
[[File:Wroclaw_University_Library_2017_(cropped).jpg|thumb|Wrocław University Library]]
On 22 October, during International Open Access Week, Prof. Robert Olkiewicz, Rector of the [[w:University of Wrocław|University of Wrocław]], and Grzegorz Kopaczewski, Director of Wikimedia Polska, signed a GLAM-Wiki cooperation agreement at [[w:pl:Biblioteka Uniwersytecka we Wrocławiu|Wrocław University Library]]. It replaces a 2019 agreement with the library and broadens the partnership to the university as a whole.

Under the agreement, selected digital collections of the university will be shared on Wikimedia Commons, researchers will contribute their expertise to writing and verifying Wikipedia articles, and the partners will be able to organise joint training sessions, conferences and educational events on digital skills and open science. At the library, the cooperation will take the form of a Wikimedian in Residence programme, with library staff member Eunika Kupis taking on the role.

We are delighted to have signed this agreement. It follows a period of getting to know each other, with meetings and introductory training sessions at the library, and we are confident that it will lead to an interesting and fruitful collaboration.

''Read more (in Polish) on the [https://uwr.edu.pl/na-rzecz-otwartego-dostepu-do-wiedzy/ University of Wrocław website].''

=== More Important, Less Visible: GLAM-Wiki at No Time to Wait ===
From 14 to 16 October, Warsaw hosted the tenth edition of ''No Time to Wait'', an international conference on open media, open standards and digital audiovisual preservation, organised by the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute (FINA) and MediaArea.net. Kamila Neuman, Open Culture Manager at Wikimedia Polska, presented '''''[https://www.fina.gov.pl/no-time-to-wait-timetable/more-important-less-visible-the-future-of-open-knowledge-in-the-age-of-ai/ More Important, Less Visible: The Future of Open Knowledge in the Age of AI]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/live/vl5LHQlNH0w?t=4512 recording]).

The talk introduced GLAM-Wiki to the audiovisual archive community and showed that even when footage cannot be shared freely, the data about it can, making data the more realistic starting point for a partnership. Drawing on examples such as [[w:Australian Centre for the Moving Image|ACMI]]'s work with Wikidata, it then turned to the challenge posed by AI: as people increasingly receive answers without sources, institutions, volunteers and context disappear from view. Openness remains the foundation, Kamila argued, but it needs to be accompanied by reciprocity and by asking who sustains the commons.

Kamila then joined the panel '''''AI in GLAM: Friend or Foe?''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/live/vl5LHQlNH0w?t=7181 recording]) with the speakers from the session: Franz Hoeller, who presented [https://www.fina.gov.pl/no-time-to-wait-timetable/the-use-of-ai-in-diamant-film-restoration/ the use of AI in DIAMANT-Film Restoration], Wojciech Budzisz, who spoke about [https://www.fina.gov.pl/no-time-to-wait-timetable/lost-in-translation-and-cloud-billing-scaling-automatic-translation-at-the-center-of-community-archives/ scaling automatic translation at the Center of Community Archives], and Yvonne Ng, who introduced the [https://www.fina.gov.pl/no-time-to-wait-timetable/trust-in-archives-initiative-a-community-response-to-generative-ai-tiered-community-recommendations-for-content-authenticity-and-provenance/ Trust in Archives Initiative].

=== Getting to Know University Museums in Toruń ===
From 20 to 23 October, Kamila Neuman attended the museological conference ''[https://muzeum.torun.pl/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Konferencja-Nowoczesne-i-progresywne-muzeum_Program-18-08-2026.pdf Modern and Progressive Museum: Relations and Narratives]'' (in Polish) in Toruń. Organised by the District Museum in Toruń, the Association of University Museums and [[w:Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń|Nicolaus Copernicus University]], the event combined the third edition of the ''Modern Museum'' conference with the tenth national conference of the Association of University Museums.

The main reason for attending was to gain a better understanding of the everyday work of the institutions we collaborate with. Getting to know university museums, a part of the museum sector with which we have not yet had an opportunity to cooperate, proved especially valuable.

=== Coming Up Next ===
In our next report, we will share news from the in-person meeting of Polish Wikimedians in Residence held in Łódź in early November. Stay tuned!

=== Get in Touch ===
If you have any questions about GLAM-Wiki activities in Poland or would like to collaborate, please contact Kamila Neuman, Open Culture Manager at Wikimedia Polska: kamila.neuman{{@}}wikimedia.pl.

We invite you to visit [[w:pl:Wikiprojekt:GLAM|the GLAM-Wiki project page on Polish Wikipedia]] and to follow [https://www.facebook.com/glam.wiki.polska GLAM-Wiki Polska on Facebook] for news about our partnerships, projects and events.

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=== Polish Wikipedia at 25: Anniversary Gala in Warsaw ===
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On 24 September, Wikimedia Polska celebrated the 25th anniversary of [[w:Polish Wikipedia|Polish Wikipedia]] with a gala at the Norblin Factory, a 19th-century industrial complex in Warsaw that has been transformed into a cultural and entertainment hub. The event brought together Wikipedians, partners and friends of the Wikimedia movement in Poland.

The gala was opened by Tomasz Wszeborowski, President of the Board of Wikimedia Polska and a long-time Wikipedian and administrator. A letter from the President of Poland was read to the guests, and speeches were given by Dr Piotr Cywiński, Director of the [[w:Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum|Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum]], and Prof. Hanna Schreiber. The evening continued with a violin concert, a birthday cake and time for informal conversations.

We were especially pleased to welcome a representative of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, as well as our GLAM and academic partners, including the [[w:Nicolaus Copernicus University Library|University Library in Toruń]], [[w:pl:Biblioteka Uniwersytecka we Wrocławiu|Wrocław University Library]], the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute (FINA), the [[w:Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences|Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences]] and the [[w:University of Warsaw|University of Warsaw]]. Twenty-five years of Polish Wikipedia are also a story of growing cooperation with the institutions that care for and research our shared heritage.

Photographs from the event are available in [[:commons:Category:Gala jubileuszowa polskiej Wikipedii w Warszawie|the dedicated Wikimedia Commons category]].

=== Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in Katowice ===
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File:Open Knowledge CEE 2026 Katowice, group photo, 2026-10-09, fot. Matylda Kłos 720.jpg|Conference participants
File:Open Knowledge CEE 2026 Katowice, Kasia Makowska, welcome, 2026-10-09, fot. Olimpia Orządała 006.jpg|Katarzyna Makowska, Open Science Manager at Wikimedia Polska, welcoming the participants
File:Open Knowledge CEE 2026 Katowice, Kamila Neuman, 2026-10-09, fot. Matylda Kłos 724.jpg|Kamila Neuman, Open Culture Manager at Wikimedia Polska
File:Marta Malina Moraczewska Katowice 2026 01.jpg|Marta Malina Moraczewska, Wikimedian in Residence at EC1 Łódź
File:Lozana Rossenova 2026.jpg|Dr Lozana Rossenova, TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology
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On 9–10 October, Katowice hosted '''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region|Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region]]''', a conference bringing together the Wikimedia community with researchers who study, use or collaborate with Wikimedia projects. Co-organised by Wikimedia Polska and Wikimedia Ukraine in partnership with the [[w:University of Silesia in Katowice|University of Silesia]], with support from the Wikimedia CEE Hub and a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, the hybrid event offered presentations, workshops, panels and poster sessions on topics ranging from information quality and education to open science and AI.

GLAM and cultural heritage formed one of the conference's thematic tracks, and Polish Wikimedians in Residence played a prominent part in the discussions. Marta Moraczewska, Wikimedian in Residence at [[w:EC1 Łódź – City of Culture|EC1 Łódź – City of Culture]], presented '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/From Residency to Community: Developing Open Knowledge for Industrial Heritage at EC1 Łódź|From Residency to Community]]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAvTxdeVCxs recording]), showing how a residency brought together a cultural institution, a university and students to document industrial heritage. Grzegorz Gogacz, Wikimedian in Residence at [[w:Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of the Masovian Voivodeship|the Warsaw Public Library]], spoke in '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/Microhistory in Wikimedia projects: How the resources of the Mazovian Digital Library are preserving local heritage in Central and Eastern Europe|Microhistory in Wikimedia Projects]]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqnin3U1oNg recording], in Polish) about using the Mazovian Digital Library to fill gaps in regional history. Wojciech Szczęsny, Wikimedian in Residence at [[w:National Library of Poland|the National Library of Poland]], explained in '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/How to make a million files available on Wikimedia projects and have them used fifty thousand times|How to Make a Million Files Available on Wikimedia Projects and Have Them Used Fifty Thousand Times]]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MflRuVzXJxI recording], in Polish) how technology and automation have supported six years of sharing resources from Polona, the library's digital collection.

Agata Jabłońska of [[w:National Museum in Kraków|the National Museum in Kraków]] discussed the museum's long-term involvement in the Wikimedia movement in '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/The Future of the Past? Gifts Data Standards – GLAM – MNK|The Future of the Past? Gifts, Data, Standards – GLAM = MNK]]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1G14b9h6fE&amp;t=7s recording], in Polish). She also announced '''WikiDante''', the next editing campaign organised with Wikimedia Polska. Planned for early next year, it is linked to the exhibition ''In Dante's Mirror: Temptation and Warning'', which opens at the museum in November.

Heritage documentation carried out in partnership with local communities was the focus of '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/Partnership-Based Heritage Documentation: The Experience of a Mobile Digitisation Centre|Partnership-Based Heritage Documentation: The Experience of a Mobile Digitisation Centre]]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uri4hv5QFms recording], in Polish). Ewa Caban, Head of the Cultural Heritage Department at the Wojciech Korfanty Institute in Katowice, and Łukasz Dziuba showed how the institute's mobile digitisation centre works with cultural institutions, NGOs, researchers and local communities in southern Poland to document tangible and intangible heritage.

Kamila Neuman, Open Culture Manager at Wikimedia Polska, spoke in the main hall on '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/Beyond Openness: GLAM–Wiki Partnerships and the Future of Open Knowledge|Beyond Openness: GLAM–Wiki Partnerships and the Future of Open Knowledge]]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4pKteWNnvY&amp;t=123s recording]). Drawing on more than ten years of GLAM-Wiki work in Poland, she outlined five elements that make a partnership work: governance, law and licences, attribution and provenance, visibility, and community. She then showed how each is coming under pressure as people increasingly get their answers from AI: open knowledge becomes more valuable while the people and institutions behind it become less visible. Beyond asking whether something is open, she argued, we need to ask who is responsible for sustaining it, who gets the credit and who keeps it alive.

We also recommend three talks by invited speakers: '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/Who tells the story of intangible heritage|Who Tells the Story of Intangible Heritage?]]''''' by Prof. Hanna Schreiber (UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage in Public and Global Governance, University of Warsaw, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZLbSFhQjB4 recording]), '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/Linked Open Tools for Cultural Heritage: Connecting Wikimedia and European Public Infrastructures|Linked Open Tools for Cultural Heritage]]''''' by Dr Lozana Rossenova (TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEJwP7AvdGg&amp;t=53 recording]) and '''''[[m:Open Knowledge: Wikimedia &amp; Research in the CEE Region/Submissions/ Unlocking Collections, Connecting Knowledge. Natural History Collections in the Global Knowledge Graph|Unlocking Collections, Connecting Knowledge]]''''' by Dr Sabine von Mering (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8TF8HEYSrM&amp;t=1617s recording]).

This is our own selection from a GLAM perspective, and we warmly encourage you to explore [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI3x61UpHK0c all the conference recordings on our YouTube channel], some of which are in English. Photographs and presentations can be found in [[:commons:Category:Open Knowledge Wikimedia and Research 2026|the dedicated Wikimedia Commons category]]. The conference was made possible by the commitment of many people, and we would especially like to thank Katarzyna Makowska, Open Science Manager at Wikimedia Polska.

=== University of Wrocław and Wikimedia Polska Sign a GLAM-Wiki Agreement ===
[[File:Wroclaw_University_Library_2017_(cropped).jpg|thumb|Wrocław University Library]]
On 22 October, during International Open Access Week, Prof. Robert Olkiewicz, Rector of the [[w:University of Wrocław|University of Wrocław]], and Grzegorz Kopaczewski, Director of Wikimedia Polska, signed a GLAM-Wiki cooperation agreement at [[w:pl:Biblioteka Uniwersytecka we Wrocławiu|Wrocław University Library]]. It replaces a 2019 agreement with the library and broadens the partnership to the university as a whole.

Under the agreement, selected digital collections of the university will be shared on Wikimedia Commons, researchers will contribute their expertise to writing and verifying Wikipedia articles, and the partners will be able to organise joint training sessions, conferences and educational events on digital skills and open science. At the library, the cooperation will take the form of a Wikimedian in Residence programme, with library staff member Eunika Kupis taking on the role.

We are delighted to have signed this agreement. It follows a period of getting to know each other, with meetings and introductory training sessions at the library, and we are confident that it will lead to an interesting and fruitful collaboration.

''Read more (in Polish) on the [https://uwr.edu.pl/na-rzecz-otwartego-dostepu-do-wiedzy/ University of Wrocław website].''

=== More Important, Less Visible: GLAM-Wiki at No Time to Wait ===
From 14 to 16 October, Warsaw hosted the tenth edition of ''No Time to Wait'', an international conference on open media, open standards and digital audiovisual preservation, organised by the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute (FINA) and MediaArea.net. Kamila Neuman, Open Culture Manager at Wikimedia Polska, presented '''''[https://www.fina.gov.pl/no-time-to-wait-timetable/more-important-less-visible-the-future-of-open-knowledge-in-the-age-of-ai/ More Important, Less Visible: The Future of Open Knowledge in the Age of AI]''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/live/vl5LHQlNH0w?t=4512 recording]).

The talk introduced GLAM-Wiki to the audiovisual archive community and showed that even when footage cannot be shared freely, the data about it can, making data the more realistic starting point for a partnership. Drawing on examples such as [[w:Australian Centre for the Moving Image|ACMI]]'s work with Wikidata, it then turned to the challenge posed by AI: as people increasingly receive answers without sources, institutions, volunteers and context disappear from view. Openness remains the foundation, Kamila argued, but it needs to be accompanied by reciprocity and by asking who sustains the commons.

Kamila then joined the panel '''''AI in GLAM: Friend or Foe?''''' ([https://www.youtube.com/live/vl5LHQlNH0w?t=7181 recording]) with Franz Höller of HS-ART Digital Service, the Austrian company behind the DIAMANT-Film Restoration software; Wojciech Budzisz, a software engineer and core contributor to the Open Archiving System developed at the KARTA Center Foundation in Warsaw; and Yvonne Ng of WITNESS, a global organisation that helps people use video to defend human rights.

=== Getting to Know University Museums in Toruń ===
From 20 to 23 October, Kamila Neuman attended the museological conference ''[https://muzeum.torun.pl/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Konferencja-Nowoczesne-i-progresywne-muzeum_Program-18-08-2026.pdf Modern and Progressive Museum: Relations and Narratives]'' (in Polish) in Toruń. Organised by the District Museum in Toruń, the Association of University Museums and [[w:Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń|Nicolaus Copernicus University]], the event combined the third edition of the ''Modern Museum'' conference with the tenth national conference of the Association of University Museums.

The main reason for attending was to gain a better understanding of the everyday work of the institutions we collaborate with. Getting to know university museums, a part of the museum sector with which we have not yet had an opportunity to cooperate, proved especially valuable.

=== Coming Up Next ===
In our next report, we will share news from the in-person meeting of Polish Wikimedians in Residence held in Łódź in early November. Stay tuned!

=== Get in Touch ===
If you have any questions about GLAM-Wiki activities in Poland or would like to collaborate, please contact Kamila Neuman, Open Culture Manager at Wikimedia Polska: kamila.neuman{{@}}wikimedia.pl.

We invite you to visit [[w:pl:Wikiprojekt:GLAM|the GLAM-Wiki project page on Polish Wikipedia]] and to follow [https://www.facebook.com/glam.wiki.polska GLAM-Wiki Polska on Facebook] for news about our partnerships, projects and events.

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