Hi, all!
I thought this opportunity might interest some people on this list.
Wiki Ed has been leveraging our higher ed connections to partner with
academic libraries. They're opening up online resources to Wikipedians with
a history of editing in particular topic areas. Editors receive the same
kind of access a student at the institution would have: databases,
journals, special digital collections, and even books.
We've seen great results so far (one example that might interest you is Barbara
Page’s efforts <https://wikiedu.org/blog/2016/06/28/upitt-visiting-scholar/> to
expand access to women's health information thanks to resources provided by
Pitt).
Right now, Hunter College would like to donate resources to a Wikipedian
who will use them to improve biographies of women or articles about women's
education, which seems fit for a lot of people on this list.
There are other positions
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Visiting_Scholars/Apply> too.
If anyone is interested, I can help connect you.
You can be located anywhere in the world, so long as you have a history of
contributions to the English Wikipedia. We have a Google form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XPTVNDgMBandN7s_JdCQVqevPf4HS2lIFdw7s-hgjrc/viewform?usp=send_form>
for you to express your interest in a Visiting Scholar position, and we'll
try to find a good match!
Thanks everyone! Happy editing,
Jami
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Jami Mathewson
Educational Partnerships Manager
Wiki Education Foundation
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@WikiEducation <https://twitter.com/WikiEducation>
wikiedu.org/partnerships/