[Gendergap] GLAM was: Re: Fwd: The Feminist Movement in Museum Technology startstoday at the Smithsonian!

And you are correct Daniel. I was a minor contributor to Wikipedia until I brought my GLAM work to the table. It's been a powerful tool not only as a GLAM person (for my resume, for networking), but, as a researcher, I generally bring my research work to Wikipedia after submitting it to the appropriate curators. I get more satisfaction completing a quality article about an artist I am passionate about than I do knowing all that hard work will end up a small tiny label underneath that artists painting on a museum wall. It's very empowering. On another note, many of the most active Wikipedia community members in GLAM WIKI are women. Now if only we had enough supply for the demand regarding the amount GLAMs that want to work with us to fulfill needs - but, sadly funding and time isn't allowing that. Museum studies programs are 95% female in most programs, including mine, and I think we're missing tapping into a resource of people who work to share information with the world (including archivists/librarians). I do think that GLAM outreach will be a critical tool in helping to bring more female editors, and retain them in Wikimedia. It just takes investment - time and money. (oh, and people). :) -Sarah On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Daniel and Elizabeth Case < dancase(a)frontiernet.net&gt; wrote: -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for Wikimedia <http://www.glamwiki.org> Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch> and Sarah Stierch Consulting *Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.* ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.sarahstierch.com/