GLAM-US November 2013

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Program Evaluation & Design [ongoing] data report out on meta about edit-a-thons
by Sarah Stierch 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

(Crossposted) Hello everyone! *As many of you may remember, the Program Evaluation and Design team invited program leaders, including many of you, to voluntarily participate in our first Data Collection Survey. Thank you for your participation!* As a pilot survey, it has provided us insight into what you are tracking regarding data in the programs you implement, and how we can better support you in order to evaluate the impact your programs are making. We have been looking at that data for our current focus programs: edit-a-thons, Wikipedia editing workshops, GLAM content donations, on-wiki writing contests, Wiki Loves Monuments and other photography initiatives.* When the survey closed, we had responses from 23 program leaders from around the world, who reported on 64 total programmatic activities. Our team also collected data from 54 additional programmatic activities, to fill out areas where we had gaps in reporting.* *We're excited to announce that we have our first draft report ready for you to. It includes data reported and collected about edit-a-thons:* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/Edit-a-t… We evaluated the impact edit-a-thons are having based on their goals, which often include the creation of content on wiki, and the recruitment and retention of new editors. This report is not final and we would like to improve it over time.* Since this is our first time doing a report like this, we want your feedback.* *After you take the time to read the report, we would like your feedback on the talk page about:* - Whether the report is understandable and written in a way that makes it useful to you - What kind of information you would like to see more of / less of - What we could do to improve the collection of data (e.g. would you rather like to send us your cohort data and let us do the analysis? – this might help with reducing your workload) - Any other feedback you have. *Secondly, we want to know if program leaders have more impactful or better quality data than is reported here.* We had a lot of great data come through, but, we also know, with 26 edit-a-thons being reported, there are a lot more out there doing this specific kind of event. So please tell us:*Can you do better than is reported here?* This is a chance to brag and celebrate the work you've been doing, but didn't perhaps get a chance to report during this first survey. We can't wait to hear back from you! *So, in case you have run an edit-a-thon that you think was more successful than any other edit-a-thon already included in our report*, please send a quick email to sarah(a)wikimedia.org and I will follow up with you on the next steps. Over the next couple of weeks we'll be publishing additional reports, using your feedback. Thank you so much for your time and contributions. And if you need anything, feel free to email me or contact me on wiki. -Sarah -- *Sarah Stierch* *Wikimedia Foundation Program Evaluation & Design Community Coordinator* Donate<http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Donate/en&utm_source=&utm_…>today and keep it free! Visit me on Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch>!

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Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter (#1)
by Jake Orlowitz 04 Nov '13

04 Nov '13

*Books and Bytes* Welcome to the inaugural edition of *Books and Bytes*, The Wikipedia Library's monthly newsletter. The Wikipedia Library is an open research hub for connecting libraries to Wikipedia and encyclopedia editors back to libraries and reliable sources. There's lots of news this month for The Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved: *New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian *Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted. *New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis?? *New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges * News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY * Announcing WikiProject Open:''' WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions * New ways to get involved: Free accounts, user profiles, subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration Read the full newsletter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Oct… Thanks for reading! --Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi) and Pat Earley (The Interior) *To receive future updates of Books and Bytes on Wikipedia, please add your name to *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Newsletter/Recipients

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Re: [GLAM-US] November GLAMout -- cancelled
by keilanawiki＠gmail.com 03 Nov '13

03 Nov '13

I might actually be able to attend this one! Sent from my HTC One™ S on T-Mobile. America’s First Nationwide 4G Network. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Proffitt,Merrilee" <proffitm(a)oclc.org> To: "North American Cultural Partnerships" <glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination" <cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>, "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [GLAM-US] November GLAMout -- cancelled Date: Fri, Nov 1, 2013 12:11 PM Hi all, We had a GLAMout scheduled for today but it sort of fell by the wayside in terms of reminders and scheduling content, so I'm going to call it cancelled. I am prepared to both host the meeting next month (unless someone else is dying to do it!) and also send out a reminder about the event a week prior. However, I'll need help both in terms of someone monitoring and pushing out info on Twitter and of course topics for discussion (along with willing presenters!). For now, put Friday December 6th from 12-1 Pacific / 3-4 Eastern / 20:00-21:00 UTC on your calendars for the December GLAMout! Merrilee

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Sept. GLAMout Friday
by Lori Phillips 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

Hi all! The next GLAMout is Friday September 6! (That's currently "tomorrow" for US folks but "today" for those further east.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout/2013/September GLAMouts are monthly live Google Hangout on Air sessions where we discuss developments in GLAM-Wiki. It will also be recorded for later. This GLAMout is 3–4 p.m. EDT | 12–1 p.m. PDT | 7–8 p.m. UTC. The link to the video will be available via Twitter on the @glamwiki account and #glamwiki hashtag, and also shared with this list. *Please join the conversation by using the #glamwiki hashtag!* We've had great success with this in our past GLAMouts. The GLAMout is a chance to share important news or progress on GLAM-Wiki projects. We did not have an August GLAMout due to Wikimania, so this one will likely be pretty packed with updates. If you have additional updates please do add them to the October GLAMout agenda so we can be sure to include them next month. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout/2013/October Thanks so much! Lori -- Lori Byrd Phillips Digital Marketing Content Coordinator The Children's Museum of Indianapolis 703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/

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My conflict of interest statement
by Dominic McDevitt-Parks 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

Hi all, As you may have heard <http://blogs.archives.gov/aotus/?p=5179>, I am now a full-time, permanent staff member at the US National Archives employed to work on Wikipedia initiatives. This makes me, even more clearly so than previous Wikipedians in Residence which are often temporary workers or interns, a paid editor. I have rewritten my user page <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic>on Wikimedia projects where I am active to reflect my job (and position with my chapter). I am publishing my entire job description on Wikipedia. I have also written a somewhat lengthy FAQ<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic/FAQ>about my personal history, motivations, and what I will and will not be doing as a paid editor. This statement has been approved by NARA, so it represents their intentions as an agency as well as my personal thoughts. I would encourage you to read it. I realize that this is going well beyond the conflict of interest statement we usually suggest of cultural professionals editing Wikipedia. I'm essentially doing this for two reasons. First, out of an abundance of caution, I would like to demonstrate a high level of transparency and thoughtfulness, since I am a very public example of being a paid editor. Second, I am hoping that the way I have expressed the rationale for my participation on Wikimedia projects can be an exemplar, both for prospective GLAM partners interested in best practices, and for the Wikipedia community, which is probably sorely in need of positive examples of non-advocacy paid editing right now. To that end, I'd be interested to hear everyone's thoughts on this approach generally or specifically on the statements I've published. I am still willing any necessary changes if you have a good suggestion. Dominic

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