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Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi)
Hello everyone,
I am pleased to announce that Wikimedia DC is hiring a project manager for our upcoming Wikipedia Summer of Monuments campaign. Summer of Monuments is a variant of the Wiki Loves Monuments campaign successfully carried out in the United States in 2012 and 2013. The position will be filled from May to October and it will be based in Washington, DC. For more information on the project and position, see <http://blog.wikimediadc.org/2014/04/were-hiring/>.
Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the position.
—
James Hare
President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org
@harej / @wikimediadc
The Colored Conventions Project, in conjunction with the University of
Delaware Library and the University of Delaware History Media Center, plans
to host a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the University of Delaware on Saturday,
April 26.
The program will start at 11:00 a.m. with an Intro to Wikipedia Editing
Workshop, led by Mary Mark Ockerbloom, the Wikipedian in Residence at the
Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia. Mary will give an overview of
topics including Wikipedia culture, the writing style of Wikipedia, and
nuts-and-bolts how-tos.
After the Intro Workshop, the Edit-a-thon will begin at 1:15 p.m.
Attendees are welcome to bring their own interests and data for entry in
Wikipedia. Attendees who do not bring data of their own are invited to use
the biographical and other information resources gathered by the Colored
Conventions project, which covers a neglected, critical period of
African-American history. The biographical information about historically
important men and women of color could help to fill the current deficit of
such information on Wikipedia.
Eventbrite Signup:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/colored-conventions-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tick…
Wikipedia Meetup Page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/University_of_Delaware/April…
--Audrey Hamelers
All: (I hope my cross-posting isn't a problem; please let me know if so.)
Here's a blog post I just wrote:
http://wikistrategies.net/5-things-wikipedian-in-residence/
Since there has been recent attention to how Wikipedian in Residence
programs should be planned and executed,[1] I thought a general interest
piece on what has been shown to work might be helpful. Feedback and
responses encouraged!
Pete
[[User:Peteforsyth]]
Principal, Wiki Strategies
[1] http://enwp.org/WP:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-03-19/News_and_notes
HI Derric,
There are separate GLAM email lists to which I'm forwarding your message.
GLAM folk: since Derric is not subscribed, you should ensure that your
message goes to him directly.
Bob
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Derric Atzrott <datzrott(a)alizeepathology.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 3:25 PM
Subject: [libraries] GLAM: Frederick Historical Society
To: Wikimedia & Libraries <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello,
Over the weekend I spoke with some folks from the Frederick Historical
Society about Wikipedia and Wikisource and the value that their collection
has. I mentioned the GLAM initiative to them, and they seemed interested.
One person even printed out the GLAM page [0] for reference.
Do any of you have experience setting up GLAM initiatives with archives?
They have a lot of pre-1927 documents and photos that I suspect could be
very useful to Wikipedia editors and the public as a whole. How would be
the best way to approach trying to set something up. I myself actually am
not as familiar with GLAM as I could be. Is there any pages that I should
make sure I am familiar with as well?
Note: This is unrelated to the edit-a-thon thread. The edit-a-thon is
being hosted by my local public library. Here I am trying to set something
up with my local historical society.
Thank you,
Derric Atzrott
Computer Specialist
Alizee Pathology
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM
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