I'm excited to announce the following event:
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM TO HOST WIKIPEDIA “GUGG-A-THON” IN EARLY OCTOBER
The Guggenheim Museum will host a Wikipedia “Gugg-a-thon” on Tuesday,
October 7, 2014 from 2pm - 8pm, to support contributions to Wikipedia’s
content on museum architecture. Join us at the Guggenheim to add
information about museum architecture to the world’s largest source of free
knowledge during the fourth annual month-long Archtober festival.
The program will include welcoming remarks by notable scholars in the field
of museum architecture, an overview of the Guggenheim’s own architecture
and design, and background on Wikipedia’s role as an institutional partner.
The agenda also includes a free, backstage, architectural tour of the
Guggenheim Museum. Light refreshments will be provided. Registration
strongly recommended. Remote participation encouraged.
LINKS
Event page
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Guggenheim_Museum>
Eventbrite registration
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-the-guggenheim-museum…>
OR on Wikipedia registration
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Guggenheim_Museum#Attendees_…>
***INFO*
*Date:* Tuesday, October 7, 2014
*Address:* 1071 Fifth Avenue (please enter through 89th Street)
*Time: *2:00pm-8:00pm
*Welcoming Remarks:* Event organizers, William Menking, Founder and Editor
of The Architects Newspaper, Cara Cragan, Guggenheim Museum Senior Manager,
Architecture, Commissions, and Project Planning (SRGM), and Amanda Parmer,
curator and host of Edit-a-thons at Parmer Gallery, Brooklyn.
*Hosts:* The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Metropolitan New York Library
Council
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
Dear All,
*After a brief hiatus, monthly GLAMouts will resume just after Labor Day
this September, on Thursday September 4th at 3pm EST.*
As you may know, GLAMouts are an opportunity for U.S.-based and other
Wikipedians working in GLAM institutions or affiliated projects to share
project updates, discuss recent initiatives, and ask each other questions.
It is also an opportunity for those interested in GLAM-Wiki U.S. to
introduce themselves and learn from other community members.
I encourage you to RSVP and sign up now on our event page
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout/2014/September#Attende…>
if you are interested in presenting so we can all get a better idea of the
agenda. So far I’ve added a few suggested topics to the list and you are
welcome to claim one of those if you like as well.
Per usual, we will be using a Google hangout which will be emailed to
confirmed participants beforehand, added to the Wikipedia event page just
before the hangout, and Tweeted out via @glamwiki, my own account
@DorothyR_Howard, and the accounts of other regular GLAMout participants.
The video will also be streamed on Youtube for those who just want to watch
and the link will be made available on the event page on Wikipedia.
Please forward this message widely to those you think may be interested.
Best wishes,
Dorothy Howard
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
Greetings! The Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grants program is
accepting proposals for funding new experiments from September 1st to 30th.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG>
Your idea can improve Wikimedia projects by building a new tool or gadget,
organizing a better process on your wiki, conducting research on an
important issue, or providing other support for community-building. Whether
you need $200 or $30,000 USD, Individual Engagement Grants can cover your
own project development time in addition to funding for a team to help you.
The program has a flexible schedule and reporting structure, and
Grantmaking staff are there to support you through all stages of the
process.
Do you have have a good idea, but you are worried that it isn’t developed
enough for a grant? Put it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff
can give you advice and guidance on how to bring it to life. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab> Also, IEG will be hosting
three Hangout Sessions for real-time discussions to help you make your
proposal better - the first will happen on September 16th. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events>
For inspiration, you can read more about past projects that received
funding<https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/individual-engagement-grants/> or
review open proposals <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-reviewing>. We are excited
to see some of the new ways your grant ideas can support our community and
make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects.
Submit your proposal in September!
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-apply>
Warm regards,
Ocaasi and the IEG Committee
Hi all,
This is a bit of a long shot, but does anyone happen to know any editors in
Santa Barbara / UCSB who could help with a potential GLAM/editing project?
I'm probably going to work with the group on training, but it's always nice
to have someone on the ground.
-- Phoebe
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* I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at>
gmail.com *
Hello all,
I'm excited to share that the New Media Consortium has released their first
Horizon Report for Libraries. For years NMC has produced Horizon Reports
for the academic and museum sectors, and those reports are invaluable for
monitoring shifts in the use of technology in informal and formal learning
environments.
You can see the full report here:
http://www.nmc.org/publications/2014-horizon-report-library
The Wikipedia Library and DPLA are both mentioned.
I've served on the Horizon Report: Museum Edition advisory board for three
years, and I'm a contributing editor for the NMC blog, where I discuss
Wikipedia frequently. I've always been impressed by the New Media
Consortium's process for incorporating diverse expertise and perspectives
into their reports. Hopefully you all find this useful, as well.
Best,
Lori
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Lori Byrd Phillips
Digital Marketing Content Coordinator
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/
The Wikipedia Library has new, free research account signups available:
New
* British Newspaper Archive <http://enwp.org/WP:BNA> (50 accounts)
* Keesing's World News Archive <http://enwp.org/WP:Keesings> (25 accounts)
Expanded
* Credo Reference <http://enwp.org/WP:CREDO> (200 new accounts)
* JSTOR!! <http://enwp.org/WP:JSTOR> (400 new accounts).
Medical
* BMJ <http://enwp.org/WP:BMJ> (25 accounts)
* Cochrane Library <http://enwp.org/WP:Cochrane> (100 accounts)
Other
*Questia Online Library <http://enwp.org/WP:Questia (500 accounts)
*HighBeam Research <http://enwp.org/WP:HighBeam (500 accounts)
Sign up!
Accounts are available to ALL global editors with a 1 year old account and
1000 edits. Please notify your local community about the signups. You can
signup today on English Wikipedia. But! If you have started a local
Wikipedia Library branch you can host signups on your local Wiki (Arabic,
Chinese...). To set up a Wikipedia Library branch email Ocaasi at
jorlowitz(a)gmail.com.
Thanks!
Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi)
The Wikipedia Library
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library>
Hey All,
As part of The Wikipedia Library (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library), we have
recently been developing another sets of documentation for Library-related
outreach:
We are calling the project Wikipedia Library Interns. In the U.S. there has
been a significant number of published case studies describing student
hires or student interns editing Wikipedia for the library that employs
them. We created a page that combines the motivation for that kind of
editing, increased website traffic and visibility, with the experience of
the Education Program and GLAM-Wiki movement. We also created a course page
with the Education plugin to monitor those interns. I am currently in the
process of trying to find some libraries interested in working with student
interns. For more information see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TWL/I
Feedback or ideas about who would be interested in these program would be
great!
Alex Stinson
User:Sadads
Project Manager
The Wikipedia Library