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Re: [GLAM-US] GLAM-US Digest, Vol 18, Issue 6
by Snyder, Sara 01 Jan '14

01 Jan '14

I can't begin to tell you how much the black hole of AfC pains me. So many GLAMs have been sucked into it. I believe in the right of new editors to create a stub! Thanks very much Andy for bringing this to our attention. I expanded the article and added refs myself, and then resubmitted. Hope this will do the trick. Sara Snyder Webmaster, Archives of American Art Smithsonian Institution (202) 633-7987 | www.aaa.si.edu ________________________________________ From: glam-us-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [glam-us-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] on behalf of glam-us-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org [glam-us-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org] Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 7:01 AM To: glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: GLAM-US Digest, Vol 18, Issue 6 Send GLAM-US mailing list submissions to glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://lists.wikimedia.org/mail… or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to glam-us-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at glam-us-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of GLAM-US digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Articles for creation/Bay Area Museum (Andy Mabbett) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 22:40:36 +0000 From: Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> To: North American Cultural Partnerships <glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [GLAM-US] Articles for creation/Bay Area Museum Message-ID: <CABiXOE=Ud2J+rDmnfekWwQ3T+Gq7KzOJeutngPWwndeEN0SxGw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 One of you folk might be interested helping the author of this AfC candidate to get it into a fit state for publication: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi… and then reaching out to the msueum as a potential GLAM partner. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/&k=d… ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ GLAM-US mailing list GLAM-US(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://lists.wikimedia.org/mail… End of GLAM-US Digest, Vol 18, Issue 6 **************************************

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Articles for creation/Bay Area Museum
by Andy Mabbett 01 Jan '14

01 Jan '14

One of you folk might be interested helping the author of this AfC candidate to get it into a fit state for publication: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Bay_Area… and then reaching out to the msueum as a potential GLAM partner. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Re: [GLAM-US] [cultural-partners] [MCG] Museums and the Web 2014 Baltimore Conference - Early Bird Rates Expire in 2 days!
by Lori Phillips 30 Dec '13

30 Dec '13

Thanks Jonathan! It'd be great to have GLAM representation at Museums & the Web. It is the more expensive of the two, between Museum Computer Network and MW, so I rarely attend, and will not be this year. If anyone is interested in submitting a proposal, let me know though and I'd be happy to help look it over or offer insight on the kinds of specific things this community looks for in a proposal. Lori On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 4:38 AM, Jonathan Cardy < jonathan.cardy(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Just in case any of our GLAMistas on the US east coast haven't picked up > on this. It would be good to have some Wikimedians participate. > > Regards > > Jonathan Cardy > GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser/Trefnydd GLAM (Galeriau, > Llyfrgelloedd, Archifdai a llawer Mwy!) > Wikimedia UK > 0207 065 0990 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. > > > Press Enter to send your message. > > > On 30 December 2013 11:27, Hiroko Kusano <hkusano(a)museumsandtheweb.com>wrote: > >> Early bird rates expire in 2 days on December 31st, 2013... register for >> Museums and the Web 2014 now ( >> http://mw2014.museumsandtheweb.com/registration/) to save! Last chance >> to propose a lighting talk or demo session ( >> http://mw2014.museumsandtheweb.com/call-for-proposals/) is also >> December 31st, 2013. >> >> Museums and the Web is the largest international conference devoted to >> art, science, and natural and cultural heritage online. Since 1997 it has >> hosted more than 20 events for museum professionals in the USA, Asia and >> Europe. Every year our North American conference features the best and most >> ground-breaking digital work in museums around the world. Its proceedings, >> freely available online (http://www.museumsandtheweb.com), represent one >> of the largest archives on digital innovation in the cultural sector, and >> serve as an important resource for professionals, students and others >> working with museums: >> >> In 2013 we hosted Museums and the Web 2013 in Portland with 580 attendees >> from 44 countries, a Deep Dive to learn about the ground-breaking “Gallery >> One” installation at the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the 2nd Annual >> Museums and the Web Asia conference was held in Hong Kong and Beijing, >> China. MWA2013 included presentations by leading technologists and museum >> innovators from the Asia Pacific region, North America, Europe, and the >> Middle East. By hosting two sequential events MWA2013 attracted more than >> 300 attendees from 24 countries. >> >> 2014 promises to be another busy year starting with MW Florence February >> 19-21, 2014 in Florence; Italy, MW2014: Museums and the Web 2014, April >> 2-5, in Baltimore Maryland, USA; a Deep Dive on Email Archiving in Art >> Museums as well as an event in the fall in Asia. >> >> Early bird rates apply through December 31st, 2013 when you register for >> Museums and the Web 2014 ( >> http://mw2014.museumsandtheweb.com/registration/) >> >> You may also propose a lighting talk or demo session ( >> http://mw2014.museumsandtheweb.com/call-for-proposals/) through >> December 31st, 2013. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Museums and the Web Florence 2014 | February 19-21, 2014 | Florence, >> Italy (http://mwf2014.museumsandtheweb.com/) >> MW2014: Museums and the Web USA | April 2-5, 2014 | Baltimore, MD, USA ( >> http://mw2014.museumsandtheweb.com/) >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Museums and the Web (http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/) >> LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Museums-Web-725107/about) >> Google+ (https://plus.google.com/106892425126986327566/posts) >> Twitter (https://twitter.com/museweb) >> Search (http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/search/) >> Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/museweb) >> >> >> >> **************************************************************** >> website: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ >> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ukmcg >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/museumscomputergroup >> [un]subscribe: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ >> **************************************************************** >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Cultural-Partners mailing list > Cultural-Partners(a)wikimedia.ch > https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/cultural-partners > Please treat emails sent to this list as confidential.Ask senders for > permission before forwarding emails off-list. > -- Lori Byrd Phillips Digital Marketing Content Coordinator The Children's Museum of Indianapolis 703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/

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US National Archives virtual internship program
by Dominic McDevitt-Parks 23 Dec '13

23 Dec '13

Hi all, I'd like to announce the US National Archives' new virtual internship program<http://www.archives.gov/careers/internships/virtual/index.html#wikipedian>for Wikipedians. We are offering unpaid internships at the National Archives for experienced Wikipedians with technical or community skills. This is intended to be a way for Wikipedians interested in working on NARA's GLAM efforts to formalize their affiliation with NARA, and receive academic credit, work experience, and a reference. The interns will have a staff mentor (me) to guide their work, and the chance to have a real impact on the state of Wikipedia and public access to cultural heritage. We are initially offering internships for Wikipedians with technical skills, who would help us with Commons image uploads, analytics, etc., and those skilled at organizing the Wikimedia community, to help coordinate our WikiProject and communicate our activities. There is no required time commitment or start date, and these sorts of details can be negotiated. I would encourage anyone on this list with interest to apply or share out the posting with other members of the Wikimedia community who might be a good fit. Please feel free to reply here or contact me personally if you have any questions. More information and instructions for applying can be found here: http://www.archives.gov/careers/internships/virtual/index.html#wikipedian Thanks! -- Dominic McDevitt-Parks Digital Content Specialist, Wikipedian in Residence National Archives and Records Administration Dominic.McDevitt-Parks(a)nara.gov (301) 837-0356

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GLAMOut Happening NOW
by Lori Phillips 06 Dec '13

06 Dec '13

Watch the December GLAMOut here: http://youtu.be/zDPGpSmm9yk Please ask questions on the #glamwiki hashtag. I'll facilitate sharing them with the group On Air. The December GLAMout is happening LIVE now, December 6th 12pm-1pm Pacific Time (3pm-4pm ET | 19-20h UTC). See the agenda here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout/2013/December Lori -- Lori Byrd Phillips Digital Marketing Content Coordinator The Children's Museum of Indianapolis 703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/

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by Jake Orlowitz 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Books & Bytes Volume 1, Issue 2, November 2013 by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs) Sign up for monthly delivery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Re… Read online: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/No… Wikipedia Library Highlights New accounts survey TWL is in discussions with several database providers to start new pilot programs for research account donations. Two of the largest research database organizations in the world, EBSCO Publishing and ProQuest, are both interested in learning which of their database services Wikipedians would be most interested in receiving. TWL has put together a survey to help with this, as well as gather more general information about usage, editor satisfaction and the direction Wikipedians would like to see their library moving in. The brief Google Forms survey takes 5-10 minutes, and will be sent out this week to TWL subscribers. JSTOR expired, extended The JSTOR pilot program, which gave 100 free accounts to top article writers, expired this month. Thanks to Steven Walling, an extension until the end of January was secured. Talks with JSTOR are ongoing to keep this valuable resource available free of charge to editors. Sign up for JSTOR. New Metrics New data from the Credo Partnership showed a 500% increase in links to the site in total since the program began. With much larger numbers in general, and a shorter time frame, the HighBeam increase of 390% as of May 2013 is also of interest. Special thanks to Johnuniq for compiling this data. If you are data-inclined, TWL always needs help compiling statistics. These stats are useful not only to our current partners, but also to encouraging prospective new partners to make donations. Help Needed: TWL Account Coordinator TWL is seeking a manager for the coordinated dispersal of donated accounts. The role involves watchlisting the application pages, vetting candidates using a fairly simple set of requirements (1 year activity, 1000 edits on any Wikimedia projects, having email enabled and an expressed desire to use the account for article work), and then emailing the access codes to users. As it stands, this would be not more 1-2 hours of work a week (though it will when new accounts are announced). Great communication and responsiveness so that subscribers get prompt replies to their applications is a must. If you are interested, please get in touch with The Interior or Ocaasi. Apply to be the new Account Coordinator. Wikipedia Visiting Scholars Along with the announcement of a position at George Mason University, a second institution plans to host a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar placement - University of California at Riverside Library.More details on this partnership should be announced in December and over a dozen universities are interested in attending an information session about the program in January. Also in December, George Mason will be seeking applications for their position. For more information on the Visiting Scholar program, see WP:WVS. Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar. TWL presents: American Library Association's mid-winter meeting The ALA is the largest library organization in the U.S. TWL has been accepted to present at their mid-winter conference in Philadelphia on January 25th from 1:30 to 3:00pm. The session will introduce academic librarians from around the country to the role Wikipedia can play in learning and research. We will use the session both to introduce TWL's mission and scope, and then to kick-off the Wikipedia Visiting Scholars program with an overview of the initiative and plenty of time for planning and questions. Over a dozen top universities have expressed interest in attending, which bodes very well for the future placing Wikipedians in official research affiliate positions. New Talk: The Future of Libraries and Wikipedia Ocaasi gave the first presentation of The Future of Libraries and Wikipedia to George Mason University. GMU Professor and THATcamp coordinator Amanda French brought students and librarians together for the event. The talk highlights the mission and pillars of Wikipedia, the Wikipedia Library's 5 goals, and 13 to explore the question, What if Wikipedia's was the internet's library? Spotlight on people: Another Believer and Wiki Loves Libraries Books & Bytes was pleased to interview two of the community’s Wiki Loves Libraries event coordinators, IJethroBT and AnotherBeliever. This fall, both organised edit-a-thons, one in Chicago, and others in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. For this issue, we will present Another Believer’s interview. Be sure to catch the December issue to hear about IJethroBT’s experiences. Another Believer is Jason Moore, a Wikipedian based in Portland, Oregon. He works on articles on music and the arts, among other topics, and has been editing since 2007. He has organized three library-related edit-a-thons in the Portland area. His most recent event was at the Vancouver Community Library. What first attracted you to organising WLL events? My introduction to "real life" Wikipedia activity was an invitation to participate in an outreach project at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco in 2010, followed by the Wikipedia 10 celebration in Portland, Oregon in 2011. From then on, I was hooked. I had found a community where my obsession with research, writing and the mission of Wikipedia required no explaining. I continued attending meetups and networking with Wikipedians, both online and offline. It was at Wikimania in Washington, D.C. where I received a thorough introduction to the GLAM-Wiki initiative, which promotes collaboration between the Wikipedia community and cultural institutions. Later that year, I was invited to help Multnomah County Library host an edit-athon at Portland's Central Library. The opportunity was appealing, giving purpose for a local meetup and a way for me to trial collaborating with a cultural institution. In your opinion, are library edit-a-thons a good way to recruit new editors? Absolutely. There are always challenges with recruiting and retaining editors, but it certainly makes sense for the largest and most popular reference work on the Internet to collaborate with institutions that exist to collect and make information resources available to the public. People who visit their local libraries might be the type of individuals who enjoy conducting research, or see value in sharing information. Libraries and Wikipedia both have an educational component, and partnering with cultural institutions certainly brings legitimacy to the latter. Even with limited resources, libraries have the ability to assist with outreach efforts and organizing meetups. At your events, do you see more brand new editors, or editors with some prior experience? Events tend to attract both new and experienced editors. Often I distribute invitations to meetups on-wiki, which obviously attracts people who have already created accounts and have a habit of checking their talk page, even if only occasionally. Brand new editors are usually attracted by the institution itself, whether the participants are curious staff, volunteers, or members of the public. Generally, forms of outreach by the library include event listings on the website and event calendar, on-site signage, and perhaps a regional library newsletter. What can libraries do to make WLL events more successful? Offer incentives to increase traffic. These do not have to be costly or complicated. Perhaps a behind-the-scenes tour of the library, or a promotional partnership with another institution. For example, how cool would it be if a library associated with an art museum offered free admission to a special exhibit? Or a staff member offered a private tour of the permanent collection, followed by an edit-athon where Wikipedians wrote articles about notable artists or works of art? There are ways to make editing interactive and fun. At the library events I have attended, librarians have been great about being prepared and having select resources pulled from the shelves and available for attendees. This eliminates the need for editors to spend time searching for materials. You have organised several events over the years. How has your methodology changed since your first event? My methodology has changed little. The process begins with contact and planning with the institution, outreach and invitation distribution to Wikipedians and the public, and a request for educational and/or promotional materials from the Wikimedia Foundation. It is important to make sure the event space can accommodate a group of reasonable size and provides enough electrical outlets. Refreshments and extra laptops are not required, but always appreciated. The day of the event, I greet my contact(s), set up the space, distribute materials and generally make myself available to participants. Sometimes there is a specific agenda, but often there are enough new contributors that much of my time is spent answering questions, registering new users, providing an overview of Wikipedia, and helping with first edits.My methods have not changed, but I have learned that sometimes it can be beneficial to market some events to experienced Wikipedians and others to new users; mixing the two groups is never problematic, but new and experienced contributors have different motivations for attending. A group of experienced users can quickly generate content and collaborate on more challenging tasks, while new users often require lots of attention. I appreciate both groups, but recognize that mixing them does not always create the most productive environment. Publicity! How have library staff responded to your event proposals? Librarians have responded positively, but I must confess that for each of the three library events that I have hosted, I was invited by the librarians themselves. I am willing to conduct outreach, but more often my problem is that I receive more invitations than I can accommodate. Regardless of the method of contact, the librarians I have worked with express an appreciation for Wikipedia and an understanding that this online reference work is unavoidable, serving an important purpose in our society. In each case, I felt that the librarians trusted my abilities and appreciated my willingness to collaborate with their institution. Which works better – a focused approach (“We will work on X,Y, and Z during the edit-a-thon”) or a looser approach (“Just drop by and work on what you want to”)? This is a great question, but one I find difficult to answer. Both approaches can work well, depending on who is in attendance and the general purpose of the event. If content generation is the goal, focus is better. For a general meetup, or an advertised "introduction to Wikipedia," a looser approach is more appropriate. What are some things to avoid when hosting an event? When I host an event, I assume the role of facilitator. I do not dictate how the meetup should be, or set firm expectations. I would never make anyone feel out of line for expressing their opinion, or stupid for asking questions. If you had one piece of advice for a new WLL event organiser, what would it be? Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to attend GLAM Boot Camp in Washington, D.C., where a guest speaker expressed the following words of wisdom that resonated with me: "one is better than none." In the context of event organizing, this means that there is nothing wrong with simply proposing and time and location for a meetup and then seeing if others are willing to join. It might take a few attempts to mobilize a small community. If I had a second piece of advice, it would be to have a good relationship with the librarian(s) or other contacts involved, make sure expectations are set, and align your reasons for hosting the event. Upcoming in December: Wiki Loves Libraries events Open History: Queens and Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon - December 6 at Queens Library, New York, NY If you're hosting a library event in December or January, please add it to collaborations page on Outreach Wiki and we'll put it in the newsletter! Books & Bytes Briefly LOC considers Wikipedia's disambiguation: The Library of Congress Subject Headings, an authoritative classification system in use in libraries all over the world, is an ever-evolving entity. In an article in the e-journal Library Philosophy and Practice, the author suggests that the LCSH should adopt Wikipedia-style disambiguation terms. Read the full article here via the University of Nebraska Library. (PDF) Dewey Deleted? An interesting Articles for Deletion discussion for our article List of Dewey Decimal classes explored aspects of copyright relating to the venerable library system. In related news, OCLC has begun to consider broadening Dewey's license from CC-BY-NC-ND (non-commercial, non-derivative) to CC-BY. CC 4.0: Creative Commons, which created and maintains Wikipedia's CC-BY-SA license, released version 4.0 of their widely used protocol. The Open Knowledge Foundation highlighted the key changes. OA Button Goes live: Open-Access Button, a new lightweight set of browser extensions to highlight when readers hit academic paywalls was released this month. You can get the button and let the world know when journal paywalls inhibit the free flow of knowledge and research. OAuth released: The Wikimedia Foundation finished it's implementation of OAuth. This has big implications for TWL research access integration, because it would let editors sign into third-party websites using only their Wikipedia login. The WMF blog the details. TWL Logo? A discussion was started about a TWL Logo, thinking about adapting existing community logos or starting from scratch. TWL would like to host a new logo competition in the next few months. Please join the discussion. December GLAMOUT: Wikipedia's GLAM consortium is hosting an online discussion Friday, Dec. 6 at 3pm (EDT). There is one spot left to participate, and anyone can listen in through Google Hangouts. The Wikipedia Adventure game goes beta: A new game which teaches how to edit Wikipedia in about an hour was released this week. TWA may be useful to librarians, education classes, and editathons as a friendly and interactive introduction to Wikipedia's technical, social, and policy best practices. Play The Wikipedia Adventure. Diversity Conference in Berlin: Hosted by WMDE, the event kicked off a global push to add Diversity to Wikipedia contributors and content at the first ever Wikimedia Diversity Conference. WMF blog has a nice overview of the event. You can sign on to the intiative at Meta:Diversity. TWL is always interested in ways to broaden our community and our content with better outreach and research. Free textbooks: ChemWiki, a program to create free and open chemistry textbooks received a grant of $250,000 from the National Science Foundation. The site nets over 2 million visitors a month. Open access and museums: The Mellon Foundation published Images of Works of Art in Museum Collections: The Experience of Open Access A Study of 11 Museums. Read the full report (pdf). Further reading There's lots of great digital library information online. Check out these neat resources for more library exploring. The Digital Shift: http://www.thedigitialshift.com In the library with the lead pipe: http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org Code4Lib: http://code4lib.org/ Digital Public Library of America: http://dp.la The Wikipedia Library partners Credo HighBeam Questia JSTOR Cochrane OCLC resources Reference Desk Resource Exchange Resource Guides Book Sources Online archives wikiprojects Libraries OA Bibliographies Books Journals Citation Unreferenced Fact check outreach Wikipedia Loves Libraries GLAM WMF Grant Thanks for reading! To receive a monthly talk page update about new issues of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Re… To suggest items for the next issue, please contact the editor, The Interior at https://Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Suggestions. -Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi) @JakeOrlowitz jorlowitz(a)gmail.com

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Blog about my teaching a Wikipedia class this semester at the University of Memphis
by Robert Patrick Connolly (rcnnolly) 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

All, You might find this blog post, My Experience Teaching a Class on Wikipedia, Part 1, of interest: http://wp.me/pJf2X-11g Best, Robert Robert P. Connolly, PhD Director, C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa 1987 Indian Village Drive, Memphis, Tennessee 38109 901-785-3160, ext. 15 Associate Professor, Anthropology The University of Memphis 38152 901-678-3331 Chair, Public Education Committee, Society for American Archaeology http://www.memphis.edu/chucalissa/ http://rcnnolly.wordpress.com/ The mission of the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, a division of the University of Memphis, is to protect and interpret the Chucalissa archaeological site's cultural and natural environments, and to provide the University Community and the public with exceptional educational, participatory, and research opportunities on the landscape's past and present Native American and traditional cultures.

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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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