Hello everyone, I'm very pleased to announce that Dominic McDevitt-Parks will be joining Wikimedia DC as our new Cultural Partnerships Coordinator! I expect that most of you already know Dominic, who has been a long-time Wikimedian and a regular participant in events both within the DC area and elsewhere. Dominic has graciously offered us the benefit of his immense experience with building partnerships between cultural institutions and the Wikimedia movement, most notably in during his tenure as the Wikipedian-in-Residence at the National Archives and Records Administration. In his new position as Cultural Partnerships Coordinator, Dominic will report directly to the Board of Directors of Wikimedia DC. He will have number of responsibilities, including serving as a point of contact for DC-area cultural institutions and professionals looking for guidance from Wikimedia; facilitating communication and sharing of best practices among professionals and Wikimedians and between the two groups; helping to initiate and evaluate partnerships between institutions and Wikimedia DC, as appropriate, in the interest of the chapter's goals and the Wikimedia movement as a whole; and serving as the bridge between the Wikimedia DC community and the global GLAM-Wiki community. Please join me in welcoming Dominic to his new role! Cheers, Kirill -- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc _______________________________________________ GLAM-US mailing list GLAM-US(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam-us

Hello everyone, I'm very pleased to announce that Dominic McDevitt-Parks will be joining Wikimedia DC as our new Cultural Partnerships Coordinator! I expect that most of you already know Dominic, who has been a long-time Wikimedian and a regular participant in events both within the DC area and elsewhere. Dominic has graciously offered us the benefit of his immense experience with building partnerships between cultural institutions and the Wikimedia movement, most notably in during his tenure as the Wikipedian-in-Residence at the National Archives and Records Administration. In his new position as Cultural Partnerships Coordinator, Dominic will report directly to the Board of Directors of Wikimedia DC. He will have number of responsibilities, including serving as a point of contact for DC-area cultural institutions and professionals looking for guidance from Wikimedia; facilitating communication and sharing of best practices among professionals and Wikimedians and between the two groups; helping to initiate and evaluate partnerships between institutions and Wikimedia DC, as appropriate, in the interest of the chapter's goals and the Wikimedia movement as a whole; and serving as the bridge between the Wikimedia DC community and the global GLAM-Wiki community. Please join me in welcoming Dominic to his new role! Cheers, Kirill -- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc _______________________________________________ Wikimediaus-l mailing list Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l

Congrats Dominc, please keep sharing your experiences. DC is a "case study" to learn from :) 2013/1/21 Dominic McDevitt-Parks <mcdevitd(a)gmail.com> -- Àlex Hinojo GLAMwiki Partnership Ambassador _______________________________________________ GLAM-US mailing list GLAM-US(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam-us

Hi all, [[User:Tedder]] pointed out to me that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has recently expanded the number of images it serves up free on its web site, that it believes are in the public domain, from a 2000 file experiment launched two years ago to now almost 20,000 files. http://lacma.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/what-do-cats-have-to-do-with-it-welco… Is anybody in our world working with them? A mass upload (either in partnership or independently) seems like a good idea. In addition, their TOU indicates that they attach an NC provision to reuse of files to which they hold copyright; so there might be an opportunity for some anti-NC advocacy there as well. Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] _______________________________________________ GLAM-US mailing list GLAM-US(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam-us