Note that I've copied cultural partners and GLAM-US, but I think this can be discussed on the public GLAM list.
I wanted to start a thread on the GLAM Bootcamp concept, which was one of the main outcomes from GLAMcamp London, since I know even those of you that were there weren't all in our breakout session. The observation was made that one of our main issues is expanding the numbers of GLAM Wikipedians, but GLAMcamps are aimed at sharing best practices among experienced GLAM Wikipedians, not training new ones. Thus, the GLAM Bootcamp concept is that we'll bring a dozen or so experienced (but non-GLAM) Wikipedians together and train them in a number of GLAM-Wiki skills, like GLAM principles, copyright, metrics, communications, conflict of interest, event planning, Commons, and so on. You can read more at Lodewijk's summary, based on the etherpad notes, here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Bootcamp
I think training a few people at a time, if they are well-selected and follow through on the skills they hava gained, is actually a scalable model since there are so few of us anyway. We'll likely be able to secure a venue for free from a GLAM partner, since we'll only require a conference room. We'd be relying on chapter and/or WMF funding for travel and per diem for a relatively small group. I think the main obstacle is likely having a good organizing group with enough experience and dedication to developing the necessary documentation and presentations for the training sessions.
At GLAMcamp, we agreed to plan for (or at least inquire about within our local communities) bootcamps in the US and Germany within 6 months. I have informally taken the lead for the US GLAM Bootcamp so far. I spoke to NARA folks last week, who gave his blessing to NARA hosting such an event in DC. We've been pretty DC-centric with GLAM events in the US, but personally think there is value going first to a well-known GLAM with a lot of internal support to establish the model for these types of events. If there is disagreement, though, it's obviously not just my decision. I'll be going to the next Wikimedia DC board meeting on October 6 to present the idea, since they will be important if this is held in DC (and probably even if it isn't). In preparation, I have begun putting together a more detailed, but still hypothetical, program for the US GLAM Bootcamp here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Bootcamp/US.
I have some more specific questions about logistics and audience, but for now I just wanted to loop everyone in on what's going on and ask for your thoughts and reactions to the GLAM bootcamp concept. And please feel free also to edit the pages on outreach.
Dominic
"...but for now I just wanted to loop everyone in on what's going on and ask for your thoughts and reactions to the GLAM bootcamp concept." Not to sound presumptuous or self-serving here, but this is exactly the type of training someone like me needs (a GLAM advocate without established partnerships or enough field experience). Workshops like these will not only provide skills and confidence, but opportunities to share approaches, have questions answered, and bounce ideas off one another. Dominic, content at the US GLAM Bootcamp link you provided looks great, very intriguing! Please let us know how the DC board meeting goes. Just a quick update from a project I am working on: I am attending a meeting this afternoon with staff of the Multnomah County Library to discuss the edit-athon being hosted in Portland at the end of this month. Looking forward to planning a (hopefully) very successful event! Best,Jason / Another BelieverDate: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 11:15:57 -0400 From: mcdevitd@gmail.com To: glam@lists.wikimedia.org CC: cultural-partners@wikimedia.ch; glam-us@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [GLAM-US] GLAM Bootcamp
Note that I've copied cultural partners and GLAM-US, but I think this can be discussed on the public GLAM list. I wanted to start a thread on the GLAM Bootcamp concept, which was one of the main outcomes from GLAMcamp London, since I know even those of you that were there weren't all in our breakout session. The observation was made that one of our main issues is expanding the numbers of GLAM Wikipedians, but GLAMcamps are aimed at sharing best practices among experienced GLAM Wikipedians, not training new ones. Thus, the GLAM Bootcamp concept is that we'll bring a dozen or so experienced (but non-GLAM) Wikipedians together and train them in a number of GLAM-Wiki skills, like GLAM principles, copyright, metrics, communications, conflict of interest, event planning, Commons, and so on. You can read more at Lodewijk's summary, based on the etherpad notes, here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Bootcamp
I think training a few people at a time, if they are well-selected and follow through on the skills they hava gained, is actually a scalable model since there are so few of us anyway. We'll likely be able to secure a venue for free from a GLAM partner, since we'll only require a conference room. We'd be relying on chapter and/or WMF funding for travel and per diem for a relatively small group. I think the main obstacle is likely having a good organizing group with enough experience and dedication to developing the necessary documentation and presentations for the training sessions.
At GLAMcamp, we agreed to plan for (or at least inquire about within our local communities) bootcamps in the US and Germany within 6 months. I have informally taken the lead for the US GLAM Bootcamp so far. I spoke to NARA folks last week, who gave his blessing to NARA hosting such an event in DC. We've been pretty DC-centric with GLAM events in the US, but personally think there is value going first to a well-known GLAM with a lot of internal support to establish the model for these types of events. If there is disagreement, though, it's obviously not just my decision. I'll be going to the next Wikimedia DC board meeting on October 6 to present the idea, since they will be important if this is held in DC (and probably even if it isn't). In preparation, I have begun putting together a more detailed, but still hypothetical, program for the US GLAM Bootcamp here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Bootcamp/US.
I have some more specific questions about logistics and audience, but for now I just wanted to loop everyone in on what's going on and ask for your thoughts and reactions to the GLAM bootcamp concept. And please feel free also to edit the pages on outreach.
Dominic
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On 2 October 2012 12:08, Another Believer anotherbelieverwp@hotmail.comwrote:
"...but for now I just wanted to loop everyone in on what's going on and ask for *your thoughts and reactions to the GLAM bootcamp concept*."
Not to sound presumptuous or self-serving here, but this is *exactly *the type of training someone like me needs (a GLAM advocate without established partnerships or enough field experience).
Great! I hadn't even thought this far yet, but we could also start a section on that page for people to register their interest (either in attending or volunteering in some capacity). Would you like to get it started?
Dominic
Jason, thanks so much for this feedback. It's exactly the sort of thing we need to hear to keep the motivation up for an event like this.
Dominic, thanks for summarizing your thoughts and work on this. I'm particularly impressed with the schedule :).
I agree that this is an important next step in the sustainability of GLAM-Wiki. The question of maintaining momentum in the movement was a valid concern to bring up, and I'm pretty proud of this solution that was agreed upon, really rather quickly! I'm looking forward to seeing how things shape up.
I also agree that listing those who are interested in attending or volunteering would be valuable, especially because this event is going to sneak up on us.
Thanks again Dominic, Lori
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Dominic McDevitt-Parks mcdevitd@gmail.comwrote:
On 2 October 2012 12:08, Another Believer anotherbelieverwp@hotmail.comwrote:
"...but for now I just wanted to loop everyone in on what's going on and ask for *your thoughts and reactions to the GLAM bootcamp concept*."
Not to sound presumptuous or self-serving here, but this is *exactly *the type of training someone like me needs (a GLAM advocate without established partnerships or enough field experience).
Great! I hadn't even thought this far yet, but we could also start a section on that page for people to register their interest (either in attending or volunteering in some capacity). Would you like to get it started?
Dominic
GLAM-US mailing list GLAM-US@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam-us
I created a Participation section for contributors to indicate their interest in attending or volunteering. Also, I will add the two bootcamp pages to the GLAM category. Jason / AB Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 12:35:53 -0400 From: mcdevitd@gmail.com To: glam-us@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [GLAM-US] GLAM Bootcamp
On 2 October 2012 12:08, Another Believer anotherbelieverwp@hotmail.com wrote:
"...but for now I just wanted to loop everyone in on what's going on and ask for your thoughts and reactions to the GLAM bootcamp concept."
Not to sound presumptuous or self-serving here, but this is exactly the type of training someone like me needs (a GLAM advocate without established partnerships or enough field experience).
Great! I hadn't even thought this far yet, but we could also start a section on that page for people to register their interest (either in attending or volunteering in some capacity). Would you like to get it started?
Dominic
_______________________________________________ GLAM-US mailing list GLAM-US@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam-us
Hey,
thanks a lot for the work so far! I put a comment on the talkpage with some preliminary suggestion :)
And I'm sad now not to live in the US/Germany ;-)
Lodewijk
2012/10/2 Dominic McDevitt-Parks mcdevitd@gmail.com
Note that I've copied cultural partners and GLAM-US, but I think this can be discussed on the public GLAM list.
I wanted to start a thread on the GLAM Bootcamp concept, which was one of the main outcomes from GLAMcamp London, since I know even those of you that were there weren't all in our breakout session. The observation was made that one of our main issues is expanding the numbers of GLAM Wikipedians, but GLAMcamps are aimed at sharing best practices among experienced GLAM Wikipedians, not training new ones. Thus, the GLAM Bootcamp concept is that we'll bring a dozen or so experienced (but non-GLAM) Wikipedians together and train them in a number of GLAM-Wiki skills, like GLAM principles, copyright, metrics, communications, conflict of interest, event planning, Commons, and so on. You can read more at Lodewijk's summary, based on the etherpad notes, here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Bootcamp
I think training a few people at a time, if they are well-selected and follow through on the skills they hava gained, is actually a scalable model since there are so few of us anyway. We'll likely be able to secure a venue for free from a GLAM partner, since we'll only require a conference room. We'd be relying on chapter and/or WMF funding for travel and per diem for a relatively small group. I think the main obstacle is likely having a good organizing group with enough experience and dedication to developing the necessary documentation and presentations for the training sessions.
At GLAMcamp, we agreed to plan for (or at least inquire about within our local communities) bootcamps in the US and Germany within 6 months. I have informally taken the lead for the US GLAM Bootcamp so far. I spoke to NARA folks last week, who gave his blessing to NARA hosting such an event in DC. We've been pretty DC-centric with GLAM events in the US, but personally think there is value going first to a well-known GLAM with a lot of internal support to establish the model for these types of events. If there is disagreement, though, it's obviously not just my decision. I'll be going to the next Wikimedia DC board meeting on October 6 to present the idea, since they will be important if this is held in DC (and probably even if it isn't). In preparation, I have begun putting together a more detailed, but still hypothetical, program for the US GLAM Bootcamp here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Bootcamp/US.
I have some more specific questions about logistics and audience, but for now I just wanted to loop everyone in on what's going on and ask for your thoughts and reactions to the GLAM bootcamp concept. And please feel free also to edit the pages on outreach.
Dominic
cultural-partners mailing list cultural-partners@wikimedia.ch https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/cultural-partners
Hi all,
Coming back to this, one thing I'd like to talk about right now is a date. We'll need to settle on a date sometime soon to secure the venue. At GLAMcamp, we talked about wanting to get this done before GLAM-Wiki London in April. I'm thinking we might even want to try to have the US one as soon as January, while students might still be on winter break, though. Does anyone have any other thoughts?
We could also start to solicit interested attendees now, and ask them to specify preferred dates, but that might be a lot of work.
Dominic
On 3 October 2012 03:37, Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
Hey,
thanks a lot for the work so far! I put a comment on the talkpage with some preliminary suggestion :)
And I'm sad now not to live in the US/Germany ;-)
Lodewijk
2012/10/2 Dominic McDevitt-Parks mcdevitd@gmail.com
Note that I've copied cultural partners and GLAM-US, but I think this can be discussed on the public GLAM list.
I wanted to start a thread on the GLAM Bootcamp concept, which was one of the main outcomes from GLAMcamp London, since I know even those of you that were there weren't all in our breakout session. The observation was made that one of our main issues is expanding the numbers of GLAM Wikipedians, but GLAMcamps are aimed at sharing best practices among experienced GLAM Wikipedians, not training new ones. Thus, the GLAM Bootcamp concept is that we'll bring a dozen or so experienced (but non-GLAM) Wikipedians together and train them in a number of GLAM-Wiki skills, like GLAM principles, copyright, metrics, communications, conflict of interest, event planning, Commons, and so on. You can read more at Lodewijk's summary, based on the etherpad notes, here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Bootcamp
I think training a few people at a time, if they are well-selected and follow through on the skills they hava gained, is actually a scalable model since there are so few of us anyway. We'll likely be able to secure a venue for free from a GLAM partner, since we'll only require a conference room. We'd be relying on chapter and/or WMF funding for travel and per diem for a relatively small group. I think the main obstacle is likely having a good organizing group with enough experience and dedication to developing the necessary documentation and presentations for the training sessions.
At GLAMcamp, we agreed to plan for (or at least inquire about within our local communities) bootcamps in the US and Germany within 6 months. I have informally taken the lead for the US GLAM Bootcamp so far. I spoke to NARA folks last week, who gave his blessing to NARA hosting such an event in DC. We've been pretty DC-centric with GLAM events in the US, but personally think there is value going first to a well-known GLAM with a lot of internal support to establish the model for these types of events. If there is disagreement, though, it's obviously not just my decision. I'll be going to the next Wikimedia DC board meeting on October 6 to present the idea, since they will be important if this is held in DC (and probably even if it isn't). In preparation, I have begun putting together a more detailed, but still hypothetical, program for the US GLAM Bootcamp here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Bootcamp/US.
I have some more specific questions about logistics and audience, but for now I just wanted to loop everyone in on what's going on and ask for your thoughts and reactions to the GLAM bootcamp concept. And please feel free also to edit the pages on outreach.
Dominic
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This offline training will be great!
In terms of virtual training/education/support, stay tuned for results of last week's convening on School of Open on the CC blog ( http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Open_Policy_Institute/2012_Convening). Maarten Zeinstra (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Martsniez) attended and began outlining some course ideas and identifying partners to educate those in the GLAM sector.
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Dominic McDevitt-Parks mcdevitd@gmail.comwrote:
Hi all,
Coming back to this, one thing I'd like to talk about right now is a date. We'll need to settle on a date sometime soon to secure the venue. At GLAMcamp, we talked about wanting to get this done before GLAM-Wiki London in April. I'm thinking we might even want to try to have the US one as soon as January, while students might still be on winter break, though. Does anyone have any other thoughts?
We could also start to solicit interested attendees now, and ask them to specify preferred dates, but that might be a lot of work.
Dominic
On 3 October 2012 03:37, Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
Hey,
thanks a lot for the work so far! I put a comment on the talkpage with some preliminary suggestion :)
And I'm sad now not to live in the US/Germany ;-)
Lodewijk
2012/10/2 Dominic McDevitt-Parks mcdevitd@gmail.com
Note that I've copied cultural partners and GLAM-US, but I think this can be discussed on the public GLAM list.
I wanted to start a thread on the GLAM Bootcamp concept, which was one of the main outcomes from GLAMcamp London, since I know even those of you that were there weren't all in our breakout session. The observation was made that one of our main issues is expanding the numbers of GLAM Wikipedians, but GLAMcamps are aimed at sharing best practices among experienced GLAM Wikipedians, not training new ones. Thus, the GLAM Bootcamp concept is that we'll bring a dozen or so experienced (but non-GLAM) Wikipedians together and train them in a number of GLAM-Wiki skills, like GLAM principles, copyright, metrics, communications, conflict of interest, event planning, Commons, and so on. You can read more at Lodewijk's summary, based on the etherpad notes, here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Bootcamp
I think training a few people at a time, if they are well-selected and follow through on the skills they hava gained, is actually a scalable model since there are so few of us anyway. We'll likely be able to secure a venue for free from a GLAM partner, since we'll only require a conference room. We'd be relying on chapter and/or WMF funding for travel and per diem for a relatively small group. I think the main obstacle is likely having a good organizing group with enough experience and dedication to developing the necessary documentation and presentations for the training sessions.
At GLAMcamp, we agreed to plan for (or at least inquire about within our local communities) bootcamps in the US and Germany within 6 months. I have informally taken the lead for the US GLAM Bootcamp so far. I spoke to NARA folks last week, who gave his blessing to NARA hosting such an event in DC. We've been pretty DC-centric with GLAM events in the US, but personally think there is value going first to a well-known GLAM with a lot of internal support to establish the model for these types of events. If there is disagreement, though, it's obviously not just my decision. I'll be going to the next Wikimedia DC board meeting on October 6 to present the idea, since they will be important if this is held in DC (and probably even if it isn't). In preparation, I have begun putting together a more detailed, but still hypothetical, program for the US GLAM Bootcamp here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Bootcamp/US.
I have some more specific questions about logistics and audience, but for now I just wanted to loop everyone in on what's going on and ask for your thoughts and reactions to the GLAM bootcamp concept. And please feel free also to edit the pages on outreach.
Dominic
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GLAM-US mailing list GLAM-US@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam-us
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