I've just created a Wikipedia article about the Lithuanian Road Museum:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_Road_Museum
I wonder if they'd like a Wikipedian in Residence?
Do we have any Lithuanian, or Lithuanian-speaking, folk on this
mailing list, or in our wider network?
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
Lodewijk,
As an attendee who had some experience doing outreach, but wasn't 100%
confident that he was communicating the party line as relates to GLAM, I
would like to endorse the power of this event. By bringing Wikipedians who
may or may not be aware of how much knowledge and skills they could
communicate to cultural institutions and other allies outside the
community, it created a sense of community and empowerment amongst
the attendees hard to come by unless you are in metropolitan area with
regular Wikimedia activities. I would strongly recommend funding and
replicating intensive outreach training events like GLAM BootCamp and
Education trainings,
Alex Stinson
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:52 AM, Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>wrote:
> Thank you so much for this very helpful overview! I look very much forward
> to helpful documentation, so that it can be replicated. It sounds like a
> successful step in volunteer empowerment.
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
>
> 2013/5/3 Dominic McDevitt-Parks <mcdevitd(a)gmail.com>
>
>> Thanks Lodewijk for being so enthusiastic that you beat us to posting our
>> recap first. ;-) Lori and I have been a bit worn out the last couple of
>> days. Ed's Signpost article is a good start, especially since he was in
>> attendance (link<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-29/News_a…>);
>> please do read it. I wanted to talk a little more about this event, which
>> took place this past Friday and weekend, from April 26–28, in Washington,
>> D.C.
>>
>> The idea for GLAM Boot Camp was first proposed and developed at GLAMcamp
>> London last September, as some of you may remember. You can see our
>> original notes from GLAMcamp here:
>> http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Boot_Camp. The event we just
>> held was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp. The
>> stated, ambitious goal of the first GLAM Boot Camp was to broaden the
>> participation of the general Wikimedia community in GLAM-Wiki movement by
>> inviting and training key Wikimedians I think that we were successful in
>> taking a big step towards that goal. Another goal was to establish a model
>> for future similar events, and I hope that as we work on our documentation,
>> others will be able to use our experiences to guide them in making another
>> GLAM Boot Camp elsewhere.
>>
>> All of us who have been to events like GLAMcamps or Wikimanias know that
>> oftentimes the most important thing is not the structured sessions, but
>> just being with a group people for a couple of days and sharing
>> perspectives—even over coffee or back at the hostel—so both of the main
>> takeaways for me were about the attendees. The fact that *we fully
>> funding all attendees* from across the US and Canada was integral to
>> ensuring we were able to bring in fresh people. Second, we *specifically
>> invited the people we thought would be key*, rather than hoping people
>> would sign up. This ended up making even more sense in retrospect, because
>> we were so happy with who came, but if the idea was to reach people who
>> were not normally part of GLAM-Wiki projects, we were trying to reach
>> people who wouldn't already be following our normal channels and who might
>> not sign up even if they heard about it because for some reason they
>> haven't already gotten involved whenever they have heard about GLAM-Wiki
>> already. This also allowed us to try to get a diversity in terms of
>> geography (especially folks in areas without chapters or meetups) and in
>> people's types of on-wiki activities.
>>
>> As co-organizer, I want to tease out a few more important points:
>>
>> *Attendees:*
>> *
>> *
>> We posted a list of attendees<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp#Attendees> to
>> the page; the names in green were those who we invited as full participants
>> for the entire event. Of these, only about 3 had actually signed up or
>> registered interest before we started inviting. For the others, I spent
>> hours looking asking for opinions of others and looking through user
>> contributions of people who had participated online in any GLAM
>> WikiProjects, participated in meetups, or participated in any of various
>> other Wikimedia activities or subcommunities, like administrators, featured
>> content writers, Wikisource/Commons editors, Did You Know writers,
>> WikiProject organizers, education program participants, and so on.
>> Participants came from all over the US (New York, Maryland, LA, SF,
>> Portland, Philadelphia, Kansas, Michigan, and Chicago) and Canada (Halifax,
>> Vancouver, and Winnipeg), not one from the same metropolitan area, and most
>> from areas without regular Wikipedia events. For more than one attendee,
>> this was their first time at a Wikipedia event of any kind. The size of the
>> group, 12 regular attendees with about 5 more at any given time with guests
>> and organizers, was the perfect amount to allow for productive discussions.
>> *
>> *
>> *Program:*
>> *
>> *
>> We designed a program very unlike GLAMcamp, and a lot more both
>> structured than a lot of Wikimedia unconference-type events are, but more
>> practical than a traditional conference—it was something between a
>> Wikipedia Academy and a campus ambassador training. You can see our program
>> here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp#Program. We
>> generally moved from presentation-heavy to discussion-heavy sessions.
>> Generally, the first day was our high-level overview of and introduction to
>> cultural institutions and the history and present circumstances of
>> GLAM-Wiki. Michael's inspiring talk to lead off was really to give them an
>> insider perspective of cultural institutions, and we talked a lot about
>> institutional missions and how to connect the work of Wikimedia with that
>> of cultural institutions. The second day we moved into more practical
>> matters, going through the whole "lifecycle" of a Wikimedia project, and
>> talking about specific events and projects. By the third day, we spent more
>> time in discussion, and getting the boot campers to articulate their own
>> visions of GLAM-Wiki, and how they personally could improve upon or
>> contribute to it. We ended up having unplanned breakout sessions a couple
>> of times because attendees were so exited ideas they had as we showed them
>> things like our one-pager or the portal pages they wanted to actually have
>> time to edit them. If you would like to dig into the etherpad notes from
>> each day, they are listed at the top of the program.
>> *
>> Logistics:*
>>
>> The event was possible for us in the US because logistics and funding
>> were largely handled by James Hare and Wikimedia DC. They funded us with
>> approximately $8000 USD from their 2013 Outreach grant<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_US-DC/Outreach_2013> to
>> the WMF, as well as covering group dinners and some incidental costs over
>> budget from general funds. The large majority of the money (about $5500 out
>> of $8500) went towards funding the travel and accommodations of attendees.
>> All attendees were fully funded, and this was an essential characteristic
>> of the event. Most of the travelers had their flights booked by WMDC and
>> stayed in a hostel (same as used for Wikimania 2012 and GLAMcamp DC). WMDC
>> also hosted two dinners and provided coffee/refreshments throughout the day.
>>
>> *Speakers:*
>> *
>> *
>> The ambitiousness of the workshop, with three full days of programming,
>> meant a lot of talking from Lori and I. We broke things up a little by
>> inviting special speakers in certain topic areas, often where they had as
>> much or more expertise as either of us did. Some of these speakers were
>> locals from the DC area that agreed to come in, and some were attendees we
>> invited to present to the group on something they are skilled at. Examples
>> include the Wikisource and Commons workshops, a session on event planning,
>> a session on grants and chapters. We also led off with special GLAM
>> professional guests: David Ferriero gave a welcome and Michael Edson, who
>> just got back from keynoting GLAM-Wiki London gave an epic talk for most of
>> the first morning. At least half of the sessions were led by Lori or I,
>> though, and future GLAM Boot Camps probably would want to find ways not to
>> give so much work to two individuals, for their own sanity. ;-)
>>
>> *Venue:*
>>
>> The venue was provided by the U.S. National Archives, though there were
>> pros and cons for this. The main pro was that there was no cost associated
>> with securing a venue! We might have been able to find a room elsewhere
>> without a cost, but 3 days, all day for no cost is a big ask. The other
>> main benefit was that we were in a good location and were able to take
>> advantage of having David Ferriero make appearances. We did face typical
>> problems with working with a bureaucratic venue, like catering and security
>> all taking more time than we wanted.
>>
>> *Outcomes:*
>>
>> For me, the most important outcome was seeing the attendees who were all
>> *not* the same old faces as at every other GLAM-Wiki event come in excited
>> and gradually take more ownership and responsibility for GLAM-Wiki, as they
>> began to feel more empowered and a part of the effort. There were practical
>> outcomes, like specific documentation or project pages to improve. More
>> than that, though, most attendees came away intent on contacting local
>> institutions or organizing their local Wikipedia community. I am as excited
>> by the overall community-building I think we did around GLAM-Wiki, which
>> will help it be more successful as it is more accepted and integrated with
>> the Wikipedia community, as I am by any specific skills attendees may have
>> learned or GLAM projects they may go off and start.
>>
>> The need to reach out more to the Wikimedia community, as much as to
>> cultural institutions, is something I feel very strongly about, so I am so
>> glad we were able to hold this event, and grateful to everyone who made it
>> possible and attended.
>>
>> We'd love to hear your thoughts and questions.
>>
>> Dominic
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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.
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> GLAM-US mailing list
> GLAM-US(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam-us
>
>
Thanks Lodewijk for being so enthusiastic that you beat us to posting our
recap first. ;-) Lori and I have been a bit worn out the last couple of
days. Ed's Signpost article is a good start, especially since he was in
attendance (link<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-29/News_a…>);
please do read it. I wanted to talk a little more about this event, which
took place this past Friday and weekend, from April 26–28, in Washington,
D.C.
The idea for GLAM Boot Camp was first proposed and developed at GLAMcamp
London last September, as some of you may remember. You can see our
original notes from GLAMcamp here:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Boot_Camp. The event we just held
was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp. The stated,
ambitious goal of the first GLAM Boot Camp was to broaden the participation
of the general Wikimedia community in GLAM-Wiki movement by inviting and
training key Wikimedians I think that we were successful in taking a big
step towards that goal. Another goal was to establish a model for future
similar events, and I hope that as we work on our documentation, others
will be able to use our experiences to guide them in making another GLAM
Boot Camp elsewhere.
All of us who have been to events like GLAMcamps or Wikimanias know that
oftentimes the most important thing is not the structured sessions, but
just being with a group people for a couple of days and sharing
perspectives—even over coffee or back at the hostel—so both of the main
takeaways for me were about the attendees. The fact that *we fully funding
all attendees* from across the US and Canada was integral to ensuring we
were able to bring in fresh people. Second, we *specifically invited the
people we thought would be key*, rather than hoping people would sign up.
This ended up making even more sense in retrospect, because we were so
happy with who came, but if the idea was to reach people who were not
normally part of GLAM-Wiki projects, we were trying to reach people who
wouldn't already be following our normal channels and who might not sign up
even if they heard about it because for some reason they haven't already
gotten involved whenever they have heard about GLAM-Wiki already. This also
allowed us to try to get a diversity in terms of geography (especially
folks in areas without chapters or meetups) and in people's types of
on-wiki activities.
As co-organizer, I want to tease out a few more important points:
*Attendees:*
*
*
We posted a list of
attendees<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp#Attendees>
to
the page; the names in green were those who we invited as full participants
for the entire event. Of these, only about 3 had actually signed up or
registered interest before we started inviting. For the others, I spent
hours looking asking for opinions of others and looking through user
contributions of people who had participated online in any GLAM
WikiProjects, participated in meetups, or participated in any of various
other Wikimedia activities or subcommunities, like administrators, featured
content writers, Wikisource/Commons editors, Did You Know writers,
WikiProject organizers, education program participants, and so on.
Participants came from all over the US (New York, Maryland, LA, SF,
Portland, Philadelphia, Kansas, Michigan, and Chicago) and Canada (Halifax,
Vancouver, and Winnipeg), not one from the same metropolitan area, and most
from areas without regular Wikipedia events. For more than one attendee,
this was their first time at a Wikipedia event of any kind. The size of the
group, 12 regular attendees with about 5 more at any given time with guests
and organizers, was the perfect amount to allow for productive discussions.
*
*
*Program:*
*
*
We designed a program very unlike GLAMcamp, and a lot more both structured
than a lot of Wikimedia unconference-type events are, but more practical
than a traditional conference—it was something between a Wikipedia Academy
and a campus ambassador training. You can see our program here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp#Program. We generally
moved from presentation-heavy to discussion-heavy sessions. Generally, the
first day was our high-level overview of and introduction to cultural
institutions and the history and present circumstances of GLAM-Wiki.
Michael's inspiring talk to lead off was really to give them an insider
perspective of cultural institutions, and we talked a lot about
institutional missions and how to connect the work of Wikimedia with that
of cultural institutions. The second day we moved into more practical
matters, going through the whole "lifecycle" of a Wikimedia project, and
talking about specific events and projects. By the third day, we spent more
time in discussion, and getting the boot campers to articulate their own
visions of GLAM-Wiki, and how they personally could improve upon or
contribute to it. We ended up having unplanned breakout sessions a couple
of times because attendees were so exited ideas they had as we showed them
things like our one-pager or the portal pages they wanted to actually have
time to edit them. If you would like to dig into the etherpad notes from
each day, they are listed at the top of the program.
*
Logistics:*
The event was possible for us in the US because logistics and funding were
largely handled by James Hare and Wikimedia DC. They funded us with
approximately $8000 USD from their 2013 Outreach
grant<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_US-DC/Outreach_2013> to
the WMF, as well as covering group dinners and some incidental costs over
budget from general funds. The large majority of the money (about $5500 out
of $8500) went towards funding the travel and accommodations of attendees.
All attendees were fully funded, and this was an essential characteristic
of the event. Most of the travelers had their flights booked by WMDC and
stayed in a hostel (same as used for Wikimania 2012 and GLAMcamp DC). WMDC
also hosted two dinners and provided coffee/refreshments throughout the day.
*Speakers:*
*
*
The ambitiousness of the workshop, with three full days of programming,
meant a lot of talking from Lori and I. We broke things up a little by
inviting special speakers in certain topic areas, often where they had as
much or more expertise as either of us did. Some of these speakers were
locals from the DC area that agreed to come in, and some were attendees we
invited to present to the group on something they are skilled at. Examples
include the Wikisource and Commons workshops, a session on event planning,
a session on grants and chapters. We also led off with special GLAM
professional guests: David Ferriero gave a welcome and Michael Edson, who
just got back from keynoting GLAM-Wiki London gave an epic talk for most of
the first morning. At least half of the sessions were led by Lori or I,
though, and future GLAM Boot Camps probably would want to find ways not to
give so much work to two individuals, for their own sanity. ;-)
*Venue:*
The venue was provided by the U.S. National Archives, though there were
pros and cons for this. The main pro was that there was no cost associated
with securing a venue! We might have been able to find a room elsewhere
without a cost, but 3 days, all day for no cost is a big ask. The other
main benefit was that we were in a good location and were able to take
advantage of having David Ferriero make appearances. We did face typical
problems with working with a bureaucratic venue, like catering and security
all taking more time than we wanted.
*Outcomes:*
For me, the most important outcome was seeing the attendees who were all
*not* the same old faces as at every other GLAM-Wiki event come in excited
and gradually take more ownership and responsibility for GLAM-Wiki, as they
began to feel more empowered and a part of the effort. There were practical
outcomes, like specific documentation or project pages to improve. More
than that, though, most attendees came away intent on contacting local
institutions or organizing their local Wikipedia community. I am as excited
by the overall community-building I think we did around GLAM-Wiki, which
will help it be more successful as it is more accepted and integrated with
the Wikipedia community, as I am by any specific skills attendees may have
learned or GLAM projects they may go off and start.
The need to reach out more to the Wikimedia community, as much as to
cultural institutions, is something I feel very strongly about, so I am so
glad we were able to hold this event, and grateful to everyone who made it
possible and attended.
We'd love to hear your thoughts and questions.
Dominic
Sorry for cross posting.
Dear everybody,
The photo contest Wiki Loves Public Art has now taken of with a bang, with over 800 pictures uploaded day one!
I would like to invite all of you to enrich our articles with great photos of public artworks! Please take this opportunity to have a closer look at all the fantastic art around you and if you live in or visit one of the five participating countries (Austria, Finland, Israel, Spain and Sweden) do take some photos and upload them to Wikimedia Commons.
If you upload pictures and participate you will first take part in the national contest where you can win nice prizes, and if your picture(s) is considered amongst the best (by the national jury) your photos will then also participate in the international contest. At the international contest you have a chance of winning a travel check of up to 500 Euros and a high quality print of your photo, sponsored by Europeana!
In some countries the focus of the contest will be on public artworks outdoors while in some countries it will be on museum collections of old PD artworks. A great mix that is! In the countries where we are focusing on outdoor artworks, volunteers have worked hard to compile lists of the art collections as there are no existing databases on the national level. This has been a hard work and this year we are therefore seeing smaller pilots in each country to try out the concept. In Sweden the focus is on artworks in museums and a lot of work has gone into initiating cooperations with Swedish art museums.
To be sure where you can take photos, please have a look at your country's website and read more about the contest! If your country is not participating this year but you would like to be involved you can sort through the categories and see where we can use them on Wikipedia! We would really love if you would blog, tweet and talk about the contest as much as possible to let people know about this new initiative!
Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
Best,
John
- - - -
John Andersson
Wikimedia Sverige
Project Leader Europeana Awareness
Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se
Skype: johnandersson86
Be sure to follow us on Twitter at @wikieuropeana
Would you like to support free knowledge? Please consider becoming a member of Wikimedia Sweden!
Hello everyone!
The GLAM-Wiki US Consortium will be hosting the first GLAMout May 3rd
noon-1 PDT. This is mostly an effort to get (and keep) momentum for our
work, exchange information with one another. This is a forum for
cultural professionals, Wikimedians, or any interested parties to learn
and chat about GLAM activities. Our goal is to have an anchor topic each
month and then to leave time for information exchange. We'll be using
Google Hangout on Air as a platform (which will also allow the sessions
to be recorded).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout
Connection details to come but plan to join!
Best,
Merrilee
Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer
OCLC Research
777 Mariners Island Blvd Suite 550
San Mateo, CA 94404 USA
+1-650-287-2136
Merrilee blogs at hangingtogether.org <http://hangingtogether.org/>
Follow me on Twitter @merrileeiam