Hi Leigh,
While I don't have research, anecdotally I can say that staff turnover and
competing priorities seem to be limiting factors for GLAM+STEM programs in
Cascadia. Our GLAMs seem to be low priorities for financial support from
government agencies, so GLAMs rely on donations (the priorities of donors
can shift from year to year) and ticket revenue. My reading of their
budgets suggests that none of their revenue sources are well aligned with
assigning staff time to Wikimedia GLAM workflows. So if we want Wikimedia
GLAM to happen here in Cascadia, we may need to find a way to fund our own
Wikimedia outreach or GLAM person.
I had hoped that the University of Washington Libraries would be willing to
train one of their existing staff in Wikimedia GLAM workflows, but so far
that hasn't happened. I suspect that the disconnect between their budget
priorities and Wikimedia is again the main reason why not.
Pine