Hi all,
Just as my work at the British Library is coming to an end, I'm
delighted to be able to tell people about a new Wikimedian in
Residence post at the National Library of Scotland - I've helped work
to set this up, and I think there's a real potential for doing amazing
things here. The NLS is a great institution, with some really
innovative and forward-thinking work, and as well as the obvious
strengths in Scottish history and culture they have major map
collections and one of the most interesting publishing archives in the
UK. Lots of scope for interesting projects here.
It's full-time, for four months, though this may possibly be
negotiable to a longer period at part time - it's worth asking. The
job is paid and formally employed by the Library, funded jointly by
the Library and by Wikimedia UK.
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/04/1533/ has further details and a
link to the NLS recruitment site.
Please circulate this widely!
Thanks,
--
- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk
Hi!
On June 8th, we will have the first edit-a-thon in Denmark. We will focus
on the year 1864, and plan/hope to have experts from several Danish GLAMs
involved.
Link: http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Edit-a-thon_1864
Wild thought: If someone wants to make an simultaneous edit-a-thon on the
same subject, let us know. It would be cool.
Regards,
Ole
--
http://palnatoke.org * @palnatoke * +4522934588
Congratulations, Andy.
Just to avoid any potential misunderstandings here, can I point out that this isn't a WMUK-supported WiR position, i.e. WMUK hasn't been involved in establishing or running this WiR position, and there's no contract between WMUK and the institution (as there is e.g. with TWAM and the Science Museum using an agreement like that at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Example_WiR_agreement.pdf ). This is something that Andy's doing as an individual.
Thanks,
Mike
On 16 Apr 2013, at 14:53, rexx <rexx(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Excellent Andy, please bug me to call in and see the Gallery - I'm bound to forget otherwise.
>
> --
> Rexx
>
>
> On 16 April 2013 13:26, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
> What makes you think I'm limited to the UK? ;-)
>
> Thank you, all, for your kind words. some great images being uploaded at:
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Garman_Ryan_Collection
>
> A.
>
>
> On 16 April 2013 12:35, Roger Bamkin <victuallers(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > How many GLAMs are there in the UK? :-)
> >
> > Keep spreading the news!
> >
> > On 16 April 2013 11:12, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> Event details are now at:
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/NAGW
> >>
> >> On 16 April 2013 09:29, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
> >> > Hi folks,
> >> >
> >> > I am pleased to announce that this morning, I start work as Wikipedian
> >> > in Residence at The New Art Gallery, Walsall
> >> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Art_Gallery_Walsall>
> >> >
> >> > I hope to have a project page on-Wiki later today, but in brief the
> >> > main part of the project will be running a series of free open events
> >> > for members of the public to learn to edit Wikipedia, and to use the
> >> > gallery's impressive library an archives. Of course I'll also be
> >> > training gallery staff, and advising the management board on their
> >> > strategic approach to open content.
> >> >
> >> > This residency runs alongside my existing residency at Lancashire
> >> > County Council's Queen Street Mill Textile Museum.
> >> >
> >> > I hope to see some of you at one or more of the NAGW events.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Andy Mabbett
> >> > @pigsonthewing
> >> > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andy Mabbett
> >> @pigsonthewing
> >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Roger Bamkin
> > Victuallers Ltd
> > 01332 702993
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Hi folks,
I am pleased to announce that this morning, I start work as Wikipedian
in Residence at The New Art Gallery, Walsall
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Art_Gallery_Walsall>
I hope to have a project page on-Wiki later today, but in brief the
main part of the project will be running a series of free open events
for members of the public to learn to edit Wikipedia, and to use the
gallery's impressive library an archives. Of course I'll also be
training gallery staff, and advising the management board on their
strategic approach to open content.
This residency runs alongside my existing residency at Lancashire
County Council's Queen Street Mill Textile Museum.
I hope to see some of you at one or more of the NAGW events.
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
What makes you think I'm limited to the UK? ;-)
Thank you, all, for your kind words. some great images being uploaded at:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Garman_Ryan_Collection
A.
On 16 April 2013 12:35, Roger Bamkin <victuallers(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> How many GLAMs are there in the UK? :-)
>
> Keep spreading the news!
>
> On 16 April 2013 11:12, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Event details are now at:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/NAGW
>>
>> On 16 April 2013 09:29, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
>> > Hi folks,
>> >
>> > I am pleased to announce that this morning, I start work as Wikipedian
>> > in Residence at The New Art Gallery, Walsall
>> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Art_Gallery_Walsall>
>> >
>> > I hope to have a project page on-Wiki later today, but in brief the
>> > main part of the project will be running a series of free open events
>> > for members of the public to learn to edit Wikipedia, and to use the
>> > gallery's impressive library an archives. Of course I'll also be
>> > training gallery staff, and advising the management board on their
>> > strategic approach to open content.
>> >
>> > This residency runs alongside my existing residency at Lancashire
>> > County Council's Queen Street Mill Textile Museum.
>> >
>> > I hope to see some of you at one or more of the NAGW events.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Andy Mabbett
>> > @pigsonthewing
>> > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andy Mabbett
>> @pigsonthewing
>> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
>>
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>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
>
>
>
>
> --
> Roger Bamkin
> Victuallers Ltd
> 01332 702993
> 0758 2020815
> Google+:Victuallers
> Skype:Victuallers1
> Flickr:Victuallers2
>
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> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
>
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@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA (
https://outlook.ci.glendale.ca.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.arli…
)) will hold its 41st annual conference in Pasadena, California, April
25-29, 2013.
We are pleased to announce that select workshops and tours are being
made available to our local librarian and professional colleagues, AS
WELL AS LIBRARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, who WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE
CONFERENCE.
Consider taking advantage of this unique opportunity for professional
development and register (
http://www.arlisna.org/specialReg.taf?conf_id=48 ) for one (or more!) of
the following workshops and tours:
Workshop: The Art of GLAM-Wiki: The Basics of Sharing Cultural
Knowledge with the World on Wikipedia (
http://arlisna2013.sched.org/event/08c5275d25539d7bd67750fd67ebb8eb )
Led by Sarah Stierch and Sara Snyder
Friday, April 26, 2013, 8:00am-12:00pm
Learn how your organization can share its cultural heritage content
with a diverse audience on the world's fifth most popular website!
Instructors well-versed in the Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums
with Wikipedia (GLAM-Wiki) Initiative will teach you how to engage with
Wikipedia and the Wikipedia community, the basics of GLAM-Wiki,
Wikipedia's policies and procedures, and basic editing skills.
Workshop: Postcards from the Edge VI: Television & Media Industries (
http://arlisna2013.sched.org/event/4518d58c088edadd5a36ae607b79f991 )
Friday, April 26, 2013, 9:00am-12:30pm
This hands-on workshop format provides practical training for reference
and research librarians. The origins and nature of television and media
studies will be discussed and participants will be introduced to the
most important and useful resources related to the Television and Media
industries; special trial access to a number of electronic resources
will be provided.
Workshop: Omeka: Creating and Sharing Collections With An Open Source
Web Publishing Tool (
http://arlisna2013.sched.org/event/46ab0feb5da40dbcd8167e9ce891faff )
Friday, April 26, 2013, 8:00am-12:00pm
Do you have an exhibition idea or a hidden collection that needs
exposure? Come learn the basics of Omeka, a free, flexible, and open
source web-publishing platform for the online exhibition and display of
library, museum, and archival collections. In this hands-on format you
will create your own project with images, audio, video, and texts.
Workshop: Hands-on Letterpress Broadside Printing Workshop at Art
Center’s Archetype Press (
http://arlisna2013.sched.org/event/2da0f81b35460886cff197b6b2288ce8 )
Monday, April 29, 2013, 9:00am-1:00pm
Experience the letterpress renaissance and plan to get hands-on in this
participatory workshop where you will print a broadside and be exposed
to the cultural history and heritage of typography and print culture.
This is a rare opportunity to view and handle the largest collection of
American and European metal foundry type, wood type and ornaments in
California.
Tour: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Watts Towers (
http://arlisna2013.sched.org/event/d91c0ccac9ce501af078598518ff321b )
Thursday, April 25, 2013, 9:00am-5:00pm
Experience a one-hour tour of the Stanley Kubrick (
http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/stanley-kubrick ) exhibition led by
a LACMA curator, plus a presentation on the conservation challenges
presented by the iconic Watts Towers from LACMA’s senior conservation
scientist. You’ll have plenty of time to explore the museum before you
continue on to a docent led tour at Watts Towers (
http://www.lacma.org/art/watts-towers ).
Tour: Exploring El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument: Siqueiros
Mural, Avila Adobe, Olvera Street (
http://arlisna2013.sched.org/event/7a3184b961f88f495f5f100451b1ded3 )
Friday, April 26, 2013, 9:00am-1:00pm
Tour the Avila Adobe ( http://www.elpueblo.lacity.org/elpaa1.htm )
(1818), the oldest standing residence in L.A., followed by a visit to
the only David Alfaro Siqueiros public mura
l in the U.S., América
Tropical (
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/our_projects/field_projects/siqueiros/
) (1932). Leslie Rainer, Senior Project Specialist from the Getty
Conservation Institute will give an informative and detailed overview of
the mural and talk about the challenges and process of its recent
restoration.
Tour: The Getty Villa (
http://arlisna2013.sched.org/event/f8d2432b976b307f6b8bac91000efa9c )
Monday, April 29, 2013, 8:30am-5:30pm
The day will include a private tour of the Getty Villa, including a
curator-led tour of the special exhibition, Sicily: Art and Invention
between Greece and Rome ( http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/sicily/
). The second part of the day will include a behind-the-scenes tour with
an Education Specialist who will talk about the highlights and history
of the Villa, including the architecture, the garden, and the renovated
Ranch House, which was the original residence of J. Paul Getty.
PLEASE NOTE: Colleagues and students who take advantage of this special
opportunity will pay the regular price of the workshop or tour as listed
in the program, plus a $15 administrative fee.
For more information, visit the conference website (
http://www.arlisna.org/pasadena2013/ ), conference schedule (
http://arlisna2013.sched.org/ ), or our Facebook page (
https://www.facebook.com/ArlisNaPasadena ).
And register HERE ( http://www.arlisna.org/specialReg.taf?conf_id=48 )!
We look forward to welcoming you!
Sincerely,
Conference Program Co-chairs
Sarah Sherman & Cathy Billings
Sarah Sherman
Reference Librarian
Getty Research Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049
www.getty.edu/research
( http://http//www.getty.edu/research/institute/e_news/index.html )
Subscribe to GRI e-News (
http://www.getty.edu/research/institute/e_news/index.html )
Follow us on Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/GettyResearchInstitute
)
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Bern, 12.04.2013 - The Swiss Federal Archives and Wikimedia CH are joining
forces to review source materials from the Federal Archives and publish
them online. To this end, the post of a “Wikipedian in Residence” is now
being advertised via Wikimedia. The first joint project will provide access
to a photographic collection on the First World War.
2013 sees the start of a new collaboration between the Swiss Federal
Archives and Wikimedia – two organisations committed to free access to
knowledge. With a view to publishing freely usable, “public domain” source
materials from the Federal Archives holdings online via Wikimedia – such as
Wikipedia, Wikisource and Wikiversity – a “Wikipedian in Residence” will be
working in the Federal Archives over the next few months.
Wikimedia has been gathering experience with the “Wikipedian in Residence”
concept internationally since 2010, at institutions such as the Museum of
Modern Art in New York, the British Library in London and the US National
Archives near Washington. The Federal Archives partnership is the first
collaboration with a GLAM (*Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums*)
institution in Switzerland.
The initial goal is to make more than 5,000 digitised photographs from a
collection on the First World War searchable and freely accessible via
Wikimedia by autumn 2013, providing researchers with a fascinating, well
catalogued and freely accessible body of materials just in time for the
centenary of the war’s outbreak in 1914.
As a guest of the Federal Archives, the Wikipedian in Residence will
promote entries in the online encyclopaedia that relate to the Federal
Archives and their holdings, and publish material under open-content
licences. Links between the Federal Archives and the Wikipedia community
will also be expanded.
The Federal Archives and Wikimedia CH will report on the collaboration and
its results at regular intervals.
The advertisement for the post of “Wikipedian in
Residence”<http://members.wikimedia.ch/images/c/c7/Job-Advertisement-WiR.pdf>
Français:
http://www.bar.admin.ch/aktuell/00431/01503/index.html?lang=fr&msg-id=48486
Deutsch:
http://www.bar.admin.ch/aktuell/00431/01503/index.html?lang=de&msg-id=48486
Italiano:
http://www.bar.admin.ch/aktuell/00431/01503/index.html?lang=it&msg-id=48486
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Wikimedia CH <http://www.wikimedia.ch/>- Association for the advancement
of free knowledge
Skype: charles.andres.wmch
IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch
I am pleased to announce a backstage pass tour and editathon, at Queen
Street Mill Textile Museum (where I am Wikipedian in Residence),
Burnley, England, on 4 May 2013.
Details are at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/QSMM/event
Please note that booking is essential; and inform your networks.
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
Fae,
That is awesome, and a great reminder to me of all the good things
about Wikipedia! I love how everyone who has written about this just
has to provide a link to one of the pictures. They really are
lusciously beautiful - hi res, full color, and unusual subjects, which
is exactly what the long tail of Wikipedia articles is all about.
I can't wait until it's all done, thanks
Jane
2013/4/5, Fae <faewik+glam(a)gmail.com>:
> FYI, I'm in the process of uploading this collection and sorted out the
> metadata mapping last week. There were a few wrinkles to iron out, as the
> current catalogue appears to use some lower resolution images that
> previously were available, so I'm waiting on a reply from LACMA on these
> points.
>
> You can see progress at <
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Batch_uploading/Los_Angeles_Count…>,
> comments and suggestions welcome.
>
> Cheers,
> Fae
>
>
> On 4 April 2013 20:19, Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sumana,
>> Thanks for posting! There are some amazing images there, and I see
>> that many of them seem to have been added to Commons already by
>> Kaldari's bot, such as this painting:
>>
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLA_lacma_Clara_Peeters_still_life.j…
>> A quick search on this "File:WLA_lacma" brings back 381 results.
>> Hopefully this post will help us get the rest on board?
>> Jane
>>
>> 2013/3/18, Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah(a)wikimedia.org>:
>> >
>> https://lacma.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/what-do-cats-have-to-do-with-it-welc…
>> >
>> >
>> http://lacma.tumblr.com/post/45351653675/two-years-ago-we-launched-an-exper…
>> >
>> > The search:
>> >
>> http://collections.lacma.org/search/site/?f[0]=bm_field_has_image%3Atrue&f[…
>> >
>> > Look at this beautiful watercolor on mica from West Bengal circa 1800.
>> > http://collections.lacma.org/node/225266
>> >
>> > This is cool.
>> > --
>> > Sumana Harihareswara
>> > Engineering Community Manager
>> > Wikimedia Foundation
>>
>
> --
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>
