Following closely on the news of our Barbara being elected to the Europeana
members council[1] and the GLAMwiki Coordinators meeting that we're hosting
at UNESCO in two weeks[2], I am pleased to also formally announce the
official launch of the Europeana 1914-1918 Wikimedia campaign. It's
something that many of you are already aware of (and have helped me to
design/prepare over the last few months!) so it's great that it's finally
"open".
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Europeana/1914-18
Until the end of July, the campaign asks Wikimedia Affiliates to produce a
"portfolio" of actions they've organised - both current and past - around
the theme of 1914-18. If your affiliate would like to participate, please
link it + contact name alongside the others already participating, on the
project page linked above!
This is not only about military history. Some affiliates are already
planning activities to do with: The centenary of women's suffrage in their
country; the October revolution; migration & refugees... Also, the range of
valid activities is not only Editathons. Anything that relates to the theme
is allowed (e.g. photo expeditions, mapping parties, transcribathons,
content donations) so long as at least one activity is with a Europeana
partner-GLAM or uses a Europeana service (such as the API, or the
crowdsourced personal items digitised at "collection days" across the
continent for Europeana 1914-1918[3] - some of which is already on
Commons). Projects collaborating between multiple affiliates would be
particularly cool, and activities already planned/underway/passed which
have relevance to the theme can be counted too - doesn't have to be 'new'
things!
Europe is obviously the target of this campaign, but non-European
affiliates are certainly also welcome to contribute their own portfolio and
participate (Europeana's sister organisation in America - the DPLA - is
preparing a resources page to help).
At the end, Europeana will showcase the collection of portfolios to
demonstrate the *diverse*, *innovative*, and *high-quality* ways that this
important period of Europe's history can be understood through open-access
heritage. And yes, there ARE prizes, including a scholarship to present at
the 2017 Europeana conference in Amsterdam.[5]
Any questions? Thoughts? There is an FAQ on the project page[4] and lots of
'ready to go' activity-ideas, but feel free to reply here too. My colleague
Ad Pollé and I can also help with introducing communities to local partner
GLAMs if that would be helpful.
Sincerely,
-Liam / Wittylama
Europeana GLAMwiki coordinator
[1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/glam/2017-January/001144.html
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_European_GLAMwiki_Coordinators_meeting
[3] http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/en/explore
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Europeana/1914-18
[5] Note, this major prize includes travel costs from within Europe only
wittylama.com
Peace, love & metadata
Greetings GLAM wiki community,
I am honored be attending an upcoming UNESCO/GLAMwiki<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_European_GLAMwiki_Coordinators_meeting> coordinators meeting on February 16 & 17. I will be representing the U.S. GLAM Wiki Consortium, looking at ways to contribute to Wikidata from my organization, as well as talking about my research on the impact of open GLAM<https://siarchives.si.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/2016_03_10_OpenCollectio…>.
If you work at a U.S. GLAM organization that works with Wikipedia/Wikimedia, I ask that you kindly respond to a 7 question survey<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y5NJRB7> to help me understand the challenges and benefits that U.S. organizations face in collaborating with Wikipedia/Wikimedia. Please submit your answers by Friday, February 10th as my presentation is February 16th. And please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Best wishes,
Effie Kapsalis, Chief of Content & Communications
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Dear #1Lib1Ref Heroes,
One last request for this year's campaign!
We want to make sure that in the face of "alternative facts" the world
knows that Wikipedia and Libraries are working side-by-side to bring
reliable information to the world. We stand together, because #factsmatter.
Please retweet a post sent out today from our main @Wikipedia account while
adding your own tagline to it like this:
#1Lib1Ref Happens Here. Because #FactsMatter.
https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/826792224084021250
That's all we need to maximize the momentum from an already record-breaking
global campaign (3 times bigger than last year!). We really appreciate your
help.
It matters now more than ever.
The Wikipedia Library Team
--
Alex Stinson
GLAM-Wiki Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
http://glamwiki.org
Hi everyone,
I am pleased to announce the launch of the fourth Inspire Campaign for
IdeaLab, focused on outreach to outside knowledge networks:
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>
There is tremendous potential in cooperative work between Wikimedia
contributors and entities such as libraries (and other GLAM
institutions[1]), cultural centers, content experts, and other sources of
information. Such outreach can lead to rewarding collaborative efforts
that, among many benefits, helps us create and offer better quality content
to readers.
All types of proposals are welcome - research projects, software
development, and naturally for this campaign, community organizing and
outreach. Wikimedia Foundation staff are also invited to advise on ideas
they can offer support and guidance on. Project Grants[2] and Rapid
Grants[3] are available for projects developed during this campaign that
need financial support. For ideas that do not require funding, I am happy
to provide general guidance on projects on how to bring your idea to
action. The campaign runs until 28 February.
If you're interested in doing some outreach work to an institution,
organization, or group in your area, or want to help with an existing
outreach project, I encourage you to check out the submissions of this
campaign!
With thanks,
Jethro
[1] <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM>
[2] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>
[3] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid>
Chris "Jethro" Schilling
I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)>
Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
Dear colleages,
in a nutshell: Europeana <http://www.europeana.eu/portal/de#> is the
European answer to the Google art project. It might not contain so awesome
images but a lot more diverse material. I am very happy that I was elected
to become a member of its council last fall. For the first time a Wikimedia
representative has become a member and here you find my introduction
blogpost, published today:
http://pro.europeana.eu/blogpost/meet-the-members-council-barbara-fischer
In February the new council will meet. Please, come with ideas on what I
should focus beyond the things I mentioned in the blog post.
wim bfisch
Barbara Fischer
Kuratorin für Kulturpartnerschaften
via Twitter: @fischerdata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | NEU: Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 26-(0)44
http://wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
Hey #1lib1ref organizers, WikiLibrarians and GLAM-Wiki enthusiasts,
We wanted to send a brief update on how the campaign is going:
As of writing the email, the campaign has tracked over 1930 contributions
by 392 contributos in 1332 articles in 15 different languages (remember we
expect we are missing 1/4-1/2 of contributions that don't use the hashtag).
This well surpasses our [https://meta.wikimedia.org/
wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons contributions from last year],
and we still have another week and a half to go! We published a brief
update blog at https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/24/1lib1ref-first-
week-highlights/ to highlight these accomplishments.
We have seen a slightly smaller amount of blogging and newsletters as part
of the Campaign this year. We think this may be in part, because the
campaign is less novel and in part because of the broad number of
distractions in the press at the moment (we actually think this means we
have been more grassroots this year which is a good signal for the network
for Wikipedia and libraries). If you find pieces of press or blogs, make
sure to share them at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Press
We are testing a Central Notice Banner, to encourage Wikimedians to go talk
to their librarians about #1lib1ref. So far we have seen pageview activity
from Wikipedians, but it is not clear how much that will transfer into
activity. We have yet to see a social media boost or huge boost in
participation using the hashtag. If you want to try the banner in your
language, instructions are below [1]
We could still use your help reminding librarians in your context to
participate! Something as simple as visiting your library and showing the
librarians how to add a citation to Wikipedia, or sending an email to your
local library organiziations, would be awesome. Sharing in digital
communications attracts some participants to the campaign, but we also know
that many of participants are encouraged by friends, peers, colleagues or
patrons to participate.
We look forward to seeing what other activities events emerge this year. If
you need help, make sure to contact the Wikipedia Library team.
Keep up the energy through February 3!
Alex Stinson
[1] See the English language campaign banner banner at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Projekt_ilustracyjny_Philipa_
Greenspuna/Kryteria&banner=Community17_1lib1ref&uselang=en&force=1
For translating and deploying a banner in your language:
* Go to https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:
Translate&group=Centralnotice-tgroup-Community17_1lib1ref&filter=
* Get select your language.
*Click the first edit for "en"
-* Enter two letter language code
-* Save Translation
*Click for "Have you heard...."
- * Enter Translation
- * Save
*Ping Seddon (WMF), and he will review the translation and deploy it.
--
Alex Stinson
GLAM-Wiki Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
http://glamwiki.org
Somehow the main GLAM list got removed from the "To:" field...
Pine
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From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 10:54 AM
Subject: Blog post: "Wikidata: the new hub for cultural heritage"
To: North American Cultural Partnerships <glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
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FYI: https://www.oxfordaspiremuseums.org/blog/wikidata
Pine
Hi everyone,
We are once again in the process of co-organizing the international
Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thons and we are writing to solicit your
participation. This could take the form of forwarding this call onto folks
you think would want to organize an event; sharing info about the project
on your social media channels; organizing your own edit-a-thon; or any
other way you can think to spread the word. Any and all participation is
greatly appreciated!
--
*Call for Participation: 4th Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, March,
2017*
DON’T AGONIZE, ORGANIZE! The award winning, record breaking Art+Feminism
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is happening this March. Join us again or organize
for the first time to improve Wikipedia and affirm the importance of the
arts and intersectional feminisms. It matters more than ever as we face a
post-fact world, and what may follow. Email us at info(a)artandfeminism.org to
learn more about organizing an event.
WHY?
Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors identify
as female. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the
practical effect of the disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of
female participation. Established in 2014, Art+Feminism Wikipedia
Edit-a-thon is a response to the gender gap in content and participation on
Wikipedia.
As the lead co-organizers of Art+Feminism, we’ve been deeply disturbed by
the sheer amount of fake news on social media, and its influence on the
recent US election. We believe this makes our work even more pressing. Now
more than ever we must gather together to improve Wikipedia and affirm work
of women, people of color, immigrants, the LGBTQIA+ community and other
marginalized peoples.
HOW?
Hold an Edit-a-thon at your local university, artist run center, museum,
community center, etc! Art+Feminism Edit-a-thons address content and
participation gaps by inviting people of all gender identities and
expressions to gather for communal updating of Wikipedia entries related to
art and feminism. The leadership collective supports Edit-a-thon organizers
by: providing an organizer’s kit
<http://www.artandfeminism.org/organizing-kit/> with suggested workflow,
promotional and training materials, and more; funding to defray the costs
of refreshments and childcare; and training and support.
WHEN?
The 2017 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at The Museum of Modern Art,
New York will take place on Saturday, March 11, 2017. Node events are
welcome to hold their event on this day or any other date in March, 2017
that makes sense for your community. To learn more and get involved,
contact the lead co-organizers via email: info(a)artandfeminism.org.
In solidarity,
Siân Evans + Jacqueline Mabey + Michael Mandiberg
e. info(a)artandfeminism.org
w. www.artandfeminism.org
--
Siân Evans + Jacqueline Mabey + Michael Mandiberg
Lead Co-Organizers
info(a)artandfeminism.org
www.artandfeminism.org
ᐧ
FYI,
Alex
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From: "Martin Rulsch" <rulschmartin(a)gmail.com>
Date: Jan 11, 2017 8:22 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2017 scholarship applications open
To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
Hi all,
Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2017 which is being held in
Montréal, Canada on August 11–13, 2017 are now being accepted. Applications
are open until Monday, 20 February 2017 23:59 UTC.
Applicants will be able to apply for a partial or full scholarship. A full
scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel,
shared accommodation, and conference registration fees as arranged by the
Wikimedia Foundation. A partial scholarship will cover conference
registration fees and shared accommodation.
Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and
selection criteria established by the Scholarship Committee and the
Wikimedia Foundation, who will determine which applications are successful.
To learn more about Wikimania 2017 scholarships, please visit:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships
To apply for a scholarship, fill out the multi-language application form
on: https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply
It is highly recommended that applicants review all the material on the
Scholarships page and the associated FAQ ( https://wikimania2017.
wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ ) before submitting an application.
If you have any questions, please contact:
wikimania-scholarships at wikimedia.org
<wikimania-scholarships(a)wikimedia.org>
or leave a message at:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships
Please help us spread the word!
Best regards,
for the Scholarship Committee
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_committee
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