Hi all,

Tldr: I published a series of recommendations for creating Wikimedian in Residence positions, and would like your feedback at: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence/Creating_a_Wikimedian_in_Residence_position

The long version:

As part of our continued support of the GLAM-Wiki community, we have been getting an increasing number of requests to the Wikimedia Foundation GLAM team from Wikimedia organizers, affiliates, and partner institutions about “how to create or get Wikimedian in Residence positions”. As you are probably familiar, Wikimedian in Residence positions are very effective at expanding the impact of partnerships with GLAMs and other institutions, and are very successful at expanding the ability for institutions to collaborate with the Wikimedia community.

During the last half a year, I interviewed a dozen folks involved in creating Wikimedian in Residence positions at affiliates, as independent organizers in the movement, and at institutions independent of Wikimedia organizers to collect their best thoughts and advice on how to create these roles. Additionally, I drew on documentation created by Wikimedia UK in their evaluation of the WIR program in the UK, the experience of advising communities creating residencies and as part of WMF grants programs, and other documentation from places like the Blog and This Month in GLAM.

The result is a recommendation on how to create these roles: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence/Creating_a_Wikimedian_in_Residence_position

I would like to start sharing with folks inquiring about these roles. However, before I do, I could use feedback on the page. Please join the discussion at: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedian_in_Residence/Creating_a_Wikimedian_in_Residence_position

Cheers,

Alex

P.S. This is part of a series of documentation improvements that we have been making over the last couple years. I highly recommend other documentation about the various major tactics used in the GLAM-Wiki community: