Thanks so much Axel, appreciated!
Best, 
Sara

Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:35:06 +0200
From: haxpett@gmail.com
To: glam@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [GLAM] Curators editing in working time

Hi Sara,
I've worked with the Council of Central Museums in Sweden for a while now, and a bunch of curators are both editing and engageing in discussions during their work time. No concerns about employer oversight has been raised, but rather that the transparency makes it easy to show off what they have done. Beeing transparent also makes it easier for the wikimedia community to see what GLAM staff are doing, and to help out when that is needed and ask for expert input when sources, images or knowledge they think the GLAM can provide is called for. 

Some of the museums have created institutional pages where they list articles they are watching and working with, commons categories, projects and users working on the GLAM. See https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Projekt_GLAM/Tekniska_museet for the Tekniska museet page.

Best regards,
/axel

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2015-04-22 12:46 GMT+02:00 Sara Thomas <sa.thomas@live.com>:
Hello all, 

Daria at WMUK suggested that I ask this list, hoping someone out there can help.  I'm a Wikimedian in Residence working at Glasgow Museums in Scotland.  We've had a lot of curator interest in editing and contributing to Wiki, but that's brought up some issues concerning the use of Wiki during working time, the oversight that the employer would have, etc.  Glasgow Museums are part of Glasgow Life, which is a council-run body.

I wondered if anyone had come up against these sorts of issues before, and if so, how they'd been dealt with?  I'm looking at ways in which curators can leave messages on talk pages, engage in discussion on Wikiprojects, etc, but some are really keen on direct editing. 

Any advice or experiences greatly appreciated!

All the best, 
Sara Thomas



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