Dominic,
Congratulations for a job well done! You accomplished a lot for the NARA
and for Wikipedia. I can imagine it seems a bit of an anti-climax to leave
due to Human Resource issues, but it's not surprising. Sharing data is not
the top priority of most cultural institutions these days. Everyone seems
to be scrambling for survival and I can imagine with the elections coming
up, the spending of the NARA as all other US Gov't institutions has to
reflect targets as closely as possible to prove their mandate for the next
administration, whatever it will bring.
Jane
2012/10/21 Dominic McDevitt-Parks <mcdevitd(a)gmail.com>
Hi all,
I just wanted to let you all know that Friday was my last day as
Wikipedian in Residence at the US National Archives. I would like to thank
you all who helped make the project a success. It has been a great year,
and I think we accomplished a lot more than either I or NARA had hoped for
at the start, especially importantly in helping to change the culture of
the institution and gaining several advocates for our cause from the ranks
of NARA's professionals, including David Ferriero himself. I am a little
sad to see it end, but I am grateful to have been given the opportunity.
NARA is not going to be hiring a new Wikipedian in Residence in the short
term—my leaving ultimately came down to human resources issues, not because
I wanted to go or they wanted me to leave. There is a possibility that they
will create a permanent position if they can get approval, but that may
take a long time. In any case, the institution is still quite
Wikipedia-friendly, and I expect them to remain allies in some capacity.
And, of course, I still intend to remain involved in GLAM efforts, whether
it is here in DC or elsewhere. :-)
Dominic
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