Hello all,
I'm very excited to share that Thursday, July 12th is GLAM Night Out at the
beautiful Newseum in Washington DC.
Consumer Reports, thanks to their recent partnership with Wikimedia and
their Wikipedian in Residence Lane Rasberry, has partnered with the
GLAM-Wiki US community to throw a fabulous party at the Newseum on the
first evening of Wikimania.
This will be the launch of the GLAM-Wiki US Consortium, a forthcoming
network of GLAM professionals, organizations, and Wikipedians. The event
includes a reception and networking event for Wikipedians, GLAM
professionals, and other nonprofit and media professionals, followed by a
media panel discussion on conflicts of interest in science and medicine.
We encourage all Wikipedians involved in or interested in GLAM to attend.
This will be a fun time to connect with the GLAM-Wiki community and network
with GLAM professionals and beyond.
Please see the Wikimania page for information:
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Night_Out
The event is free but registration is required: http://bit.ly/RSVPnewseum
Also, don't forget that the Wikipedia Loves Libraries workshop will be held
on Wednesday:
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries
Please distribute as you'd like and we hope to see you there!
Lori
--
Lori Phillips
Digital Marketing Content Coordinator
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation
703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/
Forwarding - please circulate widely!
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From: Andrew Gray <andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk>
Date: 22 June 2012 17:20
Subject: GLAM-WIKI 2012 - registration now open!
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, UK
Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear all,
I am pleased to announce that registration is now open for the
GLAM-WIKI 2012 conference, to be held at the British Library in London
on 14th - 16th September 2012.
The conference will feature two days of presentations and workshops,
with the Friday focused on the work Wikimedia and similar
organisations have done in partnership with cultural institutions,
presenting case studies and discussing the benefits to both parties.
The Saturday will be oriented more towards the practical and technical
side, looking at ways to work together and running workshops to share
best practice.
The third day, Sunday 16th, will be an unconference day, with the
focus and agenda determined by the attendees on the day.
We are currently taking proposals for talks, workshops and panel
sessions, on three broad themes:
* Open content in the GLAM sector
* Developing sustainable partnerships
* New models and future projects
The call for papers will close on 23rd July, and the schedule will be
announced on 30th July.
Registration is now open at: http://glamwiki2012.eventbrite.co.uk/ and
accomodation details will be released at a later date when hotel
arrangements are confirmed.
More details, and the call for papers, are at
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2012
If you have any questions, please contact glam(a)wikimedia.org.uk
--
- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk
--
- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk
Hello everyone!
My name is David Parreño Mont and I'm a Catalan Wikipedian and the
Communications Coordinator for Amical Wikipedia. I'm one of the Catalan
Army members ;-)
This summer I'll do a kind of Wikipedia-in-Residence in the cultural
institutions of my town, Palafrugell.
Palafrugell<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palafrugell>is a village near
the Costa
Brava <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Brava> with a 23,000 inhabitants.
It's known for its beaches.
I'll combine all the institutions (library, archive, Josep
Pla<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep_Pla>Foundation, the 2
museus...) to do edit-a-thons, workshops, expand
articles, release images to Wikimedia Commons, do a Wiki Takes... We also
have the support of the city council.
In fact, firstly we did a Wikipedia workshop on June 16 in the library with
17 attendees (photos<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Biblioteca_de_Palafrugell>).
On June 18 we also did a Edit-a-thon in public library of
Figueres<https://twitter.com/Wikimediacat/status/214744002149363712>(where
Dali was born) to expand the Abdó
Terrades <http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd%C3%B3_Terrades_i_Poli> article,
a former mayor (1812 - 1856) —was the bicentenary of his birth.
Moreover, Àlex Hinojo is doing a great job with all the libraries in
Catalonia!
I'm looking forward to working with you all.
Kind regards,
*David Parreño Mont*
*User:Davidpar*
*@dapamont <https://twitter.com/#!/dapamont>*
I was looking at the latest revision to the Wikipedia Loves Libraries page
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries
and noticed at the bottom it says:
"Follow us on T[witter] or F[acebook].
The Facebook link leads to the GLAMwiki page:
https://www.facebook.com/GLAMWIKI.US
So should the Twitter link be to the @glamwiki account?
Or should both be about Wikipedia Loves Libraries? (I know there is
neither a Twitter account or Facebook page for WLL).
--
Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
blog: http://www.nypl.org/blog/author/44 Twitter: @kos2
Listowner: OPERA-L ; SMT-TALK ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users
- My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions -
Forwarding from cultural partners list,
it seems a wonderful idea to me.
Aubrey
2012/6/11 Alex <alexhinojo(a)gmail.com>
> Hi,
>
> I'm proud to announce an agreement with the Libraries dept of the
> government of Catalonia for expanding wiki culture among citizens and
> librarians.
>
> Some projects:
>
> 1)
> During the next weeks I will be giving some Wikipedia workshops to
> Librarians around Catalonia
>
> 2) they are funding a print of 1500 "welcome to Wikipedia" manuals in
> Catalan, to spread them among libraries all around Catalonia
>
> 3) the project is about to : teaching to fish: we want the librarians to
> be our territorial network for helping Wikipedia, including a possible
> Wikipedia point in every library with some stickers like: want to wiki? Ask
> me how or something like this (still drafting )
>
> Any other ideas will be welcomed
>
> Alex Hinojo
> Amical Wikipedia
>
> Sent from my Casio
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> cultural-partners mailing list
> cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch
> http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners
>
{{Crossposting excuses}}
Hello Everybody,
The buzz is almost palpable, the Wikipedia Loves Libraries (WLL) event
at Wikimania preconference is now scheduled.
What it is:
We have planned riveting presentations form both the Wikipedian and
Librarians perspectives on the history of WLL, followed by a discussion
and strategy meeting for the future of the program. The first half and
hour will be a Workshop for Librarians titled: Behind The Secret Door:
Wikipedia Information Literacy for Librarians
Abstract:
Librarians are domain experts in classic information literacy, and much
of that expertise can be applied to Wikipedia if only one knows where to
click. Without even learning how to edit, there are a plethora of useful
tools built into - and onto - Wikipedia that can help you understand
more about the articles. With this workshop you will learn to view and
understand: the complete revision history of an article, the discussion
taking place on the content, the quality rating of an article, the
viewership statistics, which other articles link to it, and Wikipedia's
category system. Plus you'll have the opportunity to ask questions in a
supportive environment.
Where and When:
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 from 1pm-4pm.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Labor History Research Center
<http://maps.google.com/maps/place?q=Gelman+Library+room+702+George+Wash
ington+University+2130+H+St.+NW+Washington,+DC+20052+Metro:+Foggy+Bottom
&hl=en&ftid=0x89b7b7b1afbe5909:0xb1f849bd0bf385>
Gelman Library room 702
George Washington University
2130 H St. NW Washington, DC 20052
What you can do until then:
1. Show your intent to attend:
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries#Attend
ance_.28Sign_below.29
2. Add topics to the agenda that you'd like to discuss:
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries#Roundt
able_Discussion_Agenda
See you there and then,
Max Klein
Wikipedia in Residence
kleinm(a)oclc.org
+17074787023
Hey gang,
I joined this list thinking that I'd follow others to see what they do. I
suspect everyone else is thinking the same thing.
So it's time to spring into action in order to prepare for Wikipedia Loves
Libraries 2012 (WLL). To start, I propose that we create an email message
to be posted to various library-related email lists notifying people of the
existence of and advantages of WLL. (When I say "library" I mean to be
inclusive of the other GLAM participants, although - for now - focusing on
library staff [who are not always "librarians"].)
I'm in my Wikipedia mindset which makes me aware that what you're doing is
a collaboration - so apologies if my tone sounds excessively one-sided.
I feel we should create/edit a document so that we can send out this email.
I was going to suggest using Google Docs to foster collaborative editing,
but then realized that the appropriate place is the Outreach Wiki -
although I still feel like a guest on that wiki and am less confident about
its organization. (Wikipedia's page is *about* WLL.) I wasn't able to
find a WLL section of outreach.wikimedia.org, but there is this page:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ_For_Librarians
The GLAM project has nice pages, such as this one:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Get_started -- but I think an WLL
email blast needs a different kind of message. I'm thinking of some kind
of concise, direct, and appealing message that lays out about 5 bullet
points as to why library staff and libraries should be involved in WLL.
From there they can go to the Get Started page above.
Some of the points I'm thinking of are:
- Welcoming Wikipedians into your library can increase the number of
users
- Wikipedia activity in the library can foster a greater sense of
community
- As the 6th most frequently visited site on the Internet, Wikipedia as
the ability to highlight your library
- Wikipedia's underlying message of access to information can underscore
your library's efforts to provide access to patrons
- If your library has unique materials, Wikipedians can help reveal
knowledge and information about those materials
So how about it? Maybe someone can set up a planning space on
outreach.wikimedia.org so we can gather & organize our thoughts and share
them with others?
Secondly...
I know I'll be seeing Merrilee prior to ALA - are there any other folks
that would like to gather during ALA for an informal WLL meeting?
I'll probably wear my Wikipedia t-shirt to ALA.
--
Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
blog: http://www.nypl.org/blog/author/44 Twitter: @kos2
Listowner: OPERA-L ; SMT-TALK ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users
- My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions -
Please feel free to forward to interested parties.
----------------
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is seeking a
Wikipedian-In-Residence for an unpaid internship. The successful applicant
will have a commitment to the Library, Wikipedia, and the performing arts.
https://jobs-nypl.icims.com/jobs/6905/job
*External Responsibilities:*
Reporting to the Music Division Curator for Rare Books and Manuscripts, the
Wikipedian-In-Residence intern will:
- Create and/or enhance Wikipedia articles based on unique content found
at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- Provides training on editing Wikipedia to staff by request
- Provides training on editing Wikipedia to public by request
- Collaborates with staff any Wikipedia-related activities at NYPL
- Identifies outreach opportunities
*External Qualifications:*
*Qualifications***
- Good computer skills
- At least two years experience editing Wikipedia
- Extensive knowledge of at least one of the subject areas appropriate
to The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Dance, Film, Music,
Recorded Sound, Theatre).
- Those with interdisciplinary interests are especially encouraged
- Ability to work collaboratively with a positive outlook
--
Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
blog: http://www.nypl.org/blog/author/44 Twitter: @kos2
Listowner: OPERA-L ; SMT-TALK ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users
- My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions -
Hello Bibliotechnicians,
Plans for a Wikipeida Loves Libraries Event at Wikimania 2012 in
Washington D.C. are coalescing.
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries
So far the suggestions are to hold "an informal happy hour meetup" and
Biodiversity Heritage Library may present. Also I'm planning on hosting
a "no editing experience necessary Wikipedia Tips and Tricks, and
Secrets for Librarians" workshop. We want to gather some Librarians from
the surrounding area to create an assorted mix of both Librarians and
Wikimedians.
An important next area to finalize is the date. This will happen in the
pre-conference days of the 10th or 11th of July, and we want your input
to know exactly when, by use of this doodle.
http://www.doodle.com/d52sw3dmfc8qq8x8
Likely we will have some space at a George Washington University
Library, and OCLC will sponsor some refreshments.
What else would you like to see happen?
Max Klein
Wikipedia in Residence
kleinm(a)oclc.org
+17074787023