Hi all,
Just as my work at the British Library is coming to an end, I'm
delighted to be able to tell people about a new Wikimedian in
Residence post at the National Library of Scotland - I've helped work
to set this up, and I think there's a real potential for doing amazing
things here. The NLS is a great institution, with some really
innovative and forward-thinking work, and as well as the obvious
strengths in Scottish history and culture they have major map
collections and one of the most interesting publishing archives in the
UK. Lots of scope for interesting projects here.
It's full-time, for four months, though this may possibly be
negotiable to a longer period at part time - it's worth asking. The
job is paid and formally employed by the Library, funded jointly by
the Library and by Wikimedia UK.
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/04/1533/ has further details and a
link to the NLS recruitment site.
Please circulate this widely!
Thanks,
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk
Hi all,
Two cool big-data approaches to organizing information and collections
launched today:
The Digital Public Library of America -- the DPLA aims to be a common
platform for the nation's special collections.
http://dp.la
Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation, BISON -- This is an effort
from USGS to map species records across the US ("offering more than 100
million mapped records of nearly every living species nationwide and
growing. And the vast majority of the records are specific locations, not
just county or state records.")
http://bison.usgs.ornl.gov
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fwd'ing to the libraries list
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From: <ksmith(a)trl.org>
Date: Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:47 AM
Subject: [Gendergap] seeking wiki-ninja for Wikipedia Loves Libraries Local
History Project
To: gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Are you a Wikipedia content creator with a love of history, living in the
area of Olympia, Washington? The Olympia Timberland Library is desperately
seeking a Wiki-Ninja to help us develop and maintain our Wikipedia Loves
Libraries Local History project. Our goal is to have regular editing and
content creation sessions at the library, with the goal of improving
articles related to the history of Olympia, Washington. We have a whole
crew of enthusiastic local history buffs who are interested in helping with
this project, but we are missing the key element to our success- someone
with more Wikipedia knowledge than us who is willing to share their
expertise. Our ideal Wiki-Ninja would be available for about 3-4 hours on
Friday evenings 6 times per year (every other month) to teach the basics of
writing and editing in Wikipedia. We can compensate for any travel expenses.
Please get in touch if you have any questions or are interested in our
Wikipedia Loves Libraries Local History Project-
Kelsey Smith
Adult Services Librarian
Olympia Timberland Library
313 8th Ave SE
Olympia, WA 98501
Phone: 360-352-0595
www.TRL.org<http://www.trl.org/>
Currently reading: the Magician King by Lev Grossman
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Hi all,
Earlier this afternoon we apparently filled up our quota of tickets for
GLAM-Wiki; if you try and register on eventbrite, you'll be told we're sold
out.
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2013
I am fairly sure we are not actually full and we will be able to release
more tickets, but it'll take us a couple of days to sort out - both
tomorrow and Monday are public holidays here in the UK, so most of the
organisers have already gone on holiday, and we won't be able to check
numbers with the venue until Tuesday at the earliest. I recommend you sign
up on the waitlist and we'll notify you when tickets are available again.
If you have already made arrangements to come to GLAM-Wiki (or you're a
speaker...) but have not yet registered, please don't panic! Drop me an
email and I'll make sure it's sorted out.
Apologies for the inconvenience,
- Andrew.
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk