I am very pleased to announce that Wikimedia NYC and Wikimedia DC are
working in collaboration to host the first national Wikimedia conference in
the United States!
Here are the details for the conference:
Dates: Friday, May 30, 2014 - Sunday, June 1, 2014
Location: New York Law School (185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013)
Website: http://wikiconferenceusa.org
Email: wikicon(a)wikimedianyc.org
Registration: http://wikiconusa.eventbrite.org/
For more information, please review our official press release below! We
hope you will join us and help us spread the word!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiCon_USA_2014_Press_Release_v1.p…
Thanks,
Richard (User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
Hi everyone,
It's your monthly email - the March GLAMout will be next Friday! Please tune in at 12pm-1pm Pacific Time (3pm-4pm ET | 19-20h UTC). Right now the agenda is wide open and I encourage anyone who has something to share to sign up, and also volunteer to run the GLAMout if you're inclined (I'm available if no one else is but would also be fine with turning it over to someone else).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout/2014/March
What is the GLAMout? It's a monthly online video-chat (using Google+ Hangouts) where cultural professionals, Wikimedians, or any interested parties can learn and chat about GLAM activities. The GLAMout is currently hosted by the GLAM-Wiki US Consortium. While the Google Hangout is limited to those presenting, anyone is welcome to view on YouTube.
Thanks and hope to see you online!
Merrilee
Sorry for the fwd which many of you may have seen already, but -- here is a
call for papers that is relevant to our interests :) Anyone want to get
together and write something about WP & libraries?
-- phoebe
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*Apologies for cross-posting*
The Virginia Library Association (VLA) and the Virginia Chapter of the
Association of College & Research Libraries (VLACRL) invite you to
contribute manuscripts for a special, peer-reviewed issue of Virginia
Libraries dedicated to exploring openness in libraries.
The October/November/December (v. 4) 2014 issue of Virginia Libraries will
focus on the idea of "openness" and how twenty-first century libraries can
engage with and promote this idea. Submissions should be around 3,000 words
in length and may represent original research, case studies, essays, or
literature reviews on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
* Open access resources
* Open educational resources (OERs)
* Massive open online courses (MOOCs)
* Open education initiatives
* Open source software
* Linked data
* Institutional repositories
* Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
* Copyright
* Instruction and information literacy efforts including open resources
* Programming and outreach promoting open resources and discussions
* Changing roles of information professionals in an "open" environment
Articles will be peer reviewed and accepted articles will be edited before
publication.
The journal issue will be published in Fall 2014. Full manuscript drafts
will be accepted until June 1, 2014 . Authors will be notified about their
submissions by July 1, 2014 , and final drafts of accepted articles will be
due to issue editors by August 15, 2014 .
Additional information about Virginia Libraries and author guidelines are
available: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/VALib/ . Virginia Libraries
is an open access journal, and is indexed in Library, Information Science,
& Technology Abstracts (LISTA), Library Literature & Information Science
Full Text, and Library & Information Science Source.
Manuscript submissions, questions, and other comments should be sent
directly to the issue editors, VLACRL Co-Chair Rebecca K. Miller (
millerrk(a)vt.edu ) and VLACRL Chair Candice Benjes-Small (
cbsmall(a)radford.edu ).
--
Rebecca K. Miller
www.rebeccakatemiller.com
Information Literacy Coordinator/Science Librarian
University Libraries at Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
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* I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at>
gmail.com *
Hi everyone,
The February GLAMout is now available on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8szdHJkF928
For right now these are mostly under my YouTube account - if someone has the time and energy to move them somewhere else, please let me know (as long as it doesn't take a lot on my end!). I know there's a "better" way to share these, but my energy seems best spent in organizing and executing, not in follow up! I enjoy these conversations very much as a way to hear what is happening in the GLAM US Wiki community, which it turns out is quite a bit!
Merrilee
From: Proffitt,Merrilee
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 12:28 PM
To: 'Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]'; 'Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination'; North American Cultural Partnerships; 'Wikimedia & Libraries'
Subject: Reminder: GLAMout tomorrow!
Hi everyone,
Just a reminder that the GLAMout will be held this Friday - that's tomorrow! Please tune in at 12pm-1pm Pacific Time (3pm-4pm ET | 19-20h UTC) There is a more or less finalized list of topics at on the website.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout#February_7.2C_2014
What is the GLAMout? It's a monthly online video-chat (using Google+ Hangouts) where cultural professionals, Wikimedians, or any interested parties can learn and chat about GLAM activities. The GLAMout is currently hosted by the GLAM-Wiki US Consortium. While the Google Hangout is limited to those presenting, anyone is welcome to view on YouTube.
This month is a little more organized and I actually have a YouTube link to share ahead of time! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8szdHJkF928 You can use the #glamwiki hashtag on Twitter or the Q&A tool in YouTube (which I believe should be available once the event starts).
Thanks and hope to see you online!
Merrilee
Hi everyone,
Just a reminder that the GLAMout will be held this Friday - that's tomorrow! Please tune in at 12pm-1pm Pacific Time (3pm-4pm ET | 19-20h UTC) There is a more or less finalized list of topics at on the website.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout#February_7.2C_2014
What is the GLAMout? It's a monthly online video-chat (using Google+ Hangouts) where cultural professionals, Wikimedians, or any interested parties can learn and chat about GLAM activities. The GLAMout is currently hosted by the GLAM-Wiki US Consortium. While the Google Hangout is limited to those presenting, anyone is welcome to view on YouTube.
This month is a little more organized and I actually have a YouTube link to share ahead of time! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8szdHJkF928 You can use the #glamwiki hashtag on Twitter or the Q&A tool in YouTube (which I believe should be available once the event starts).
Thanks and hope to see you online!
Merrilee
Hi everyone,
Just a reminder that the GLAMout will be held this Friday. We have a few topics in mind but add yours to the list for this month or under future topics!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout#February_7.2C_2014
What is the GLAMout? It's a monthly online video-chat (using Google+ Hangouts) where cultural professionals, Wikimedians, or any interested parties can learn and chat about GLAM activities. The GLAMout is currently hosted by the GLAM-Wiki US Consortium. While the Google Hangout is limited to those presenting, anyone is welcome to view on YouTube. Please check the page on Wiki and the #glamwiki hashtag on Twitter for viewing links (we will send those out when we have them but it tends to be right when we start).
Thanks and hope to see you online!
Merrilee
From: Proffitt,Merrilee
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 4:04 PM
To: 'Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]'; 'Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination'; 'Wikimedia & Libraries'
Subject: December GLAMout tomorrow!
Just a reminder that the December GLAMout will be tomorrow! Although our focus is on US GLAM activities, all are welcome.
The focus will be on a roundup of Wikipedia Love Libraries events, paired with a report on program evaluation for Editathons and Workshops. Please take a look at those reports:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/Edit-a-t…https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/Editing_…
Of course there's more! Check out the link below for the agenda and further details. See you tomorrow!
Merrilee
From: Proffitt,Merrilee
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 11:00 AM
To: Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]; Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination; Wikimedia & Libraries
Subject: December GLAMout this Friday!
Hi everyone,
The December GLAMout will be THIS FRIDAY (at least in some timezones) December 6th 12pm-1pm Pacific Time (3pm-4pm ET | 19-20h UTC).
We have a fullish agenda but please do join us - look for the GLAMOut location on Twitter under #glamwiki and of course on the page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout/2013/December
See you online!
Merrilee