Dear GLAMers,
Seems like I haven't written in this list for ages, so am really excited to
share some good news: *Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) has announced that it will
be hosting the 2018 international GLAM-WIKI conference! *
Though we are just in the first stages of organizing, it's clear to us that
in order to make this a successful event, the conference program should
focus on the topics and priorities that are important to the GLAM
community, namely -- you! So at this point, *you can help us by **filling
out this short survey*
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSds8yfSH5c09IhJ6ZEPQpyWh-N6fDbKHea…>
and letting us know what you find important and what you'd like to see in
such a conference.
There will be a proper sessions submission phase later on, but for now,
having a broad understanding of general topics that are of interest to this
community is helpful to WMIL, as well as the various charities we have
applied to in order to make this conference a reality.
I'm sure you have lots of questions and we'll do our best to answer them
and give some more info soon, but for now filling out the survey is the
best way forward.
Please feel free to contact me here or privately if you have any other
questions.
Cheers,
Shani Evenstein
on behalf of the 2018 GLAM-Wiki Conference organizing team.
PS -- CCed are Michal Lester, our ED, and Keren Shatzman, one of WMIL's
staff members, who is part of the organizing team.
Hello everyone!
The Wikimedia Foundation has created a survey for people involved in GLAM
(Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) media upload projects to
Wikimedia Commons. Please consider filling out the survey, if you are
currently participating in a GLAM batch upload project, or have
participated in one in the past! And we very much appreciate it if you
forward this message to colleagues/partners.
Here it is: https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7WDA2RZvPDuaV7f
Completing the survey takes 10-15 minutes.
The survey results will be used to understand how the Wikimedia Foundation
can improve its support for batch uploads to Commons - in the project
Structured
Data for Wikimedia Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data>, and beyond.
We are interested in learning more about the media collections that are
donated, the tools people use to prepare and upload files, and the overall
experience of donating media from GLAM organizations to Wikimedia Commons.
The survey data will be collected and stored under the terms of WMF's
survey privacy statement
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/GLAM_Donation_Survey_Privacy_Statement>.
A summary of the results will be made public when the survey is concluded,
so that we can all learn from it!
We hope to receive responses from Wikimedia community members and staff at
very diverse organizations - geographically, in terms of size and focus!
Thank you :-)
Many greetings! Sandra
--
Sandra Fauconnier
Community Liaison for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data>, Wikimedia
Foundation
sfauconnier(a)wikimedia.org
*Subscribe to the Structured Commons newsletter!*
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Hello all!
I am very happy to share with you the results of the first Community
Engagement Insights survey focused on Community Programs:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_Insights/2016-17_Repor…
This last year, we asked some very specific questions about GLAM and
Wikipedia Library related questions, including about how GLAM-Wiki is
perceived in the community and what research strategies folks use to create
content. Please review and share the data where you can!
If you would like to learn more about the Community Insights survey, I
highly recommend watching the video call from earlier today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoXpL-OUdNU
More documentation about the survey can found at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_Insights/2016-17_Report
Cheers,
Alex Stinson
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Alex Stinson
GLAM-Wiki Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
http://glamwiki.org
Hi all,
I am happy to announce that I have worked out most of the bugs on the
Running Editathons training on the Programs & Events dashboard, and its now
live: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/training/editathons .
I will be marking it up for translation soon: if you would like to leave
feedback, or are interested in translation please let me know via the
instructions at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Training_modules/dashboard/editathon
Special thanks to María Kreuz who did a lot of previous research and gave
amazing feedback that made this as thorough as it is, and everyone else who
pitched in knowledge, skills or documentation to help develop a better
shared vision on editing events.
Also, please share the training widely with new organizers and bring back
feedback.
Cheers,
Alex Stinson
--
Alex Stinson
GLAM-Wiki Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
http://glamwiki.org
Wikipedia
Dear,
With due Respect
I shall see to the best of how I could support in the Topics.
Thank You for the Information
Sincerely
Akogwu Elaigwu
On 10/3/17, libraries-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org
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> I am proposing a grant to fund a Wikipedian in Residence at the University
> of Pittsburgh to facilitate the transfer of historical content from Pitt's
> archives, collections and library related to women, regional history,
> Native Americans of Western Pennsylvania, immigrants, labor, and other
> topics. Though at this time I am a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, I have
> responded to requests by the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon
> University and the YWCA of Pittsburgh to provide training. As a volunteer
> contributor, I am unable to respond to all requests. There are more
> requests for training that I have time to do.
>
> The grant proposal is here:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Engaging_Academic_Archivists…
>
> Part of the grant-making process requires notification of those who would
> like to support this project.
>
> I am the potential grantee and believe that being in the position of
> Wikipedian-in-Residence will create a significant improvement to the topics
> listed above. My editing history already demonstrates my commitment to
> creating content on topics related to women. I understand that I will not
> be creating content as a Wikipedian-in-Residence. Instead, I would be
> training new and experienced contributors. I am experienced in training new
> contributors in adding content to other language wikipedias, Wikidata,
> Wikiquote, Commons and others. This will benefit new contributors since
> their training does not have to be limited to the English Wikipedia.
>
> I know the potential for the improvement and addition of content is great.
> Not only is your support requested but I would be very grateful to any
> other members of library efforts and projects who can provide advice. Thank
> you for your consideration.
> Best Regards,
>
> Barbara Page
>
I am proposing a grant to fund a Wikipedian in Residence at the University
of Pittsburgh to facilitate the transfer of historical content from Pitt's
archives, collections and library related to women, regional history,
Native Americans of Western Pennsylvania, immigrants, labor, and other
topics. Though at this time I am a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, I have
responded to requests by the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon
University and the YWCA of Pittsburgh to provide training. As a volunteer
contributor, I am unable to respond to all requests. There are more
requests for training that I have time to do.
The grant proposal is here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Engaging_Academic_Archivists…
Part of the grant-making process requires notification of those who would
like to support this project.
I am the potential grantee and believe that being in the position of
Wikipedian-in-Residence will create a significant improvement to the topics
listed above. My editing history already demonstrates my commitment to
creating content on topics related to women. I understand that I will not
be creating content as a Wikipedian-in-Residence. Instead, I would be
training new and experienced contributors. I am experienced in training new
contributors in adding content to other language wikipedias, Wikidata,
Wikiquote, Commons and others. This will benefit new contributors since
their training does not have to be limited to the English Wikipedia.
I know the potential for the improvement and addition of content is great.
Not only is your support requested but I would be very grateful to any
other members of library efforts and projects who can provide advice. Thank
you for your consideration.
Best Regards,
Barbara Page
You are invited to the first Wikipedia Library User Group meetup (Google Hangouts on Air)
This is an opportunity to hear about early activities of the Wikipedia Library User Group from some of the founders and to give input into future directions. We are holding this in two different time zones in hopes of maximizing participation from global Wikibrarians.
We're holding this at two times
Tuesday September 26th
14:00 UTC which is 7 am Pacific / 10 am Eastern / 3 pm London / 5 pm Tel Aviv/ midnight Syndey (on Wednesday) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgeWowEmPY0
AND
Tuesday September 26th
01:00 UTC which is 3 pm Pacific / 6 pm Eastern / 11 pm London / 1 am Tel Aviv (Wednesday) / 8 am Sydney (Wednesday) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq0PFKemjFM
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend!
Best,
Merrilee
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OCLC * Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research
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