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Candidature for the European Commission Open Science Policy Platform
by Daniel Mietchen 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Dear all, the European Commission is setting up an advisory group for its Open Science Agenda: https://ec.europa.eu/research/openscience/index.cfm?pg=open-science-policy-… This group - called 'Open Science Policy Platform' (OSPP) - has an open call for candidates, and I am amongst those who have publicly declared their interest in serving on this group. Since many of my Open Science activities have a Wikimedia component, I posted my candidacy at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/European_Commission_Op… and would welcome endorsements from individuals and groups, especially if you are active at the interface of Open Science with Wikimedia or other open movements. I also set up https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:European_Commission_Open_Science_P… in case others here would like to serve as candidates as well, which I would welcome. Thanks and cheers, Daniel

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New Free Research Accounts via the Wikipedia Library
by Jake Orlowitz 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Hi! The Wikipedia Library has many new, free research donations available: NEW * Cambridge University Press (Major academic book and journals publisher) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Cambridge> * Alexander Street (Educational videos and documentaries including PBS & BBC) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Alexander_Street> * Baylor University Press (Ebooks primiarly in religious studies and the humanities) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Baylor> * Future Science Group (Medical, biotech, and scientific research) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Future_Science_Group> * Annual Reviews (Review articles in biomedical sciences) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Annual_Reviews> * Miramar Ship Index (Comprehensive index to ships and their histories since early 19th century) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Miramar> NON-ENGLISH * Noormags (Farsi-language aggregator of academic and professional journals and magazines) <https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/ویکی‌پدیا:نورمگز> * Kotobna (Arabic-language ebooks) <https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/ويكيبيديا:مكتبة_ويكيبيديا/كتبنا> EXPANDED * Gale (Huge aggregator of newspapers, magazines and academic journals) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Gale> * Elsevier (Major academic company that publishes medical and scientific literature) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Elsevier> 50 other partnerships with accounts available are listed on: <https://enwp.org/WP:TWL/Journals>. Do better research and help expand the use of high-quality references across Wikipedia projects. Sign up today! -The Wikipedia Library Team <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library>

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Individual Engagement Grants Committee seeking new members
by Thepwnco 12 Mar '16

12 Mar '16

Hi all, The Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) Committee is seeking new members for its final round (before IEG transitions into the Project Grants program <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Imple…> ). We are aiming to finalize committee membership by April 1st, and ask interested candidates to submit their names by March 25th here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee#ieg-candidates. More details below! *About the committee* We are a consensus-based volunteer committee with members who come from over 15 different wikis and collectively speak over 10 languages. We review grant applications in four categories: Research, Tools, Online Community Organizing, and Offline Outreach and Partnerships. This round will also follow directly on the heels of the second Inspire Campaign <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>, currently underway and focused on 'Content Curation and Review <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire/FAQ>' so we expect that to be a prominent theme in the proposals this round. For more info about IEG, the committee, timelines, and tasks, visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG. *Committee membership criteria* We look for the following qualities and qualifications in committee members: Mandatory - Experience with the Wikimedia movement and at least one Wikimedia project <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_projects>. - Experience with some aspect of Wikimedia programmatic or project-based work, e.g. editor engagement, WikiProjects or other on-wiki organizing processes, outreach, events, partnerships, research, education, gadget or bot-building, etc. - Ability to edit basic wiki-markup (grant proposal discussions are largely conducted on meta-wiki). - Reasonable facility with English, for reviewing and discussing grant proposals. - In good community- and legal- standing (not currently blocked or banned, involved in allegations of unethical financial behavior, etc). - Availability to actively engage in the selection process during the published schedule for that round (time commitment is about 3 hours per week, plus 1 extra day for scoring). Preferable - Experience leading, coordinating, or managing projects with an intended on-wiki or online impact. - Experience handling externally provided money and working within budgets, preferably in a non-profit context. - Experience applying for grants or working in grants programs (in the Wikimedia, academic, or wider non-profit world). - Ability to read and write in multiple languages. Acceptable - Members may apply for an Individual Engagement Grant themselves, but they will recuse themselves from reviewing proposals in the same category as their own during that round. - Membership does not conflict with membership in other Wikimedia committees, including the Grant Advisory Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Grant_Advisory_Committee> or the Wikimania Scholarships Committee.

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by marty thompson 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

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Pleace comment on proposed projects by PC&L
by Alex Stinson 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Hello Library leaders! I would like to ask all of you for your comments between now and February 16th on prioritizing support to program leaders/affiliates through our newly integrated Program Capacity and Learning team [1] (This includes the Wikipedia Education Program, The Wikipedia Library, Learning and Evaluation with added support for GLAM and Affiliate Partnerships). Through community interviews, we created criteria for prioritizing support to community leaders and identified core projects for building capacity across the movement. Your input on these criteria and program capacity projects will guide our annual planning. Here's how to add your perspective: 1) Go to the Program Capacity and Learning Discussion Page [2]: 1. Comment on the criteria we chose to prioritize our work [3] 2. Comment on proposed projects [4] 2) The voice of community leaders is key to the WMF overall strategy and our annual planning. Share your input regarding WMF strategy from your perspective. Thank you in advance for being a thought leader and partner in our work to advance the Wikimedia Movement. Cheers, Alex Stinson Project Manager The Wikipedia Library [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_Capacity_and_Learning [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Program_Capacity_and_Learning [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_Capacity_and_Learning/Criteria [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_Capacity_and_Learning#Programs_Lear…

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Final Push for #1lib1ref : share widely!
by Alex Stinson 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

Thank you so much for the global support this week for #1lib1ref! We have seen hundreds of librarians talk about We are really close to the end of the campaign: we look forward to your librarians still adding there reference this week. More importantly, we are excited by all the creative actions and conversations that have started about the libraries community, and we look forward to hearing your stories, like this one by the City Library of Auburn <http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/pls/index.cfm/2016/1/21/1lib1ref--even-wikipedia-…> in Australia. But we have one more small ask, to make sure that the campaign ends with a great final push! Share the following tweet https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/690228287214215168 or the updated version of the campaign's blog post: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/21/librarians-celebrate-wikipedia-15/ Thanks again! The Wikipedia Library Team

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Help us keep #1lib1ref energized through January 23!
by Alex Stinson 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Hi Wikimedians! The Wikipedia Library is really excited about the #1lib1ref campaign taking off -- we seem to have found a concept that will excite the global libraries community to talk more with us, about our common mission: helping the world get access to reliable knowledge. Please explore the hashtag on Twitter and other social media: we have several dozen websites, library organizations, and individuals blog and reflect on their experience. For example: https://twitter.com/search?q=%231Lib1Ref . I have included a preview of some of our tracking below for a sense of our scale. Please use the campaign to promote the exciting GLAM, research, and Wikimedia community projects you think librarians would be interested in. We still need your help: - Keep sharing and emphasizing the hashtag #1lib1ref. Try to pair your posts with #Wikipedia15 when you can. - Help translate the main page of the campaign into more languages: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref - Note: We use some of the headers and sentences in this page, to generate multilingual social media posts. - The campaign technically starts on Friday, but we need to continuously remind the global libraries community that they a) can start adding references now, and b) should continue adding references all next week. Oh, and its not just librarians who are adding references for the campaign -- that's just our target audience :) - Publish blogposts talking about Wikmedia’s opportunities with libraries. Here are a small sample blog posts that might help inspire your work: - From our Italian Colleagues : http://librarianscape.com/2016/01/09/wikipedia-un-posto-per-bibliotecari/ - From DLF: https://www.diglib.org/archives/11060/ - From our Catalan colleagues: http://blogcrai.ub.edu/2016/01/13/el-crai-de-la-universitat-de-barcelona-sa… - Reach out to the librarians using the hashtag: some of them are even hosting lunch gatherings, or small editing events that engage library staffs. These librarians are potential leaders for local events and GLAM-Wiki activities. If successful, we hope to run a similar campaign next year, with more direction and leadership from a volunteer committee (this year we decided to move quick, and test the concept alongside #Wikipedia15 ). If you are interested in helping organize, let us know at wikipedialibrary(a)wikimedia.org . Give feedback on the campaign and resources that would be helpful for next years campaign on the talk page on meta : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref Thank you so much for those who have already stepped up to lead on social media and translating the meta page! Alex Stinson Project Manager The Wikipedia Library What impact are we seeing? We are tracking several different elements of this campaign: - Usage of the hashtag in social media -- over 600 tweets have used the hashtag since January 4. We are also tracking the hashtag on facebook and linkedin -- both of which are major networks for librarians. - Our facebook event is beginning to spread - https://www.facebook.com/events/975178119187954/ -- please invite more people from your library networks - Page views - we are seeing between 400-600 pageviews, with nearly 7000 views in the last month on the English Version of the campaign page, and Italian, French and Spanish are seeing 40-60 views a day. Moreover, Catalans page, which is on ca.wikipedia, has seen over 2000 visits in the last month: http://stats.grok.se/ca/latest/Viquiprojecte:Bibliowikis/1Lib1Ref - We are beginning to see hashtag used on English Wikipedia’s edit summaries http://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags/search/1lib1ref . Based on other social media discussions, we think this represents <60% of the activity so far. - We are working with Stephen LaPorte to help the tool support top 20 language Wikipedias, and Wikipedias like Romanian where we know community members are sharing the campaign. Let us know if you don’t think your language will be in that group. - A new phabricator item has been -- it would be incredibly useful for other kinds of campaigns: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123529 . Please leave feedback and use cases.

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Re: [libraries] Libraries Digest, Vol 44, Issue 12
by Beall, Jeffrey 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

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Re: [libraries] Wikipedia Library Reference (#1Lib1Ref) drive for Wikipedia 15
by Amanda Rust 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

It's wonderful to see this coming together for Midwinter! Roy, when you say that you expect to recruit people you know to help distribute items and are fairly well equipped for Boston, do you mean that you are not looking for any additional librarians to volunteer? I might have some time, and I take it that Sara might as well. Best, Amanda / User:AmandaRR123 On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 7:00 AM, <libraries-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 20:49:51 +0000 > From: "Tennant,Roy" <tennantr(a)oclc.org> > To: Wikimedia & Libraries <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: Mailing list for the Wikipedia Library project > <wikipedia-library(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [libraries] Wikipedia Library Reference (#1Lib1Ref) drive > for Wikipedia 15 > Message-ID: <CB0AF8E6-375D-41E7-BCBD-6206824EA5B7(a)oclc.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > I have the stickers that Jake kindly had made, and they will be available > at the OCLC and National Library of Medicine booths in the exhibit hall, > and I expect to also recruit people I know to help me distribute them more > widely. Merrilee also gave me a slug of badge ribbons that she made that > say "I edit Wikipedia". So I think I'm fairly well equipped for Boston. > Thanks, > Roy > > > On Jan 6, 2016, at 11:30 AM, Marks, Sara R <Sara_Marks(a)uml.edu> wrote: > > > > I am a bit behind on this- vacation. Merrilee, do you need some help > with > > distribution of stickers? Do we want to schedule time on Friday or > Monday > > to meet and maybe edit? I have a spare Wikipedia shirt hanging around > and > > am happy to bring it to give to someone. > > > > Side note, when it comes to library conferences, badge ribbons are a hot > > commodity. I would encourage that a bunch be made for future > conferences. > > All they need to say is ŒWikipedian¹ and include a spot for people to > > write in their username. They can be picked up at booth. I think > > librarians are a bit more ravenous about ribbons than tech people (who I > > noticed prefer stickers). > > > > Sara > > > > On 12/18/15, 12:44 PM, "Libraries on behalf of Jake Orlowitz" > > <libraries-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of jorlowitz(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> I love the idea. We would need to do some quick turnaround with a > >> sticker logo. Given the timeframe, could I have them shipped directly > >> to you or Merrilee? Jake > >> > >>> Thats a great idea! The Wikipedia 15 page has plenty of information on > >>> creating local swag to celebrate Wikipedia 15 : > >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15 Moreover, at the > Wikipedia > >>> Library, we created a bookshelf of outreach tools we have used in the > >>> past: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Bookshelf > >>> Phoebe Ayer is talking about doing a one-page share, and special shout > >>> out to Jessamyn West for giving the 1lib1ref page a facelift: > >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref We look > >>> forward to whichever communications materials you develop. Cheers, > >>> _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-Library > >>> mailing list Wikipedia-Library(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-library > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Libraries mailing list > >> Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Libraries mailing list > > Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Libraries Digest, Vol 44, Issue 3 > **************************************** > -- Amanda Rust / arrust(a)gmail.com

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ACRL Proposal
by Marks, Sara R 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Hi, The call has gone out for ACRL 2017 proposals. It’s in Baltimore and we have until this May to submit proposal. Is there was interest in planning a panel discussion of some type of session? I am very interested in helping put something together and planning outreach. Sara

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