Forwarding to list.
Thank you guys for all of your help so far. I haven’t been very fast at replying, but I have been reading everything that is being sent to me.
Thank you,
Derric Atzrott
From: Michael Barera [mailto:manthonybarera@gmail.com]
Sent: 08 April 2014 23:40
To: Derric Atzrott
Cc: 'Bettina Cousineau'
Subject: Re: [libraries] GLAM: Frederick Historical Society
Derric,
Yes, please feel free to forward my response to the list.
Regarding my "generally oriented" slidedeck, the text is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, although not all of the images are (some are PD-ineligible and one is copyrighted with a claim of fair use). I've put all the copyright notes, complete with relevant links to licenses, in the notes section on that slidedeck. Please feel free to use it to pitch your idea for Wikipedia collaboration to the Frederick Historical Society.
Also, there are a couple links of which Bettina reminded me that I think would be helpful to you. One is the Ball State case study that I briefly reference in my (general) slidedeck, and the other is a list of GLAM case studies that includes many more examples beyond my experience at the Ford Presidential Library. I hope that you find these useful.
Regarding warnings, I would primarily say that you need to be prepared to explain Wikipedia and its ways to people unfamiliar with it, and don't expect them to be completely onboard with the idea of Wikipedia collaboration. Try to understand where people at the historical society (or any other GLAM institution) are coming from, and respect their worries about "their" content being edited and recategorized by Wikipedians they know nothing about and have never met. To make a long story short, you may run into various forms of resistance; just be aware of the possibility and do the best you can with any resistance you face.
At the end of the day, remember that a collaboration project may not continue indefinitely or even for a substantial period of time, for many possible reasons. Because of this, I believe that having manageable and achievable goals are especially important. As are methods for showing your GLAM institution what sort of impact their materials are having on Wikipedia and the visibility of their own institution on the Internet (web analytics and DYKs are great, in my opinion).
I hope this all makes sense. If not, I'd be happy to clarify or provide more information. Take care!
- Michael
On 14-04-08 09:07 AM, Derric Atzrott wrote:
Micheal,
Do you mind if I forward your email to the list? Or do you think we should keep the rest of this conversation offlist? I know in wikitech-l they generally dislike taking things offlist.
Also what license is the more generally oriented slidedeck available under? I would like to reuse that to help pitch the idea of setting up a GLAM collaboration to the Frederick Historical Society. They had actually already asked me to volunteer after I spent a few hours discussing local history with one of their archivists. Perhaps instead of volunteering as a research assistant, I could suggest that I volunteer as a WiR.
The information you provided to me was very helpful. I’m in a much better position now than I was originally. Are there any pitfalls that it would be best to warn me about before I propose something to them? Are there problems you ran into during your GLAM project that could have been easily avoided with a little bit of experience?
Thank you,
Derric Atzrott
From: Michael Barera [mailto:manthonybarera@gmail.com]
Sent: 07 April 2014 23:11
To: datzrott@alizeepathology.com
Cc: Bettina Cousineau
Subject: Re: [libraries] GLAM: Frederick Historical Society
Derric,
I recently heard about your ideas for a GLAM project at the Frederick Historical Society from Bettina Cousineau, and as a former Wikipedian in Residence (WiR) I thought that I'd jump in and point you to some resources about my experience and how it can be applied to other GLAM and WiR contexts.
First of all, I'd encourage you to check out the GLAM pages from my WiR project at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library: there is one each on Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikisource.
Also, here is a slidedeck and list of Internet resources I put together for a talk at Ohio State University on both my WiR experience and thoughts for what they could do going forward in Columbus.
Finally, I have a more generally oriented slidedeck from a conference presentation at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor that focuses on what GLAM institutions can reasonably achieve by partnering with Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects more broadly.
I hope you find these links to be useful. Also, feel free to pick my brain, either via e-mail or at my Wikipedia user page.
Take care!
- Michael Barera