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
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-Sh
areAlike_3.0_Unported_License> 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
<http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march13/szajewski/03szajewski.html> 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
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Did_you_know> 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(a)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
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Gerald_R._Ford_Presidential_Librar
y_and_Museum> , Wikimedia Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Gerald_R._Ford_Presidential_Library_
and_Museum> , and Wikisource
<https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_Gerald_R._Ford_Presidenti
al_Library> .
Also, here is a slidedeck and list of Internet resources
<https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bw26sQWwKBUnT3NQR0JuMGRLeVk&usp=sharing
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
<https://docs.google.com/a/umich.edu/presentation/d/1xegKVZb_9kava-Co1CagLiIjYgt
7siwRXACryCsfcJU/edit#slide=id.p> 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
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Michael_Barera> .
Take care!
- Michael Barera