Wikimedia-boston July 2011

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Harvard Law Library
by Molly de Blanc 21 Jul '11

21 Jul '11

I (finally, yeah, I know) had a meeting with some of the curators from Harvard's Law Library. They're going to send us a list of possible dates that would be good for them as well as a few options for collections to work with. What is this about: Back in January we talked about doing some work writing articles on a special collection of the law library at Harvard. This would entail going in and meeting up with some of their librarians, talking about the collection, doing some work with it, and generally having fun around old things. Faithfully yours, Molly

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aaronsw
by Samuel Klein 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

Aaron from our meetup group was indicted today(!) for downloading a chunk of the JSTOR database: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/swartz-arrest/ http://demandprogress.org/aaron He's remained active on twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/aaronsw If you know him, I imagine he would appreciate a note of support. --SJ

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Wikipedia in Higher Education: future planning call, Wednesday evening
by Samuel Klein 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Dear Bostonians, Those of us from the Boston area met on Saturday at the end of the Wikipedia in Higher Ed summit to discuss how to move forward with outreach to profs and student ambassadors in the region. If you are a professor or student who wants to get involved with the program as it grows over the coming year, there are ways you can get involved over the summer. If you want to help frame the program to improve WP and higher ed, or simply to facilitate your own plans to redecorate the world, we'd love to hear from you as well. Our next chat will be 30-60 min via skype and IRC on Wednesday. If interested, note on this Doodle when you would be free: http://doodle.com/fv9hxrn289wdmdbr Sam.

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Re: [Wikimedia-boston] [Wikimedia-DC] [Liblab] update, possible location, and ideas for lab design.
by Samuel Klein 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

Yes, we need to move back in that direction. FabLabs are entirely defined in that way ' as a mechanism for enriching your own life, giving you tools to make your life better, and stepping back tyo see what happens. That is absolutely what I have in mind, I just am blocking on coming up with specific use cases to illustrate that. I spend a lot of time with wikipedians, who spend their 'pesonal enrichment' time doing things that help large arhives and others, so my instinctive use cases are skewed towards what I know they would do with such a lab... SJ 2011/7/8 Nate Hill <nathanielhill(a)gmail.com>: > This looks great! > One thought: > Most of the activities listed here are somewhat work-like; they are efforts > to bolster or support other programs or organizations rather than enrich the > lives of participants. > Partnering with a public library means, at least in my mind, that you'll be > working with the public to accomplish some if not all of these listed tasks. > There's a great opportunity to frame some of these activities as > experiential learning opportunities, civic engagement, and co-creative > processes in which patrons work with LibLab staff or volunteers to enrich > their own lives through knowledge. > Nate > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> A quick update on the LibLab project follows. For more detail, see >> (and edit!) our no-longer-stubby project page: >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LibLabs#July_update >> >> SJ >> >> == I. Location update, DCPL contacts == >> >> Katie and I just had a helpful call with Ginnie Cooper, head of the >> DCPL, and some of her technical and programs staff. >> Nate, thank you for making that *excellent* introduction; the whole >> team struck me as efficient, inspired by their work, and deeply >> knowledgable about the local community and history. I would be >> thrilled to work with them. >> >> They are looking into potential spaces for a lab, and have some ideas; >> one option would be prominently in the main library, which is right on >> the Metro. Volunteers are needed to man the lab make this happen; see >> below. >> >> I am still interested in hearing about other possible liblab spaces, >> in DC or elsewhere -- we will want a list of interested future labs to >> submit with the final results in September. >> >> >> == II. Timeline == >> >> Next steps: if someone is interested in taking a lead on the design >> work, a design meeting this month would be helpful. >> And we could start planning now for a 1- or 2-day hacking session with >> wikimedians and the library -- perhaps in line with the recent talk >> about having a national followup to the Wiknic, with libraries. :-) >> >> >> == III. Volunteers needed == >> >> WE NEED: tech / teacher / organizer volunteers! Available afternoons >> every day of the week. >> >> >> == IV. Design research needed == >> >> We are also looking for someone to lead the work on design options for >> the space. If you know interested architects or designers, please get >> them involved. >> >> Examples: >> >> [1] http://youmediachicago.org/10-philosophy/pages/37-youmedia-layout >> [2] https://as220.org/labs/blog/2008/09/announcing-the-providence-fab.html >> >> >> == V. use cases for a lab == >> >> Please share your own use cases on the wiki. I'd like to have 100 use >> cases, with example projects, by the end of the month. This more than >> anything helps line up partners because they understand what sort of >> desire there is among knowledge-lovers to *do* collection, curation, >> classification, digitization, and publishing work. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-DC mailing list >> Wikimedia-DC(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-dc > > > > -- > Nate Hill > nathanielhill(a)gmail.com > http://www.natehill.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-DC mailing list > Wikimedia-DC(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-dc > > -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266

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Wikipedia in Higher Education Summit
by Max Klein 07 Jul '11

07 Jul '11

Hello All, I'm Max the New Wikipedia Regional Ambassador to New England and I wanted to invite you to the event that's currently being hosted in Boston this weekend. It's the Wikipedia in Higher Education Summit hosted at Simmons College: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_Higher_Education_Summit . Mostly we are focusing on how Wikipedia and Higher Education mesh, but the topics are more diverse and there is even a Keynote by Sue Gardner. Hope to see, I'll be here all weekend. Max Klein Wikipedia Regional Ambassador to New England +15108426295 maxklein(a)berkeley.edu

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Wikipedia in Higher Education Summit
by Samuel Klein 07 Jul '11

07 Jul '11

Dear Bostonians, There is a party this Saturday at Simmons College for the first annual Wikipedia in Higher Ed Summit! It's the first such event focused on Wikipedia, and organized by the Wikimedia public policy initiative team. A lot of Wikimedians will be there - from the WMF, our ED Sue Gardner is coming, as is Barry, and Rod Dunican & Frank and everyone involved in the PPI effort. From the Campus Ambassadors, a whole new crop will be there. And the profs and some students who have taken part in the program over the past year have all been invited; most are attending. The event itself tomorrow and Saturday is by invitation, and focused on people who are deeply familiar with PPI and the ambassador program. (If you desperately want to attend let me know.) The party Sat. night is open to local Wikimedians -- with light food, drink, and rumours of dancing. RSVP if you can come. Saturday, July 9, 2011 7-10 PM @ Simmons College http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_Higher_Education_Summit SJ 617 529 4266

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[Liblab] update, possible location, and ideas for lab design.
by Samuel Klein 07 Jul '11

07 Jul '11

Dear all, A quick update on the LibLab project follows. For more detail, see (and edit!) our no-longer-stubby project page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LibLabs#July_update SJ == I. Location update, DCPL contacts == Katie and I just had a helpful call with Ginnie Cooper, head of the DCPL, and some of her technical and programs staff. Nate, thank you for making that *excellent* introduction; the whole team struck me as efficient, inspired by their work, and deeply knowledgable about the local community and history. I would be thrilled to work with them. They are looking into potential spaces for a lab, and have some ideas; one option would be prominently in the main library, which is right on the Metro. Volunteers are needed to man the lab make this happen; see below. I am still interested in hearing about other possible liblab spaces, in DC or elsewhere -- we will want a list of interested future labs to submit with the final results in September. == II. Timeline == Next steps: if someone is interested in taking a lead on the design work, a design meeting this month would be helpful. And we could start planning now for a 1- or 2-day hacking session with wikimedians and the library -- perhaps in line with the recent talk about having a national followup to the Wiknic, with libraries. :-) == III. Volunteers needed == WE NEED: tech / teacher / organizer volunteers! Available afternoons every day of the week. == IV. Design research needed == We are also looking for someone to lead the work on design options for the space. If you know interested architects or designers, please get them involved. Examples: [1] http://youmediachicago.org/10-philosophy/pages/37-youmedia-layout [2] https://as220.org/labs/blog/2008/09/announcing-the-providence-fab.html == V. use cases for a lab == Please share your own use cases on the wiki. I'd like to have 100 use cases, with example projects, by the end of the month. This more than anything helps line up partners because they understand what sort of desire there is among knowledge-lovers to *do* collection, curation, classification, digitization, and publishing work.

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by wongama miggels 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

LinkedIn ------------ I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - wongama wongama miggels Independent Internet Professional Uitenhage Area, South Africa Confirm that you know wongama miggels https://www.linkedin.com/e/ri0ogn-gpl4zwmu-5y/isd/3403194832/stbTdDr6/ -- (c) 2011, LinkedIn Corporation

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