Hey all,
Since many people aren’t on these lists, I felt like it wouldn’t hurt to pass this great news along.
Kevin
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From: Jake Orlowitz <jorlowitz(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 2:00 PM
Subject: [GLAM-US] The Wikipedia Library: New Free Accounts Available
To: Wikimedia & Libraries <Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, North American
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The Wikipedia Library has new, free research account signups available:
New
* British Newspaper Archive <http://enwp.org/WP:BNA> (50 accounts)
* Keesing's World News Archive <http://enwp.org/WP:Keesings> (25 accounts)
Expanded
* Credo Reference <http://enwp.org/WP:CREDO> (200 new accounts)
* JSTOR!! <http://enwp.org/WP:JSTOR> (400 new accounts).
Medical
* BMJ <http://enwp.org/WP:BMJ> (25 accounts)
* Cochrane Library <http://enwp.org/WP:Cochrane> (100 accounts)
Other
*Questia Online Library <http://enwp.org/WP:Questia (500 accounts)
*HighBeam Research <http://enwp.org/WP:HighBeam (500 accounts)
Sign up!
Accounts are available to ALL global editors with a 1 year old account and
1000 edits. Please notify your local community about the signups. You can
signup today on English Wikipedia. But! If you have started a local
Wikipedia Library branch you can host signups on your local Wiki (Arabic,
Chinese...). To set up a Wikipedia Library branch email Ocaasi at
jorlowitz(a)gmail.com.
Thanks!
Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi)
The Wikipedia Library
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library>
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Hey all,
This is just a reminder e-mail, as we're holding an edit-a-thon next week in memorial to Adrianne Wadewitz at the Berkman Center. Additionally, we will be hosting a session before then on how to conduct one as well. If you can't make it, you are more than welcome to attend remotely, as everyone is welcome to participate!
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/How_to_Run_an_Edit-a-…
Kevin Rutherford
Hey everyone,
As I mentioned back in April, we are now on the cusp of having a website, which will be hosted by the D.C. chapter. Once we put the site live and make it somewhat presentable, I will send out an announcement to everyone inviting you all to contribute to it, as well as provide more details. Additionally, we are going to be hosting an afternoon event on July 19th (the date of our annual meeting), and have multiple speakers as well, so we will let everyone know more information once it becomes more set in stone. Finally, a huge thanks to those who were able to attend WikiConference USA this past weekend in New York City, as it was great to see all of those who came and not only presented, but helped spread the word about our projects!
I also wanted to add the links of our upcoming events below, and more information can be found there. You are more than welcome to bring friends and non-traditional Wikipedians to any of our events, as we are welcoming to everyone!
June 14th photography event on Cape Cod (there will be travel reimbursements): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Cape_Cod_Wiknic_and_P…
June 25th edit-a-thon in Cambridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/How_to_Run_an_Edit-a-…
July 19th meeting in the immediate Boston area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/3rd_Annual_Wikimedia_…
Sincerely,
Kevin Rutherford
Leo can be contacted at leo.zimmermann(a)wikimediadc.org.
Cheers,
Kirill
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On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Alex Stinson <stinsoad(a)k-state.edu> wrote:
> Does Leo have an official contact email yet?
>
> Alex Stinson
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Very nice. Good luck, Leo!
>>
>> Somewhere in here there should be a showing of Monument Men.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 3:23 PM, James Hare <james.hare(a)wikidc.org> wrote:
>> > All,
>> >
>> > I am pleased to announce that Wikimedia District of Columbia has
>> selected
>> > Leo Zimmermann to lead our Wikipedia Summer of Monuments project. Leo's
>> > experience running Wikipedia workshops and reaching out to rural
>> libraries
>> > have prepared him for what is our largest outreach project yet. The
>> object
>> > of Summer of Monuments is to improve photographic coverage of nationally
>> > recognized historic sites in the Southern United States, a region that
>> is
>> > underrepresented on Wikipedia. In particular, we have identified ten
>> states
>> > where photographic coverage lags behind: Georgia, North Carolina,
>> Tennessee,
>> > Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and
>> Kansas.
>> > Our plan is to build on the success we had with Wiki Loves Monuments
>> with a
>> > campaign of direct outreach to those historical and cultural
>> institutions
>> > who share our mission to improve access to the world's knowledge. To
>> learn
>> > more, read our latest blog post:
>> > <
>> http://blog.wikimediadc.org/2014/06/introducing-wikipedia-summer-of-monumen…
>> >.
>> >
>> > We invite Wikimedians and our allies to join us in this effort to share
>> > history on Wikipedia!
>> >
>> >
>> > —
>> > James Hare
>> > President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
>> > http://wikimediadc.org
>> > @wikimediadc
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>>
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>> 4266
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Very nice. Good luck, Leo!
Somewhere in here there should be a showing of Monument Men.
On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 3:23 PM, James Hare <james.hare(a)wikidc.org> wrote:
> All,
>
> I am pleased to announce that Wikimedia District of Columbia has selected
> Leo Zimmermann to lead our Wikipedia Summer of Monuments project. Leo's
> experience running Wikipedia workshops and reaching out to rural libraries
> have prepared him for what is our largest outreach project yet. The object
> of Summer of Monuments is to improve photographic coverage of nationally
> recognized historic sites in the Southern United States, a region that is
> underrepresented on Wikipedia. In particular, we have identified ten states
> where photographic coverage lags behind: Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee,
> Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
> Our plan is to build on the success we had with Wiki Loves Monuments with a
> campaign of direct outreach to those historical and cultural institutions
> who share our mission to improve access to the world's knowledge. To learn
> more, read our latest blog post:
> <http://blog.wikimediadc.org/2014/06/introducing-wikipedia-summer-of-monumen…>.
>
> We invite Wikimedians and our allies to join us in this effort to share
> history on Wikipedia!
>
>
> —
> James Hare
> President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
> http://wikimediadc.org
> @wikimediadc
>
>
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Hey all,
I just received a request for Will Rico for someone to speak at the LibrePlanet Boston Desktop GNU/Linux Users Group, and I figured that I would pass this along. They meet the first Wednesday of each month in Kendall Square, and have spaces open for the rest of the year. If you are interested, I have cc’d him on this e-mail, and the link to their Meetup.com page is: http://www.meetup.com/desktop-linux-users-group/. If any of you are interested, please feel free to e-mail him, as I would love to have more collaboration with non-Wikimedians in the area!
Kevin Rutherford