I saw two news items this week that might be of interest to the Boston group:<div><ul><li>The WMF is seeking a Wikipedian to serve as a full-time fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. The goal is to help use the Belfer Center&#39;s resources to improve Wikipedia&#39;s coverage of topics such as nuclear security. <a href="https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/04/26/can-you-help-wikipedians-collaborate-with-harvard-university/">https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/04/26/can-you-help-wikipedians-collaborate-with-harvard-university/</a></li>
</ul><ul><li>Harvard&#39;s libraries have put the metadata on 12 million items in their collection in the public domain: <a href="http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2012/04/24/2b2keverythingismiscbig-data-for-books-harvard-puts-metadata-for-12m-library-items-into-the-public-domain/">http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2012/04/24/2b2keverythingismiscbig-data-for-books-harvard-puts-metadata-for-12m-library-items-into-the-public-domain/</a> The metadata consists of information about books, such as sizes, and sometimes tables of contents.</li>
</ul><div>Best,</div></div><div>Gabe</div>