Hello Boston-area Wikipedians,
I am excited about all of the recent activity in the Boston area, especially with the success (and future success) of Wikipedia Loves Libraries. I want to announce another GLAM-related event we're planning in the US for those of you who are interested in the idea of GLAM. Wikimedia DC, in cooperation with the National Archives as host, is organizing GLAM Boot Camp, a new model event in which those of us with extensive backgrounds in GLAM projects will be giving a workshop to share experiences and teach skills relevant to the GLAM-Wiki project.
The concept for this event was developed at GLAMcamp London, and the concept behind it is to give experienced Wikipedians the skillset and confidence they need to engage in GLAM projects so that, ultimately, GLAM-Wiki will be more representative of the regular Wikipedia editing community. At GLAMcamp, the lack of broad community participation from different types of contributors was identified as one of the effort's key problems. So this is for all of you Wikipedians who like the conce of helping libraries, museums and archives share their knowledge with Wikipedia, even if (especially if) you aren't actually experienced in doing that yet. With Wikimedia DC's help, we are planning to cover the travel costs of all attendees, to ensure that money or geography are not a barrier to participation.
I would like to invite anyone who is intrigued to please indicate your interest by answering a few short questions on this Google form: http://goo.gl/TCiYx. This is especially important so we can pin down the ideal weekend to hold the event, and the sooner we get responses, the sooner we can reserve the venue.
To learn more about the GLAM Boot Camp, please see the more detailed description and proposed program at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp.
Thanks! Dominic
-- Dominic McDevitt-Parks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dominic