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
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Dominic McDevitt-Parks
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