This is right up my alley! I will be applying and
would be thrilled to
take this off the ground. Thanks for the forward, Lane.
I hope everyone is doing well and to connect with you about future
Cascadia meet ups, I have my check to be a member for 2017, where should I
mail it?
Also if you have any questions about the invitation to participate in the
Editing as Activism event at UW-Bothell, please let me know. I believe it
would be a great partnership and event to have as a Cascadia meet up.
yours
Monika
On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com>
wrote:
Hello,
A few weeks ago wrote about a job opening for a Wikipedian who is based
either in Seattle or in Mateo, California. I got some questions so I will
share what other information I have, all of which is public. The deadline
for applying is Friday 13 January. I wish that some good candidates could
come from Seattle.
The hiring organization is OCLC, a long-time partner of Wikipedia. They
hired a Wikipedian named Max Klein in 2012 who did a bot and database
project that was a precursor to many contemporary Wikidata projects. Since
then OCLC has sent staff to Wikipedia events regularly, particularly to
Wikimania.
Earlier this year OCLC won a grant from the Knight Foundation to do
outreach to public libraries. That is the focus of this present job
opening.
<https://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2016/201612dublin.en.html>
I do not think that they actually got their full funding request, so this
is not a high-budget project.
The Wikimedia Foundation gave them an additional grant to complement this
Knight Foundation request.
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/A_Wikipedian-
in-Residence_to_Engage_500_Librarians_and_their_Communities
In this grant, they say that they are
offering compensation and benefits
equivalent to 70k/year.
OCLC is a great organization. I do not have inside information on the
position or the role but if anyone has any questions about wiki outreach
jobs in general then feel free to write me.
Thanks,
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
> It would be nice if Cascadia could
encourage anyone local to apply.
> <http://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/wikipedia-libraries.html>
> One of the job requirements is living
near one of their offices. One is
in
> Seattle.
> yours,
> --
> Lane Rasberry
> user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia
> 206.801.0814 <(206)%20801-0814>
> lane(a)bluerasberry.com
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user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia
206.801.0814
lane(a)bluerasberry.com
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