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 &lt;lane(a)bluerasberry.com&gt; 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 -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 lane(a)bluerasberry.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list Wikimedia-Cascadia(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia

Hey Cascadians, I'm pleased to share that I've got a new hat -- I'm your new Wikipedian-In-Residence with the OCLC. I'll spearhead an outreach program between Wikipedians and public librarians. Hooray! This is such a timely and important project. Thank you Cascadians -- for helping me be a better Wikipedian. The initiative will get rolling in the next week or so. I anticipate knowledge-sharing and collaborations in our locale and around the U.S. Let me know if you have any questions or would like to get involved. :) Sincerely, Monika On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Monika Sengul-Jones &lt;jones.monika(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- Monika Sengul-Jones www.monikasengul.com (206) 715-2320 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list Wikimedia-Cascadia(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia

Hi Monika, Congratulations. We've needed a Wikimedian to do outreach in the Seattle area for quite awhile, and I'd be happy to see you doing that as a part of your work with OCLC. Looking forward to future collaborations, Pine On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Monika Sengul-Jones < jones.monika(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Let should the it based They to benefits outreach _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list Wikimedia-Cascadia(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia