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New Wikimedia DC officers
by Kirill Lokshin 31 Mar '12

31 Mar '12

As some of you may have already heard, Katie Filbert -- who has served as President of Wikimedia DC since last May -- will be spending the coming months in Europe supporting the development of the new Wikidata project ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata). Since the geographic requirements of this new position will make it difficult for her to participate in local activities in DC on a regular basis, Katie will be stepping down as President, effective today. Nicholas Bashour, the current Vice President of Wikimedia DC, has been elected to take the position of President for the remainder of the year. Kevin Chen, the chair of Wikimedia DC's Legal Committee, will replace Nicholas as Vice President. Katie will retain her current seat on the Wikimedia DC Board of Directors. Our deepest thanks go out to Katie for her outstanding leadership over the course of the past year; we will all strive to live up to the example she has set. -- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc

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Fwd: [MappingDC] Fwd: LOC: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C., May 18-19
by aude 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

I'd totally be interested in this but won't be in DC in May. Perhaps some of you would be interested. :) Cheers Katie ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kathleen Danielson <kldaniel(a)gwmail.gwu.edu> Date: Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:09 AM Subject: [MappingDC] Fwd: LOC: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C., May 18-19 To: mappingdc(a)googlegroups.com Hey guys-- I'm new to this group, but just based on the group name it sounds like a few of you might be interested in this. Cheers, KD ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marie Price <mprice(a)gwu.edu> Date: Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:23 AM Subject: Fwd: LOC: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C., May 18-19 To: GEOGRAPHY(a)hermes.gwu.edu For those of you who love maps and Washington DC, this looks like a great event at the Library of Congress. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Genevieve Parente <genevieve.parente(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:47 PM Subject: Fwd: LOC: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C., May 18-19 To: mprice(a)gwu.edu **** *Hi Marie! Maybe someone will find this interesting.* *Best,* *Genevieve* **************************************************************** * *Library of Congress* 101 Independence Ave. SE Washington DC 20540**** March 28, 2012**** Press contact: Donna Urschel (202) 707-1639, durschel(a)loc.gov**** *MEDIA ADVISORY***** *Library of Congress Conference to Address* *Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C., May 18-19***** *Presented by the Geography and Map Division and the Philip Lee Phillips Society* **** *WHAT: * "Visualizing the Nation’s Capital: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C.,” the first conference devoted to mapping the nation’s capital, covering the period from Pierre-Charles L’Enfant’s 1791 Plan of the City of Washington to the present.**** *WHEN:* *9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 18, *with a reception from 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., and *9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 19*, with tours of the Geography and Map Division from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.**** The conference is free and open to the public. Reservations are needed; contact *specialevents(a)loc.gov* or call 202-707-1616.**** *WHERE: * Friday’s session from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. will be in the Coolidge Auditorium followed by a reception in Room 119, both located in the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington.**** Saturday’s session from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. will be in the Mumford Room and the tours from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. will be in the Geography and Map Reading Room, both located in the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.**** *WHO: * Participants include historians, archaeologists, building and landscape architects, urban planners, cartographers, geographers, land surveyors, Library of Congress specialists and Anthony Williams, the former mayor of Washington, D.C.**** The conference is presented by the Library and the Philip Lee Phillips Society, which was established in 1995 as an association of collectors, geographers, historians and map enthusiasts, with a shared interest in supporting and promoting the programs and activities of the Library’s Geography and Map Division.**** More information on the conference presentations is available at * www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/*.**** # # #**** PR12-64 3/28/12 ISSN: 0731-3527**** ** ** If you would rather not receive future communications from Library of Congress, let us know by clicking here.<http://LOCPR.pr-optout.com/OptOut.aspx?499x543x53537x1x3378293x24000x6&Emai…> Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540-1610 United States**** -- Marie Price Department of Geography 1922 F St. NW, Old Main, 229 George Washington University Washington DC 20052 (tel) 202 994-6187 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mappingdc" group. To post to this group, send email to mappingdc(a)googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mappingdc+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mappingdc?hl=en. -- President, Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc / @wikimania2012

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wikimania 2012 support from google
by Ed Summers 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

Good news! I just heard from Cat Allman at Google that they are willing to support Wikimania 2012 in DC at the diamond level (40k). The email I received was also sent to wikimania-sponsorship(a)wikimedia.org. It contains a purchase order number and instructions for billing. Will things just work from here, or do I need to do anything else? A big thanks should go to Stefano Mazzocchi, Danny Berlin and Chris DiBona at Google who helped make this happen. //Ed

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Fwd: [Glam-north-america] Fwd: Welcome Sarah Stierch--SIA's Wikipedian in Residence
by Kirill Lokshin 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

Some great news forwarded below; congratulations to Sarah and thanks to everyone involved in making this happen! Hopefully, this will lead to more GLAM outreach opportunities around the Smithsonian in the future; we've had great luck with the Archives so far, and we should aim to leverage that into more partnerships with the other Smithsonian museums and centers. Cheers, Kirill -- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:06 PM Subject: [Glam-north-america] Fwd: Welcome Sarah Stierch--SIA's Wikipedian in Residence To: glam-north-america(a)wikimedia.ch Cc: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination < cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch> HI folks, Just an FYI that my residency is not public (aka not just on Wiki :P ). The link for the press release, please note it is a PDF file. Thanks to all who have helped get this project off the ground. I have a lot more work to do, so the Wiki page has some work to be done on it, but, we just uploaded our *barnstar* today, also, which was designed by and voted on by Smithsonian Institution staff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/SIA Hope ya'll will sign up to participate and thanks for the support! -Sarah -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Welcome Sarah Stierch--SIA's Wikipedian in Residence Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:50:14 -0400 From: Shteynberg, Catherine <ShteynbergC(a)si.edu> <ShteynbergC(a)si.edu> To: ( SIWEBSTRATEGY(a)SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU) <SIWEBSTRATEGY(a)SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU><SIWEBSTRATEGY(a)SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU>, SI Webmasters <SIWEB(a)SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU> <SIWEB(a)SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU>, SIRIS Members <SIRISMembers(a)si.edu> <SIRISMembers(a)si.edu> *APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING* * * Hello all-**** ** ** We wanted to extend a big welcome to Sarah Stierch, the Archives’ new Wikipedian in Residence.**** ** ** You can read more about Sarah’s residency in detail in the following press release on our press page:**** Smithsonian Institution Archives Hosts Wikipedian in Residence and Outreach Events with Wikipedia Volunteers<https://siarchives.si.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/20120326_PressRelease_Wi…> **** ** ** As you can see from the press release, Sarah will be facilitating a Smithsonian Women in Science Edit-a-Thon that will be hosted by the Archives, this Friday, March 30th from 1-5 pm. During this time Wikipedians from the area will gather to work with the Archives team to improve our content on Wikipedia. We encourage you to drop by to say hi to the dedicated Wikipedians who will be editing at this event. Their efforts will go far to make our collections more accessible to millions of people on Wikipedia. You can read more about the event or sign up to participate in the editing here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_30**** ** ** I also encourage you to watch the following video from an edit-a-thon that Sarah helped organize at the Archives of American Art during her residency there—it gives a great idea for what these events are like:**** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBbGr1r3oyY**** ** ** An interview about Sarah’s work to bring more women editors and more women-related content to Wikipedia is available here:**** http://adainitiative.org/2012/02/interview-with-sarah-stierch-wikimedian-in… **** ** ** Stay tuned for more updates from Sarah on the Archives’ blog<http://siarchives.si.edu/blog>about her work at SIA. **** ** ** Best,**** Catherine**** ** ** *Catherine Shteynberg, Social Media and Outreach Coordinator*** *Smithsonian Institution Archives* Capital Gallery, Suite 3000**** 600 Maryland Avenue, SW**** PO Box 37012, MRC-507**** Washington, DC 20013-7012**** **** (tel) 202.633.2932 (fax) 202.633.5928**** (web) siarchives.si.edu**** ** ** Blog <http://siarchives.si.edu/blog> ▪ Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/SmithsonianInstitutionArchives>▪ YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/user/SIArchives> ▪ Flickr Commons<http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian> **** ** ** *Explore the Archives’ collections <http://siarchives.si.edu/collections>online. ***** ** ** _______________________________________________ glam-north-america mailing list glam-north-america(a)wikimedia.ch http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/glam-north-america

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Transparency Camp 2012 - April 28 -29
by Sarah Stierch 23 Mar '12

23 Mar '12

Hi everyone, I believe that Aude went to this last year. Transparency Camp would be a PERFECT place to promote Wikimania: http://transparencycamp.org/ It's an affordable event. Hopefully some of you will attend! Sarah -- *Sarah Stierch* */Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow/* >>Support the sharing of free knowledge around the world: donate today <https://donate.wikimedia.org/><<

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March 30 - Edit-a-Thon at the Smithsonian Institution Archives
by Sarah Stierch 22 Mar '12

22 Mar '12

Hi everyone! Just a reminder in about a week. We'll be hosting a laid back edit-a-thon about women in science on March 30 at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, followed by a happy hour (you do not have to attend the edit-a-thon to attend happy hour, of course). Hope to see you all there, and as always please forward to interested parties! Sarah -- *Sarah Stierch* */Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow/* >>Support the sharing of free knowledge around the world: donate today <https://donate.wikimedia.org/><<

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Fwd: [MCN-L] NGA Images - Open Access Policy Launched by National Gallery Of Art, Washington
by aude 19 Mar '12

19 Mar '12

FYI :) -Katie Begin forwarded message: > From: "Mayo, Katherine" <K-Mayo(a)NGA.GOV> > Date: March 19, 2012 10:35:18 AM EDT > To: <mcn-l(a)mcn.edu> > Subject: [MCN-L] NGA Images - Open Access Policy Launched by > National Gallery Of Art, Washington > Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l(a)mcn.edu> > > NGA Images, a New Collection Image Resource, and Open Access Policy > Launched > by National Gallery Of Art, Washington > > Washington, DC—The National Gallery of Art announces the launch toda > y of NGA > Images, a new online resource that revolutionizes the way the public > may > interact with its world-class collection at http://images.nga.gov. > This > repository of digital images documenting the National Gallery of Art > collections allows users to search, browse, share, and download images > believed to be in the public domain. > > "As the Gallery marks its 71st anniversary, it is fitting that we > introduce > NGA Images and an accompanying open access policy, which underscore > the > Gallery's mission and national role in making its collection images > and > information available to scholars, educators, and the general > public," said > Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art. "In turn this > supports research, teaching, and personal enrichment; promotes > interdisciplinary research; and nurtures an appreciation of all that > inspires great works of art." > > Many of the open access images have been digitized with the generous > support > of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. > > NGA Images > > Designed by Gallery experts to facilitate learning, enrichment, > enjoyment, > and exploration, NGA Images features more than 20,000 open access > digital > images, up to 3,000 pixels each, available free of charge for > download and > use. The resource is easily accessible through the Gallery's > website, and a > standards-based reproduction guide and a help section provide advice > for > both novices and experts. > > Users may search by keyword in the Quick Search box on the home page > of NGA > Images, or they may browse the regularly updated "featured" image > collections prepared by Gallery staff on topics such as 19th-century > French > Art or frequently requested works. > > Other features for users include the ability to create one or more > "lightboxes," or images sets, and to save, share, and download > multiple > images at a time. Users may add individual labels and notes to their > lightboxes or to images within them. Links to users' customized > lightboxes > may be shared via e-mail or may be copied and pasted to social media > sites. > > Users may freely browse the NGA Images website and download screen- > and > lecture-size images without registering an account. Registration is > required > to use certain features of the NGA Images website, including saving > and > sharing lightboxes and e-mailing image links to others. Additionally, > registration is required to fulfill certain image requests, > including direct > downloads of reproduction-ready images. > > Open Access Policy for Images of Works of Art Presumed in the Public > Domain > > With the launch of NGA Images, the National Gallery of Art > implements an > open access policy for digital images of works of art that the Gallery > believes to be in the public domain (those not subject to copyright > protection). Under the open access policy, users may download any of > these > images free of charge and without seeking authorization from the > Gallery for > any use, commercial or non-commercial. > > The Gallery's open access policy is a natural extension of its > mission to > serve the United States of America by preserving, collecting, > exhibiting, > and fostering the understanding of works of art at the highest > possible > museum and scholarly standards. In applying the policy in a global > digital > environment, the Gallery also expands and enhances its educational and > scholarly outreach. The Gallery believes that increased access to > high-quality images of its works of art fuels knowledge, > scholarship, and > innovation, inspiring uses that continually transform the way we see > and > understand the world of art. > > View the full Open Access Policy at http://images.nga.gov/openaccess. > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l(a)mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-SF] Job listing: Wikipedian in Residence
by Samuel Klein 17 Mar '12

17 Mar '12

Forwarding : a lovely chance to spend the summer in San Mateo, CA. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Proffitt,Merrilee <proffitm(a)oclc.org> Date: Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:24 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-SF] Job listing: Wikipedian in Residence To: San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians <wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello, I work for OCLC, a non profit that works with libraries to make library collections and services more accessible. This summer, we will be hosting a Wikipedian in Residence. Although the most important qualification for a candidate is being an established Wikipedian and someone who can communicate with others about their passion for Wikipedia, a candidate who is also an early career archivist or librarian would be ideal! Please check out the position description and let me know if you have any questions! Please feel free to forward. https://jobs-oclc.icims.com/jobs/2081/job?hub=6#.T195DPQsT1A Best, Merrilee Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer OCLC Research 777 Mariners Island Blvd Suite 550 San Mateo, CA 94404 USA +1-650-287-2136 Merrilee blogs at hangingtogether.org Follow me on Twitter @merrileeiam _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266

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Deadline for Wikimania submissions is Sunday
by aude 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

Reminder to get your Wikimania program submissions in soon! I am aware of a lot of cool wiki-related stuff that DC area people are doing. We want to hear about it at Wikimania. :) The deadline for submissions is Sunday, March 18 at 11:59 (San Francisco) Pacific Daylight Time (or 06:59 UTC on 19 March 2012). We seek submissions for presentations, workshops, panels, and other types of sessions. Topics may include anything related to Wikipedia, MediaWiki & tech (e.g. mobile), Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons and other sister projects, OpenStreetMap, third-party wikis (e.g. WikiHow), wikis in business, government, etc., civic & local wikis, GLAM-wiki and other cultural outreach initiatives, education outreach, research into wikis and collaboration, and more. These topics are just suggestions. You can view the call for participation and make submissions here: https://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions Cheers, Katie -- President, Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc / @wikimania2012

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Applications open for OCLC paid Wikipedian in Residence - location:, SF Bay Area
by Sarah Stierch 15 Mar '12

15 Mar '12

Hi everyone, OCLC is seeking a Wikipedian in Residence to serve three months this summer at their San Mateo, California (SF Bay Area) office. This would be a remarkable experience for anyone, including library sciences students. Learn more here:https://jobs-oclc.icims.com/jobs/2081/job "OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs. Tens of thousands of libraries around the world use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials." OCLC is one of the most important figures in library sciences internationally - your local library most likely utilizes their services. Apply today and PLEASE forward to any appropriate parties, mailing lists, etc. Tweet, Facebook, whatever! Thank you, Sarah -- *Sarah Stierch* */Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow/* >>Support the sharing of free knowledge around the world: donate today <https://donate.wikimedia.org/><<

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