Wikimedia-US-NYC-Discuss August 2014

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Updates from the Metropolitan New York Library Council
by Dorothy Howard 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

Hi All, I'm happy to say, that the month of August is my 1-year anniversary at the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) as Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow. We've done a lot of great events and outreach to promote Open Access and Wikipedia and are looking forward to the future. In order to be transparent, I will be giving periodic updates about our institutional Wikipedia activities. Please find below a short list of events we are working on for the fall, some in collaboration with Wikimedia NYC or directly with the Wikimedia Foundation. As many of you know, I received a Wikimedia Foundation PEG grant <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Metro/Institutional_Growth_and_C…>, active in late July to continue and expand my work as Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Metropolitan New York Library Council. As a result of the grant, I am at METRO 3 days a week and will be until the end of January, 2015. Please note that I have not mentioned institutions which I am in initial talks with below, as some prefer to be private until they have fully decided to engage. That said, if you have any more specific questions about an institution, I’d be happy to engage your inquiry. I hope to see you at some of the upcoming events! *Future Events * - *Guggenheim Edit-a-Thon* in their newly remodeled Education Center (89th St.), planned for *Archives Week*, (10/09/14). Theme: “Museum Architecture,” *The Guggenheim Venice* also to host a remote event on the same day. (Event pages up soon). - *NYPL Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture* *Edit-a-Thon*– (West Harlem, 135th st) Theme: “The Harlem Renaissance.” *Jointly organized with Michael D. Lewis and Wikimedia NYC* – TBD Date in late October. - *Pratt School of Information and Library Science Edit-a-Thon:* Planning fall Edit-a-Thon at Pratt's Manhattan Branch on 14th w/ librarian organizers and SILSSA (student chapter of the American Library Association). Date TBD. - International *Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon Campaign #2, *with *Wikimedia Foundation* official endorsement - late fall. Several events in NYC. Dates announced soon. *Future METRO HQ Events (some for METRO members only) * - *1 Year Anniversary of Wikipedia at METRO*, networking hour in the METRO workshop space. - Planning a *3 Part Webinar series*, which will be recorded live METRO and made available to the public soon after. Themes: (1) Reference and Citation on Wikipedia (2) Wikipedia, Libraries, and Education (3) Wikipedia and Medicine. - Planning a *Workshop on Open Image Licenses, *Wikimedia Commons, and Options for Open Access Digital Repositories for Images. (For members). - Planning a few more beginning Wikipedia editing trainings for librarians and archivists. *Resources and Writing * - Making an “organizer’s packet” for Edit-a-thons with a checklist for “day of” event metrics gathering, reporting and post-event metrics. (Attached) Let me know if you have input as this is all fairly new! - Recent Interview <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-08-20/Inter…> with Michael Szajewski, digital development archivist at Ball State University, about Ball State University Library’s engagement with Wikipedia. As part of “Interview with a librarian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Metropolitan_New_York_Library_…>,” series. - Education about citation and Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Access/Signalling_…> and DOIs (digital object identifiers) and Wikipedia via ambassadorial role <http://crosstech.crossref.org/2014/08/citation-needed.html> as CrossRef Wikipedia Ambassador. *Documentation* - Working with Program Evaluation to create a metrics-gathering plan for all of METRO’s events, and for the project as a whole - Continual documentation of affiliate projects at: “Wikipedia:GLAM/Metropolitan New York Library Council <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Metropolitan_New_York_Library_…> As always, feel free to contact me about any of these projects, or further ideas for GLAM collaboration. The Best, Dorothy Howard *User: OR drohowa * -- Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) 212.228.2320 x127

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WikiData meetup in NYC
by Dorothy Howard 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

Hi All, I was talking to another today about interest in setting up a WikiData learning event in Manhattan, where the entire focus is on educating ourselves and each other about the possible uses of WikiData. WikiData was a big focus of the tech track at Wikimania, and among the murmurings of most other sessions. I think we could use some sort of informal meetup where we can all learn better ways of using it, and perhaps also what kinds of projects we can suggest it to. For me, I want to start talking to GLAMs about it, but I don't know a lot of use cases of institutions doing so (yet!) Anyone else have interest? Perhaps we could do this meetup somewhere in lower Manhattan (WiFi a necessity!) Thoughts? Thanks, Dorothy -- Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) 212.228.2320 x127

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Program Goals/Strategy and Evaluation/Metrics Gathering Plan for Wikimedia NYC
by Dorothy Howard 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Hi All, At our last meeting this past Sunday 8/17/14, an interest in Wikimedia NYC forming a Program Evaluation and Metrics Gathering subcommittee for the chapter was identified, and I was nominated to head this committee. I'd like to take the opportunity for anyone interested in helping me draft a 6 month or 1 year plan (we will discuss timelines etc.) for metrics gathering and evaluation to join this subcommittee. I think it makes sense to plan a Google Hangout, or perhaps an IRL meetup just for us to discuss the drafting of such a plan and to move it forward. Please email me if you are interested in receiving notifications about this effort and/or want to be part of the subcommittee or have any further questions. Thanks very much, Dorothy -- Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) 212.228.2320 x127

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[Wikimedia NYC] Wiki-Salon and Skill Share - Sunday August 17
by Pharos 06 Aug '14

06 Aug '14

You are invited to join us at the 'Wiki-Salon and Skill Share', a community event of knowledge-sharing for those of all levels of experience with Wikipedia, on Sunday August 17 on the Upper West Side. The main meeting runs from 2-5pm, and afterward we'll walk to a social wiki-dinner together at a neighborhood restaurant We welcome all interest from the education, museum and library, and nonprofit worlds, and from everyone in any community interested in building a bigger, broader and better Wikipedia. For those in education, this can be a good way to kick off the Fall wiki-semester! We'll be glad to help advise/assist with any course project. For those who experienced our old community meetings at Columbia University, the Wiki-Salon is an effort to get back to that style of broad-ranging community discussion. ---Location--- Yeoryia Studios at Epic Security Building, 2067 Broadway, 5th Floor Between West 71st & West 72nd Streets, above Gigi Cafe, near Trader Joe's By 72nd Street station (1,2,3 subway lines) ---Sign up and more info--- Our page on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC Our page on Meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/events/198921032/ You can officially 'sign up' at either of these pages, and please add your ideas to the agenda! I'll also be glad to answer any question you may have about the Wiki Salon. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC Chapter _______________________________________________ Wikimedia_NYC mailing list Wikimedia_NYC(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia_nyc

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