Hi Wikimedia NYC!
I have just published a 3-month, mid-grant report for the WMF PEG grant I
received in July, on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Metro/Institutional_Growth_and_C…
If you have any question or comment, please don't hesitate to contact me
directly or post on the talk page.
All the best,
Dorothy Howard
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
Dear NYC Wikipedians,
Sorry for the barrage of emails today (!) but I wanted to send a separate
invitation for a *non-METRO-related Wikipedia event* that I've been
planning with Sian Evans, Michael Mandiberg, and Jacqueline Mabey of
the *Art+Feminism
*Wikipedia group.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism>
*ArtAndFeminism Train the Trainers / October 27 2014 / CUNY Graduate Center*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism_Training_…
Thus, this is not your regular Edit-a-thon, but a lesson-planned event to
get professionals and those that want to be event facilitators up to speed
on how to run edit-a-thons and what they need to know about editing to be a
future Edit-a-thon trainer.
The event aspires to be an opportunity to train future facilitators of
Edit-a-thons - particularly ArtandFeminism Edit-a-thons, which our group
will be organizing in the Spring to coincide with the anniversary of last
year's <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism_2014>
successful and highly reported-on Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon campaign.
I invite you to come and participate in this event, especially if you want
to learn about and discuss how to be a better Edit-a-thon facilitator.
If you have any questions, again, please do not hesitate to contact me or
one of the other organizers.
All the best,
Dorothy Howard
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
Dear Wikimedia NYC community,
Tomorrow the Metropolitan New York Library Council is hosting a reception
and GLAM-Wiki networking event that will also celebrate the one-year
anniversary of METRO’s engagement with Wikipedia, and my residency, which
started a bit over a year ago now, last August, 2014. If you are interested
in coming and talking to METRO area librarians and archivists in an
informal setting, feel free to come by - registration required! We have
around 30 METRO members currently registered. Event details below.
I will also be hosting a 3-part Wikipedia webcast series for METRO, which
will kick off with our first session on October 27th at 2pm. Details below.
If you have any questions about either event, please call or email me at
dhoward(a)metro.org
<dhoward(a)metro.org>
Thanks,
Dorothy
*One Year of Wikipedia at METRO*
http://metro.org/events/553/
This reception and networking event celebrates the one-year anniversary of
METRO’s engagement with Wikipedia and its creation of the
Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow position. Attendees are
invited to connect and socialize with others interested in Wikipedia, Open
Data, and Open Access Projects.
During the reception, Dorothy Howard, METRO’s Wikipedian-in-Residence, will
give a “State of the Wiki in NYC” with observations about Wikipedia
initiatives in New York, and her thoughts on the future of the Open Access
movement in New York. Brief lightning talks on successful METRO Wikipedia
projects by Marek Zielinski, Megan Wacha, and other special guests will
follow.
This event is open at no cost to METRO members and all those interested in
attending.
*Webcast: Reference and Citation on Wikipedia and the Library*
http://metro.org/events/562/
In recent years, Wikipedia has collaborated with libraries to improve the
quality of Wikipedia’s reference and citation. Aspects of this engagement
include streamlining Wikipedia citation practices; working to increase
fully-available open access references to readers; collaborations with
libraries to develop Wikipedia library internships; and more. The options
available for libraries to engage with Wikipedia have only increased.
METRO's upcoming three-part webcast series will explore three areas of
interest to librarians with presentations by leaders of current
collaborative Wikipedia projects.
On Monday, October 27th, the first webcast series installment will focus on
citation and reference on Wikipedia. This session will include
presentations from leaders of four different projects to improve
Wikipedia’s reference and citation: Andy Mabbett, Wikipedian-in-Residence at
ORCID
<http://blog.scholasticahq.com/post/87810012013/interview-with-andy-mabbett-…>
(the
Open Researcher and Contributor ID, an authority control) and the Royal
Society of Chemistry
<http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/wikimedian-residence-royal-society-chemistry/>;
Jake Orlowitz, founder of the Wikipedia Library
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library>; Ed
Saperia, Project Lead of the Open Access Reader Project
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Access_Reader>; and Daniel Mietchen,
biophysicist and web projects at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin and
member of the “WikiProject Open Access/Signaling OA-ness (Open Access)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Access/Signalling_…>
."
*To access the live program, simply visit METRO's YouTube channel
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmTOag7JZ-qrTZDpN4fNwTA> between 2:00 PM
and 3:15 PM on Monday, October 27th. Registration is not required. *A
direct link to the webcast page will also be posted here before the live
program. An archived recording will be available following the session.
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
Dear New York City (and New Jersey / surrounding area!) Wikipedians,
A reminder that the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Edit-a-thon is tomorrow,
October 7th, 2014, at the Museum’s 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128
address, 2-8pm.
Please enter at the entrance on 89th st. between Madison Ave and Museum
Mile and check in at the security desk, where you will be directed to the
Sackler Center and media labs.
This event was advertised with a special focus to METRO librarians and
archivists, and educators, as well as to those interested in architecture
and museum architecture, but is open to all.
We have many more people RSVP’d on Eventbrite, with 75 signed up (though
I’m expecting many no-shows). If you plan to come, or may come, please RSVP
on Eventbrite, as the entrance will be checking the RSVP list. I believe
people that haven’t RSVP’d should be able to attend, but in the case that
we are over capacity,
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-the-guggenheim-museum-…
Please forward the below invitation widely, and we hope to see you there!
Best wishes,
Dorothy Howard
Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127 <212.228.2320%20x127>
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM TO HOST OCTOBER WIKIPEDIA “GUGG-A-THON”
The Guggenheim Museum will host a Wikipedia “Gugg-a-thon” on Tuesday,
October 7, 2014 from 2pm - 8pm, to support contributions to Wikipedia’s
content on museum architecture.
Join us at the Guggenheim to add information about museum architecture to
the world’s largest source of free knowledge during the fourth annual
month-long Archtober festival.
Prior editing experience for Wikipedia is not required. The event will
include a training session for participants who are new to Wikipedia
editing. The training session will be held in the media lab at the museum
and will focus on providing the tools needed to create and edit Wikipedia
articles. Wikipedia specialists will be on hand to provide basic
instruction and editing support throughout the event.
The program will also include welcoming remarks by Alan G. Brake, Executive
Editor of *The Architect's Newspaper* <http://www.archpaper.com/>, Cara
Cragan, Director of Architectural Projects, Commissions (SRGM), and Amanda
Parmer, curator and founder of PARMER <http://www.amandaparmer.com/>. The
talks will discuss the Guggenheim's role in the field of museum
architecture, and give background on Wikipedia’s role as an institutional
partner to the arts. The agenda also includes a free, backstage,
architectural tour of the Guggenheim Museum, along with the.
Light refreshments will be provided. Registration strongly recommended.
Remote participation encouraged. Stop by anytime throughout the scheduled
hours.
*LINKS*
*Wikipedia Event page*
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Guggenheim_Museum>
*Eventbrite registration*
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-the-guggenheim-museum…>*
and/or* *Wikipedia registration*
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Guggenheim_Museum#Attendees_…>
(Registration required)
***INFO*
*Date:* Tuesday, October 7, 2014
*Address:* 1071 Fifth Avenue (please enter through 89th Street)
*Time: *2:00pm-8:00pm
*Welcoming Remarks:* Event organizers, Alan G. Brake, Executive Editor, *The
Architect’s Newspaper*, Cara Cragan, Guggenheim Museum Senior Manager,
Architecture, Commissions, and Project Planning (SRGM), and Amanda Parmer,
curator and host of Edit-a-thons at PARMER, Brooklyn.
*Hosts:* The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Metropolitan New York Library
Council
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
Hi All,
Here is the link to a grant in progress, which is being written by Marek
Zielinski and Łukasz Chełmiński of the Pilsudski Institute of America in
New York. They are hoping to do a project to make categorization and adding
metadata easier for GLAMs contributing content to Wikipedia.
I have not assisted with the drafting of this grant much at all, but just
met with them, and I understand that they will be adding a budget and
timeline, potential collaborators in WikiProjects, and WikiData, as well as
the GLAM-Wiki toolkit, etc. - describing roles and what they will do in
terms of documentation in more detail soon.
In the meantime, I just want to let you all know that it exists, since they
are in New York, and that they are seeking endorsement.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Pi%C5%82sudski_Institute_of_Amer…
I've heard word from another Wikimedia NYC member, that he will be applying
for a grant as well.
We also have a draft of the inter chapter travel grant which Lane and I
will be working on tonight and tomorrow.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_NYCWM_NE/Inter-chapter_travel…
If anyone wants to help with this, please email us. We will no longer be
applying for the grant With Wikimedia NE as they are currently on a sort of
leave of absence.
That's all for now.
Thanks all,
Dorothy
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
I'm excited to announce the following event:
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM TO HOST WIKIPEDIA “GUGG-A-THON” IN EARLY OCTOBER
The Guggenheim Museum will host a Wikipedia “Gugg-a-thon” on Tuesday,
October 7, 2014 from 2pm - 8pm, to support contributions to Wikipedia’s
content on museum architecture. Join us at the Guggenheim to add
information about museum architecture to the world’s largest source of free
knowledge during the fourth annual month-long Archtober festival.
The program will include welcoming remarks by notable scholars in the field
of museum architecture, an overview of the Guggenheim’s own architecture
and design, and background on Wikipedia’s role as an institutional partner.
The agenda also includes a free, backstage, architectural tour of the
Guggenheim Museum. Light refreshments will be provided. Registration
strongly recommended. Remote participation encouraged.
LINKS
Event page
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Guggenheim_Museum>
Eventbrite registration
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-the-guggenheim-museum…>
OR on Wikipedia registration
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Guggenheim_Museum#Attendees_…>
***INFO*
*Date:* Tuesday, October 7, 2014
*Address:* 1071 Fifth Avenue (please enter through 89th Street)
*Time: *2:00pm-8:00pm
*Welcoming Remarks:* Event organizers, William Menking, Founder and Editor
of The Architects Newspaper, Cara Cragan, Guggenheim Museum Senior Manager,
Architecture, Commissions, and Project Planning (SRGM), and Amanda Parmer,
curator and host of Edit-a-thons at Parmer Gallery, Brooklyn.
*Hosts:* The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Metropolitan New York Library
Council
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
Hi All,
I've just started a Wikimedia PEG Grant draft for a joint grant application
between Wikimedia NYC and Wikimedia NE (the page is currently mostly just a
template, but it's a start).
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_NYCWM_NE/Inter-chapter_travel…
The grant will detail a project first proposed in the WMF IdeaLab
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/WM_NYC,_NE_inter-chapter_eve…>,
the purpose of which is to establish a small scholarship program between
Wikimedia NYC and Wikimedia NE so that members of these two groups and be
compensated for travel and room and board (if necessary) so that they can
attend regional wiki events without incurring financial burden.
I will be working with members of Wikimedia NE to complete this grant
application, and will seek review from the memberships of both WM NYC and
WM NE before the grant is submitted. That said, if anyone would like to be
apart of this grant writing process, please let me know and/or chime in
on-wiki.
All the best,
Dorothy Howard
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Dorothy Howard
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
Hi All,
Can anyone provide an update as to whether Wikimedia NYC will participate
in the September 20nd & 21st Maker Faire at the New York Hall of Science in
Queens? I know Richard mentioned that we may be able to share a booth with
another group, but I'm forgetting who. (?)
http://makerfaire.com/
I'd be really interested in going and helping volunteer if such a booth
exists. Otherwise, perhaps we could still go as a Wikimedia NYC group and
wear our Wikipedia shirts/ 'advertise' the Chapter and Chapter activities
in some way.
Thoughts?
Kind regards,
Dorothy Howard
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
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 *
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127