That's great stuff, Dorothy.
I've added promotion on the webcasts to my todo list.
joly
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Dorothy Howard dhoward@metro.org wrote:
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@metro.org
Thanks,
Dorothy
*One Year of Wikipedia at METRO*
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*
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-orcid-ambassador-and#.U_Jvc_ldV4U (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_OA-ness ."
*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.
-- Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) 212.228.2320 x127
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