Dear Wikimedia NYC,
It was great to meet all of you at your last meeting. I'd like to share a few GLAM-Wiki projects I've been working on at METRO.
The Metropolitan New York Library GLAM Pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Metropolitan_New_York_Library_Councilis regularly updated. Add your name to the contact list and help out by adding articles about NY GLAM institutions to the To-do list and contributing your editing skills.
I've made several GLAM-specific guides to help NY GLAMs become familiar with the movement and editing practices. I give people these links when I'm doing trainings or intros to GLAM-Wiki.
* Wikipedia for Libraries, Archives, Museumshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_for_Libraries_Archives_Museums * A Wikipedia and Open Data LibGuide http://libguides.metro.org/content.php?pid=495121
We have two Edit-a-Thons scheduled in the next few months. Please spread the word to your communities and friends. If you plan to come to the events please sign up on the pages so we know how many editors to expect.
1. Jefferson Market Library "Greenwich Village in the 1960s" Saturday November 2, 10am-5pm Materials from the Greenwich Village Rare Book Collection will be available to editors. Details/Annoucements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC#Likely_attendees http://metro.org/articles/wikipedia-editathon-greenwich-village-in-the-60s/ http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/39/node/229931?lref=39%2Fcalendar
2. Queens Library, Central Library "Open History: Queens and Wikipedia" Friday December 6, 10am-6pm (time still tenative) No announcement yet, but one coming on Queens Library GLAM Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/QueensLibrary
Please contact me at dhoward@metro.org for further questions or if you'd like to talk further.
Best, Dorothy