Meeting Minutes-16 November 2015

Attendees:

Shannon Eichelberger (SE)

Eugene Eichelberger (EE)

Joseph Quinn (JQ)

Emma Clarke (EC)

Gabriel Beecham (GB)

User Group

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Bylaws were sent out to the mailing list. They will be open for consultation for 3 weeks. SE will send weekly reminders.

Edit-a-thons

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PRONI-4 February 2015-still in the planning phases, but JQ has confirmed the date.

Conferences

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No news

WLM

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The awards event was very successful. We had 6 of the ten winners attend. Several winners asked for certificates, which we will look into for next year. -

Only 1 winner has yet to get get in touch with the group. -

We had good media coverage, thanks to our PR guy Cian. -

EE has identified some issues with the WLM website. Neeku was put in charge of the site maintenance. She also updated the winners page. (Thanks Neeku!)

Other Events

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Science Gallery-TRAUMA-20 January 6:30. EE is in the process of lining up speakers. -

December break-the next meeting will be the last for the year. We will have a Christmas Lunch/Planning Meeting during the the first 2 weeks of December.

Misc

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Alex Stinton from Wikipedia Library joined the meeting to give a short talk on how we, as a group, can help it grow. Here are the main points (Thanks Eugene): -

The Wikipedia Library https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library -

This is an effort to give access to reliable sources, like journals, etc. Akin to the access you had as a University student. It is also a focal point to encourage other institutions to become part of the Wikimedia ecosystem by sharing (controlling) access to their repositories. It is a way to encourage librarians and archivists to become involved as it is a way to collaborate on finding and incorporating new archives. -

Resource exchange-currently only on English Wikipedia-Wikipedians help each other by providing source material that may be behind paywalls. -

Visiting Scholars (unpaid and remote) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Scholars -

A program with a centuries old tradition, used as a gateway to greater partnerships between universities and the Foundation/Chapter. -

Handout: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/The_Wikipedia_Library-Wi... -

Wikipedia Loves Libraries https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries/Events -

There is an existing event structure to host wiki-workshops and editathons libraries. -

Library events-Getting librarians of a region to talk to each other and collaborate locally works: -

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/08/30/whole-network-public-libraries-begins-... -

Reference Desk-librarians answering questions about sources live-already piloted in Israel. -

Branch System-create a community in Ireland that can exchange sources and create pools of information -

Alex stresses that librarians by-nature horde references to archives; it is what they do. We can encourage these individuals to start doing the same thing collaboratively. This provides a great source of both volunteers and trainers in all things Wikimedia. -

Some of the places we think would be receptive: -

Dublin City Archive, Pearse Library-JQ will reach out to his contact there. -

NUI Galway Library-we already have held several events there

The last meeting of 2015 will take place on 24 November at 6:30pm in Dublin. If you would like to attend, either in person or via Google Hangouts, please send an email to wikimediaireland@gmail.com

-- Shannon Eichelberger, Chair ---------------------- Wikimedia Community Ireland

Online: Wikimedia Community Ireland http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_Ireland On Twitter: @WikimediaIE https://twitter.com/WikimediaIE