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.
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Only 1 winner has yet to get get in touch with the group.
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We had good media coverage, thanks to our PR guy Cian.
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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.
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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):
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The Wikipedia Library
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
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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.
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Resource exchange-currently only on English Wikipedia-Wikipedians
help each other by providing source material that may be behind
paywalls.
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Visiting Scholars (unpaid and remote)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Scholars
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A program with a centuries old tradition, used as a gateway to
greater partnerships between universities and the Foundation/Chapter.
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Handout:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/The_Wikipedia_Library-W…
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Wikipedia Loves Libraries
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries/Events
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There is an existing event structure to host wiki-workshops and
editathons libraries.
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Library events-Getting librarians of a region to talk to each other
and collaborate locally works:
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https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/08/30/whole-network-public-libraries-begins…
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Reference Desk-librarians answering questions about sources
live-already piloted in Israel.
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Branch System-create a community in Ireland that can exchange sources
and create pools of information
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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.
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Some of the places we think would be receptive:
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Dublin City Archive, Pearse Library-JQ will reach out to his contact
there.
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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(a)gmail.com
-- Shannon Eichelberger, Chair
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