Hi all,
After several months of negotiation, I am almost sealing a GLAM deal with the Kenya
National Archives. I'm getting the necessary paperwork done, and hopefully, by January
2013, I'll have gotten the final go-ahead. So, I'm guesstimating that this project
may start on Feb 2013.
The Archives has made it very clear (from the start) that it doesn't have the
resources to undertake this project, so I hope that I'll manage to secure a grant from
the WMF to fund the Wikipedian in Residence's compensation and all other associated
costs. I've started making a draft application here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Abbas_Mahmood/Wikipedian_in_Residence….
I'm also planning on contacting WikiAfrica to 1) learn more from their GLAM projects
that they've been undertaking, 2) inquire about how much it usually costs them, and 3)
the challenges that they usually face.
This is NOT a public service announcement: this is just a courtesy FYI, so please do NOT
distribute this news until everything is official.
Thanks, and happy holidays :-)
Abbas.