Dear Wikimedians,
The UK GLAM working group is now ready to find UK institutions willing to work with us by creating Wikipedian in Residence posts.
Our budget is limited, and must be used by January 31st, but there is enormous scope to be flexible. These could be day a week, limited term posts, based at home - or full time positions at an institution, like the British Library post. We will of course be pleased to see applications from institutions with whom we have already begun a positive relationship - but note that the applications have to be from the institutions, rather than individual volunteers.
Time is very short - our own fault - so we need bids, on the attached form, in by 5pm on November 15th to daria.cybulska@wikimedia.org.uk.
She will be convening a panel to make the decisions that will be recommended to the board, hopefully at the meeting of November 17/18.
Please feel free to spread this around the various lists (and externally if you can).
Richard SymondsWikimedia UK
0207 065 0992
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