Re: [Wikipedia-l] [Wikimedia Cascadia] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] 5 New Visiting Scholars Positions Open (now under Wiki Ed)

14 Jul 2015

Hi all,

My colleague, Eryk, alerted me to this thread (I'm subscribed now). I think
I can shed a little light as to what's going on with Visiting Scholars.

For a brief introduction, I'm the Community Engagement Manager with the
Wiki Education Foundation. My "official" username is User:Ryan_(Wiki_Ed)
and my volunteer account is User:Rhododendrites.

Since the Wikipedia Library is growing rapidly and Wiki Ed wanted to
dedicate time and resources to grow this program in particular, Wiki Ed
will be running Visiting Scholars in the US and Canada. But that hand-off
only just happened with the announcements this week, with five institutions
already ready to go (see posts on the Wiki Ed blog
<http://wikiedu.org/blog/2015/07/13/visiting-scholars/> and WMF blog
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/13/wikipedians-as-visiting-scholars/>),
so I want to try to apologize in advance for what I'm sure will be a few
hiccups/areas of confusion.

Pine, regarding why you weren't in the loop about UW: Though Jake or Alex
could probably say more definitively, it looks like the person who signed
up to supervise the position, Paul Constantine, was contacted by the OCLC
representative working with the Wikipedia Library. She wouldn't likely have
known how to find out if Wikipedians are there first. You may want to
connect with Paul, but in the future I'd be more than happy to work with
you. Since we work with so many universities at Wiki Ed, we're pretty
committed to maintaining a database of people we can talk to about this or
that at different institutions.

Then there's the implicit question of why no UW contact was listed for the
UW position. I've centralized the application process to have them go
through me rather than going directly to the institutional contacts. That
way I can do some screening, looking for the kinds of things a
non-Wikipedian would have difficulty determining. It's also because I'd
like to do more recruitment in the other direction, reaching out to
Wikipedians to apply even if there's no open position and/or having
conversations with people who want access to research materials. If I'm
managing the applications, I can better make those connections. So the
reason the contact isn't there is because I wanted to avoid the confusion
of having a second email address someone might accidentally send their
resume to. Upon reflection, it probably would be a good idea to include the
contact's name and maybe a link to their faculty/staff bio.

Sorry for the long message. If you have questions or comments about
Visiting Scholars, please send an email or leave a message on my talk page.

Thanks!

Ryan

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Eryk Salvaggio &lt;eryk(a)wikiedu.org&gt; wrote:

...

 On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Pine W &lt;wiki.pine(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

  Hi Lane, I wasn't aware that this position
was planned at all. We have
 contacts at the UW libraries and at Wiki Ed but they seem to have planned
 this without us being in the loop. That said, I'm glad that UW and Wiki Ed
 arranged for this position. Pinging Jake and Sage to see of they will let
 us know the contact people for this position at UW and Wiki Ed, off-list
 if
 necessary.

 Thanks,
 Pine
 On Jul 14, 2015 7:50 AM, "Lane Rasberry" &lt;lane(a)bluerasberry.com&gt; wrote:

  Note the UW position- do we know this contact?

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 Date: Mon, Jul 13, 2015, 5:28 PM
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 The Wikipedia Library <https://enwp.org/wiki/WP:TWL> is pleased to
 announce
 five new Wikipedia Visiting Scholars
 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:VS> positions
 with US and Canadian universities and research organizations as part of  an
  program expansion.

 Visiting Scholars are remote, unpaid Wikipedia editors who become
 affiliated with top research libraries. They receive full access to the
 partner library’s e-resources to expand topics of institutional interest
 which also need development on Wikipedia. This marks the second  successful
  round of institutions participating in the
program
 <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/17/wikipedia-research-library/>.

 These new positions will be coordinated and managed by the Wikipedia
 Library’s movement partner, the Wiki Education Foundation
 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Education_Foundation> (Wiki Ed).
 Wiki
 Ed will process applications, connect to schools, and drive the growth  of
  the program in the North American region. They
are in an excellent  position
  to help expand Visiting Scholars because of their
extensive existing
 connections to universities and desire to support Wikipedia’s best  content
  creators.

 We invite Wikipedia editors who specialize in content creation, and  would
  like access to a full research library, to apply
for these new unpaid,
 remote affiliate positions at the following research libraries:

    - *McMaster University
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMaster_University>* is a public
    university in Hamilton, Ontario
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario>, Canada. The
 library’s
    holdings in their Division of Research Collections and Archives  contain
     many valuable and unique resources, with
emphases in areas such as  peace
     and war (with a particular emphasis on the
Holocaust
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust> and resistance), Bertrand
    Russell <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell>, Canadian
    literature and popular culture.
    - *DePaul University < 
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DePaul_University>*
  is
    a private university in Chicago < 
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago
  ,   
 Illinois. The library is looking for Wikipedians who can focus on
 Chicago
    history, Catholic social justice studies, and/or Vincentian Studies
    (including French history during the Napoleonic Era
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Era>).
    - *The Smithsonian Institution
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smithsonian_Institution>*,
    established in 1846 “for the increase and diffusion of knowledge,”  is a
     group of museums and research centers
administered by the Government  of
  the
    United States. The Warren M. Robbins Library of the National Museum  of
     African Art
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_African_Art> is
    looking for a Wikipedian in Residence that can focus on modern  African
  art
    and artists.
    - *The University of Pittsburgh
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh>* (PITT) is  a
     state-related research university in
Pittsburgh
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh>, Pennsylvania. This  Visiting
     Scholar position will work with PITT’s
Archives Service Center,  Special
     Collections and Center for American Music to
focus on: Pittsburgh and
    Pennsylvanian history including urban renewal in Pittsburgh,  childhood
  in
    the industrial era of Pittsburgh, music composers of Pittsburgh,
 Pittsburgh
    theater or significant literary figures from Pittsburgh; Colonial
 American
    history; historic American songs; or philosophy of science.
    - *The University of Washington
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Washington>* (UW),
 commonly
    referred to as Washington or, informally, UDub, is a public research
    university in Seattle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle>,
    Washington. This Visiting Scholar position will work with UW’s  Special
     Collections and focus on labor and the working
classes in the Pacific
    Northwest, all aspects of Pacific Northwest history and literature,  and
     Pacific Northwest architecture.

 Full application information is available at the Wiki Education  Foundation
  signup page
<http://wikiedu.org/visitingscholars/apply/>.<
 http://wikiedu.org/visitingscholars/apply/>

 Wiki Ed also invites editors to apply for a Visiting Scholar placement
 pool. The pool will help grow the Visiting Scholar program by creating a
 list of willing and interested candidates to offer to new partner
 libraries. With the interests and needs of pre-qualified Wikipedians in
 hand, Wiki Ed can work to find libraries that match your interests.

 Access to research libraries as part of one of these visiting scholar
 positions creates considerable opportunities for Wikipedia editors. It
 allows them access to services and tools, including multiple paywalled
 databases, integrated search and discovery tools, research collections  and
  recommendations from specialist librarians, and
expert consultation. In
 return, editors can begin a conversation with the library, which creates
 opportunities for greater understanding and communication between these
 universities and the wider Wikipedia community.

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