[Wikimedia-DC] GLAM ambassadors + GLAMcamp NYC

[aude]

Together with Liam Wyatt, Sarah Stierch, and other Wikipedians, we've been
thinking how to facilitate more and better collaborations with cultural
institutions.

As the campus ambassadors program has gone well, some of the ideas might
transfer well, having online and "campus" / GLAM ambassadors help train and
mentor GLAM institution staff about contributing to Wikipedia, facilitate
content donations (e.g. photos), etc.

In DC, there has been tremendous interest, from the Smithsonian, National
Archives, Library of Congress, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and more.  This
is fabulous! but we need to recruit more GLAM ambassador folks.

We're still thinking about how these roles could work and welcome input:

http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Wikimedians

Also, Liam is organizing GLAMCamp NYC the weekend of May 20-22 and have room
for ~2-3 or so Wikipedians from DC to join. It's a working meeting to think
through and discuss the GLAM ambassador idea, improve documentation,
tech/tool needs, and other things.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMcamp_NYC

Anyone who is interested in being a GLAM ambassador (or just helping out)
and/or attending GLAMcamp NYC, please let me know.

Cheers,
Katie
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