Hello!
I'd like to invite you to the next edit-a-thon at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which will be focused on The Civil War and American Art<http://www.americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/art_civil_war/>. The event will include: new editor training, a tour with the curator, Eleanor Harvey, of The Civil War and American Art exhibition, and a group edit-a-thon.
When: Friday, February 15, 2013
Where: Smithsonian American Art Museum<http://www.americanart.si.edu/>, Located at 8th and G Streets, NW, in Washington D.C. We will meet in the G Street Lobby (enter at 8th and G Streets) at 9:15 a.m.
What to bring: photo ID, a laptop, coffee and snacks if you wish (lunch is provided)
Advanced RSVP Required! RSVP to Georgina Goodlander, goodlanderg(a)si.edu<mailto:goodlanderg@si.edu>, 202-633-8532, Due to the limited space, sign up is required. Space is limited to 20 non-staff participants.
Hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Georgina
Georgina Goodlander
Web & Social Media Content Manager
Smithsonian American Art Museum
(202) 633-8532 | GoodlanderG(a)si.edu
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Hello everyone,
I'm very pleased to announce that Dominic McDevitt-Parks will be joining
Wikimedia DC as our new Cultural Partnerships Coordinator!
I expect that most of you already know Dominic, who has been a long-time
Wikimedian and a regular participant in events both within the DC area and
elsewhere. Dominic has graciously offered us the benefit of his immense
experience with building partnerships between cultural institutions and the
Wikimedia movement, most notably in during his tenure as the
Wikipedian-in-Residence at the National Archives and Records Administration.
In his new position as Cultural Partnerships Coordinator, Dominic will
report directly to the Board of Directors of Wikimedia DC. He will have
number of responsibilities, including serving as a point of contact for
DC-area cultural institutions and professionals looking for guidance from
Wikimedia; facilitating communication and sharing of best practices among
professionals and Wikimedians and between the two groups; helping to
initiate and evaluate partnerships between institutions and Wikimedia DC,
as appropriate, in the interest of the chapter's goals and the Wikimedia
movement as a whole; and serving as the bridge between the Wikimedia DC
community and the global GLAM-Wiki community.
Please join me in welcoming Dominic to his new role!
Cheers,
Kirill
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Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc
Hi everyone,
We have a new blog on the OpenGLAM website:
"Keep it free: National Gallery of Art (US) creates open access policy"
http://openglam.org/2013/01/17/keep-it-free-national-gallery-of-art-us-crea…
The initial opening took place in March, actually! Alan Newman, Chief of
the Division of Imaging & Visual Services, was kind enough to take the
time to talk to me about the goals and future of this open access policy.
Sarah
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Hi everyone,
This week I start a new position as US OpenGLAM Coordinator. No, I'm not
a replacement for Lori, who spent the past year serving as the Wikimedia
Foundation's US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator (we should probably
write a blog about what's different about our roles :) )! We do have
some cross over though, but keep in mind my role has a broader focus not
specifically geared on Wikimedia partnerships.
You can learn more about my new role here:
http://blog.us.glamwiki.org/2013/01/openglamlaunch/
I look forward to helping unlock your GLAMs with you :)
-Sarah
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[Pardon the cross-posting]
Huzzah! Nice piece Michael :)
http://www.si.umich.edu/newsandevents/press/msi-student-first-wikipedian-re…
MSI student is first Wikipedian in Residence at Ford Presidential
Library
Posted on Monday, January 14, 2013
* Students <http://www.si.umich.edu/category/press-release/students>
U-M School of Information master's student Michael Barera became the
nation's first Wikipedian in Residence at a presidential library when he
began his internship Friday, January 11, at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor.
A Wikipedian in Residence is an individual who works in-house to assist
an organization with its Wikipedia presence. The British Museum was the
first cultural organization to host a Wikipedian in Residence. Many
other museums, libraries, and archives have followed suit. Barera is the
first to be embedded in a presidential library.
Barera, who describes himself as a "dedicated Wikipedian," has been
editing and contributing articles and photos to the online, user-edited
encyclopedia for the past five years. In 2012, during his senior year at
Michigan, he joined the U-M Wikipedians, the first Wikipedia student
club in the United States.
Club members attended a Wikimedia Foundation seminar last fall designed
to encourage Michigan faculty to utilize Wikipedia in their classrooms.
Bettina Cousineau, exhibit specialist at the Ford Library and Museum,
was at that meeting and immediately saw the potential to increase the
Ford's online presence with the help of the club.
"Our goal is to have our content accessible to everyone, everywhere,"
Cousineau said. "Wikipedia is a completely new outreach venue for us.
Not everyone can visit our museum and library in person, but everyone
can visit us online. With our content and Michael's technical skills, we
are looking forward to getting more of our collections out to the
broadest possible audience."
After the Wikimedia Foundation meeting, Barera started volunteering his
technical skills on behalf of the Ford Museum and Library. He created
templates and tags, located articles for staff content specialists to
fact-check, and served as a liaison between the student club, the
Wikipedia community, and the staff at the library and museum. "He was a
natural choice for us when this internship became available," Cousineau
says.
"This position is perfect for me," says Barera. "It combines my academic
passions for history, archives, open source advocacy, and technology. I
see my role as a facilitator, helping to bridge the gap between those
who have the content and those who have the technical skills to make
that information accessible to the whole world."
"The Ford Presidential Library is honored to have the opportunity to
partner with Wikipedia in making its rich collections more available to
individuals around the world," said Elaine K. Didier, Director of the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. "We look forward to
working closely with our Wikipedian in Residence, Michael Barera of the
UM School of Information, as we jointly define the scope of this
exciting project."
The online project may be tracked
here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Gerald_Ford
<http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Gerald_Ford>
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