On Jan 14, 2014, at 2:21 PM, K Anderson <kristin.anderson(a)wikimediadc.org> wrote: Xest Skwekwst!, Hello Kevin, Congratulations to you and Sarah both! As you probably know, UC Berkeley has amazing holdings in Native American and other indigenous languages, and is home to the The Survey of California and Other Indian Languages. I did a bit of research there back in the day for some Kuna Indian friends, and they were really happy with what I found for them. I've also updated *a bunch* of Wikipedia articles from the UCB site: http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/Survey/ Native American languages still survive, but you wouldn't necessarily realize this, as they are a really underrepresented area in US culture everywhere, including Wikipedia. Can I interest you and Sarah in making the connections needed at UCB, and taking the lead over at WikiProject Indigenous languages of California? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indigenous_languages_of… Congratulations again, Shey hoy! Kristin Anderson User:Djembayz (a student of Montana Salish) PS One more thing for Kevin-- Given that you are a relatively young guy, this makes it *way easier* for you to pick up a Native American language than it is for a person my age. Ever considered it? > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 7:01 AM, <glam-us-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send GLAM-US mailing list submissions to > glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam-us > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > glam-us-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > glam-us-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of GLAM-US digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Wikipedian-in-Residence at UC Berkeley (Kevin Gorman) > 2. Re: Wikipedian-in-Residence at UC Berkeley (Sarah Stierch) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:57:07 -0800 > From: Kevin Gorman <kgorman(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>, North > American Cultural Partnerships <glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [GLAM-US] Wikipedian-in-Residence at UC Berkeley > Message-ID: > <CAJJA524YtB4bHZ07CRVCYRh=Hjz67zbq_R4fhAfWR7oN7oCXpA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi all - > > I have talked about this in bits and places elsewhere, but as I finally > have a finalized signed contract in hand, I figured I'd make an actual > announcement about it. Officially effective today, I am the > Wikipedian-in-Residence for the American Culture Program at the University > of California, Berkeley. American Cultures at Berkeley is a program > centered on the study of race, ethnicity, and culture in the United States > - a lot of what I will be doing will be centered around very closely > supervising USEP classes in under-represented areas, but I'll also working > on other related issues, such as trying to arrange media donations, trying > to document best practices, etc - as well as tackling other projects that > have yet to be thought of! > > Wikipedians-in-Residence have previously focused almost entirely on GLAM > institutions, and as far as I know, I'm the first WiR at a University. I'm > hoping that this will end up being a productive collaboration that sets up > the groundwork for future WiR positions at other Universities. I know UCB > will be trying to set up some press later in the month, and I intend to > meticulously document my residency, make my materials available for reuse, > etc. > > Since my duties aren't set in stone yet, I'd also strongly welcome > suggestions for additional projects to take on - since I'm based out of the > AC center, most work I do should be focused on areas that are currently > under-represented on Wikipedia, but that can cover an awful lot of ground. > > Best, > Kevin Gorman >