Re: [Wikimedia-DC] GLAM ambassadors + GLAMcamp NYC

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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-DC mailing list Wikimedia-DC(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-dc