Hello DC-area Wikimedians,
For those of you who are interested in the idea of GLAM, I am excited to
announce a new GLAM-related event we're planning in the US. Wikimedia DC,
in cooperation with the National Archives as host, is organizing GLAM Boot
Camp, a new model of event in which those of us with extensive backgrounds
in GLAM projects will be giving a workshop to share experiences and teach
skills relevant to the GLAM-Wiki project.
The concept for this event was developed at GLAMcamp London, and the idea
behind it is to give experienced Wikimedians the skillset and confidence
they need to engage in GLAM projects so that, ultimately, GLAM-Wiki will be
more representative of the regular Wikimedia editing community. At
GLAMcamp, the lack of broad community participation from different types of
contributors was identified as one of the effort's key problems. So this is
for all of you Wikimedians who like the concept of helping libraries,
museums and archives share their knowledge with Wikimedia, even if
(especially if) you aren't actually experienced in doing that yet. With
Wikimedia DC's help, we are planning to cover the travel costs of all
attendees, to ensure that money or geography are not a barrier to
participation.
I would like to invite anyone who is intrigued to please indicate your
interest by answering a few short questions on this Google form: <
http://goo.gl/TCiYx>gt;. This is especially important so we can pin down the
ideal weekend to hold the event, and the sooner we get responses, the
sooner we can reserve the venue.
To learn more about the GLAM Boot Camp, please see the more detailed
description and proposed program at <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp>gt;.
Thanks!
Dominic
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Dominic McDevitt-Parks
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