Dear Friends, New York City Wikimedians,
I want to thank you all so much for your support of my role as
Wikipedian-in-Residence
at the Metropolitan New York Library Council
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/METRO>, and the many events
we’ve organized together since I first took the position in August, 2013.
With the support of Wikimedia NYC, other institutional collaborators, and
all of you, we’ve hosted around 15 public Edit-a-thons at places like the
New York Public Library branches, the Queens Library Central, the Center
for Jewish History, the Guggenheim Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the
MoMA Education Deparment, and have encouraged an ethic of sharing in many
New York institutions. I’ve also personally given around 20 staff trainings
on Wikipedia editing to institutional staff, and hosted several more
specialty events at the METRO office on 11th Street. Images of some of the
events METRO has co-organized are available
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Metropolitan_New_York_Library_C…>
in Wikimedia Commons.
While I’ve had a wonderful go as Wikipedian-in-Residence, all good things
eventually come to a close. As you may know, I will be leaving my position
shortly to pursue other opportunities for growth and learning, starting on
April 2nd, 2015.
METRO and I have been discussing opportunities for METRO to continue
collaborating with Wikipedia and library-specific Open Knowledge and Open
Data projects to support our institutional members
<http://metro.org/corporatememberships/applications/search/>. I have made
sure to put my supervisor in touch with staff at the Wikipedia Library and
the Wiki Education Foundation, as well as members of WMF Grants and the
larger Wikipedia community, and I’m working to ensure that there is a
referral process in place so that if METRO members have questions about
Wikipedia, they know to contact WMNYC or other groups that will respond.
But METRO is also in a time of transition, after Jason Kuscma left his spot
as Executive Director, we are currently in an interm period, and things are
somewhat on hold until someone new is hired so it is yet to be determined
whether METRO will create an Open Data / WiR position or expand its open
initiatives in other ways. As you may have heard, METRO received a grant
from the Knight Foundation for its Culture in Transit project
<http://www.knightfoundation.org/grants/201550377/>, and is embarking on a
large-scale initiative to scan and digitize print materials for public
archiving. From being immersed in the culture here at METRO I can say with
confidence and pride that whatever comes next, openness will be a big part
of their considerations in their digital projects.
Going forward, if you need to get in contact with me, the best address in
the future will be my personal e-mail: <dorohoward(a)gmail.com>, and you can
always find me on Twitter @DorothyR_Howard
<https://twitter.com/DorothyR_Howard>. But proverbially speaking, I’m not
going anywhere- and will one way or another continue to take part in New
York Wikipedia and Open-GLAM initiatives.
Please let me know if you have any questions about this transition, and
thanks for your continual support.
All the best,
Dorothy Howard
--
Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
'Wikipedia Day NYC 2015' is a celebration and mini-conference for the
project's 14th birthday, to be held on Sunday March 22, 2015, hosted at
Barnard College, and also supported by Wikimedia New York City and fellow
Free Culture Alliance NYC partners.
You can register for the Wiki-Conference here:
http://bit.ly/wikidaybarnard
See full event details and schedule (and add your own lightning talk!) at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day_2015
And bring your interested friends and colleagues!
Thanks,
Richard Knipel
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
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> Dear New York City Wikimedians,
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>
>
> I am excited to announce that there are three Art + Feminism Edit-a-thons
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism> being
> organized in the New York City metropolitan area for the weekend of
> International Womens Day: Brooklyn Museum
> <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism_Brooklyn_…
> >
> (March 7th), MoMA
> <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism/MoMA_2015
> >
> (March 7th), and Babycastles Gallery
> <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism/Babycastl…
> >
> (where we held the December meeting), (March 8th).
>
>
>
> We are working with multiple organizations to secure enough attending venue
> volunteers for these events with a special focus on MoMA as this will be
> the largest NY event (250 capacity) and have already confirmed a handful,
> including Wikipedians trained at our "Train-the-Trainers
> <
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism_Training_F…
> >"
> events, held over the past few months.
>
>
>
> But we can’t do this without New York City Wikipedians and we hope you will
> join us to help work one-on-one with event attendees and offer other
> in-person Wikipedia support.
>
>
>
> If you are able to come to the events on March 7th and/or 8th please email
> me back and RSVP as we are trying to get a count of volunteers before the
> date. If you know which event you will attend, or could go wherever needed,
> let us know that in your email as well. We are also looking for people to
> Tweet about the event, so if social media is an interest of yours, you can
> include this on the email as well.
>
>
>
> Thanks again for your continue support. We are super excited about the
> events gearing up for International Women’s Day weekend. After the event at
> MoMA, we will also be having a reception with cake and light fare to thank
> everyone for coming out.
>
>
> Let me know if you have any further questions.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Dorothy Howard + Siân Evans + Michael Mandiberg + Richard Knipel
>
Dear New York City Wikimedians,
I am excited to announce that there are three Art + Feminism Edit-a-thons
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism> being
organized in the New York City metropolitan area for the weekend of
International Womens Day: Brooklyn Museum
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism_Brooklyn_…>
(March 7th), MoMA
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism/MoMA_2015>
(March 7th), and Babycastles Gallery
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism/Babycastl…>
(where we held the December meeting), (March 8th).
We are working with multiple organizations to secure enough attending venue
volunteers for these events with a special focus on MoMA as this will be
the largest NY event (250 capacity) and have already confirmed a handful,
including Wikipedians trained at our "Train-the-Trainers
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAndFeminism_Training_F…>"
events, held over the past few months.
But we can’t do this without New York City Wikipedians and we hope you will
join us to help work one-on-one with event attendees and offer other
in-person Wikipedia support.
If you are able to come to the events on March 7th and/or 8th please email
me back and RSVP as we are trying to get a count of volunteers before the
date. If you know which event you will attend, or could go wherever needed,
let us know that in your email as well. We are also looking for people to
Tweet about the event, so if social media is an interest of yours, you can
include this on the email as well.
Thanks again for your continue support. We are super excited about the
events gearing up for International Women’s Day weekend. After the event at
MoMA, we will also be having a reception with cake and light fare to thank
everyone for coming out.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
Best wishes,
Dorothy Howard + Siân Evans + Michael Mandiberg + Richard Knipel