Hi All,
I am really excited to share with you the opening of a new job working
within the Programs Team at the Wikimedia Foundation: a Program Officer
focused on GLAM and Underrepresented Heritage.
As part of orienting our team to better support the Wikimedia Movement
direction, we hope this role can help us to better support tactics and
strategies that are becoming important among emerging communities wanting
to get involved in GLAM programs -- including, for example, leveraging
digitization,…
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marginalized knowledge. They will be working closely with our existing GLAM
team, including Alex Stinson and Sandra Fauconnier, to document and expand
the impact of GLAM partnership in the movement, and to help us advance the
larger Equity and Infrastructure goals of the movement direction.
We also hope that this role helps our team build increased depth of
experience with Wikimedia communities outside of North America and Europe,
where existing GLAM communities have a strong community of practice and
from which Sandra and Alex (and Ben, the Programs team director) have deep
backgrounds.
If you know someone who is enthusiastic about or has deep experience
facilitating GLAM-Wiki or similar community initiatives, please share the
job announcement with them:
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1236692
Cheers,
Alex
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Alex Stinson
GLAM-Wiki Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM
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Thank You so very much appreciated thank you
On Wed 4 Jul, 2018, 5:30 PM , <libraries-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
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> From: Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <lshyamal(a)gmail.com>
> To: Wikimedia India Community list
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> Subject: [libraries] National Archives of India
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> Dear fellow Wiki[p|m]edians/ independent researchers,
>
> This is just to bring to your attention that the National Archives of India
> have made a major advance with digitizing their contents and it presents an
> opportunity that will be quite exciting for those inclined to research.
> They are available through http://www.abhilekh-patal.in and require free
> registration. Many documents are yet to be digitized and there is an option
> to pay for priority digitization after which the digitized contents become
> readily available (very similar to the French Digital Library
> http://gallica.bnf.fr/) Because of the understandable size of the
> contents
> and limitations of personnel, it appears that the metadata is often
> defective or in need of work. The content has been OCR-ed but with serious
> issues which make discovering relevant content a matter of requiring some
> search-engine-fu and even pure luck while browsing the contents. We can
> however improve the ease of discovery of relevant content.
>
> What volunteer researchers can do
> * Search the contents for topics of your interest - if you find something
> relevant - you can cite it using cite web (a custom wrapper for the
> Archives may be desirable)
> * You can add links to the material on the relevant pages - as external
> links - perhaps future researchers will make a more careful examination and
> use it for referencing
> * Include in the edit comment - a suitable #tag - just so that others can
> find the archival research of colleagues via
> https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags/- for now I have been using #NAI but
> alternatives can be considered
> * Some of the files contain interesting attachments or portions -
> signatures of notable persons - photos or more - to give an example - a
> file discussing the proscription of a newspaper / magazine for carrying
> certain content will include a copy of the newspaper / magazine - these
> can*
> - if they are identified as being in the public domain* - be extracted and
> archived - possibly on the Internet Archive <https://www.archive.org> or
> to
> Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org>. (these may however require some
> web tricks, PDF-hacks, and tools)
>
> Partnerships with the National Archives may also be possible in future.
>
> Interesting content discoveries and research stories are welcome also on
> the Facebook group - Open Research India
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/412404838856872
>
> best wishes
> Shyamal
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shyamal/India_resources
>
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Hello Wikipedians,
I am helping to organize a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on July 10, 2018 at Boston University Libraries. In anticipation of the upcoming 2018 Wikimania Cape Town conference, our theme for this event will be the Global South: Bridging Knowledge Gaps.
We would like to have someone speak or share information on the topic of Wikipedia’s global gaps for no more than 10-15 minutes. If you or someone you know is in the Boston area and interested in giving an informal intro to this …
[View More]topic, let me know. In addition, if you have any links or videos to provide on this topic, feel free to share.
Thank you for any assistance you might provide.
Regards,
Laura
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Laura Jenemann
Communication, Media, & Film Librarian
Boston University
617-353-9240
ljeneman(a)bu.edu<mailto:ljeneman@bu.edu>
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Hi everyone!
This month, we warmly invite you to take part in a community
consultation on Wikimedia Commons, to list the basic properties that
media files will need for structured data.
Some explanation here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Fee…
And you can leave your input on the talk page:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Structured_data/Get_involve…
Please …
[View More]take a look, as this is an important opportunity to make sure
that basic properties for GLAM files will be taken into account! We have
already collected some examples of 'GLAM-ish files': a (photographed) 3D
object, a map, an engraving, a digitized film, the interior of a
building, and a photo related to performing arts - but you are
encouraged to add more examples to the mix! For instance, digitized
books and manuscripts are not included yet...
Thank you - and see you on wiki! :-)
Cheers, Sandra
ps. For those attending Wikimania and its pre-conference: we will also
collect input during the hackathon.
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Dear fellow Wiki[p|m]edians/ independent researchers,
This is just to bring to your attention that the National Archives of India
have made a major advance with digitizing their contents and it presents an
opportunity that will be quite exciting for those inclined to research.
They are available through http://www.abhilekh-patal.in and require free
registration. Many documents are yet to be digitized and there is an option
to pay for priority digitization …
[View More]after which the digitized contents become
readily available (very similar to the French Digital Library
http://gallica.bnf.fr/) Because of the understandable size of the contents
and limitations of personnel, it appears that the metadata is often
defective or in need of work. The content has been OCR-ed but with serious
issues which make discovering relevant content a matter of requiring some
search-engine-fu and even pure luck while browsing the contents. We can
however improve the ease of discovery of relevant content.
What volunteer researchers can do
* Search the contents for topics of your interest - if you find something
relevant - you can cite it using cite web (a custom wrapper for the
Archives may be desirable)
* You can add links to the material on the relevant pages - as external
links - perhaps future researchers will make a more careful examination and
use it for referencing
* Include in the edit comment - a suitable #tag - just so that others can
find the archival research of colleagues via
https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags/- for now I have been using #NAI but
alternatives can be considered
* Some of the files contain interesting attachments or portions -
signatures of notable persons - photos or more - to give an example - a
file discussing the proscription of a newspaper / magazine for carrying
certain content will include a copy of the newspaper / magazine - these can*
- if they are identified as being in the public domain* - be extracted and
archived - possibly on the Internet Archive <https://www.archive.org> or to
Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org>. (these may however require some
web tricks, PDF-hacks, and tools)
Partnerships with the National Archives may also be possible in future.
Interesting content discoveries and research stories are welcome also on
the Facebook group - Open Research India
https://www.facebook.com/groups/412404838856872
best wishes
Shyamal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shyamal/India_resources
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Hello Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Community members!
Thank you for taking our survey which ran between May 24th and June 30th
(we left it open for a few extra days...).
We received 84 responses. Results are in order of number of votes (people
could choose multiple items). This helps us to see where the energy of the
community is. The User Group steering committee will use these poll results
to help plan our activities in the coming year.
- 57 Engage with libraries in communities …
[View More]with historically low
participation in Wikimedia projects
- 53 Serve as ambassadors for the idea that Wikimedia work is business
as usual in libraries by sharing case studies and communicating the
benefits of engaging with Wikimedia
- 50 Proactively coordinate outreach to library professionals; arrange
for attendance at library conferences and events
- 41 Expand campaigns like 1lib1ref, and get librarians more involved in
other campaigns such as Wiki Loves Monuments, The 100,000 Challenge, Women
in Red, etc.
- 32 Explore how to roll out a Wikipedia + Libraries OCLC-style course
on a global scale
- 31 Help explain and promote The Wikipedia Library
- 28 Use social media and email channels to exchange expertise, share
resources, and support each other during events (such as edit-a-thons)
- 24 Revive Wikipedia Loves Libraries
- 22 Relieve anxiety about 'doing Wikipedia wrong' and get people
excited to join
- 15 Turn 1lib1ref from a campaign into a year-long, 24/7 branch
- 0 Engage with libraries in communities with historically low
participation in Wikimedia projects (this was on twice as an option)
Thank you!
Merrilee
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