Good news. Embracing the factor that GLAM and Wikipedia can grow together to enhance the various possibilities of Free (deep) Knowledge is a good development in the 15th year of Wikipedia and also to counterbalance the commercialisation of the internet in this era.
Good that the Foundation in strenghening this area. Jens 2016-05-21 20:19 GMT+02:00 Steinsplitter Wiki <steinsplit...@wikipedia.de>: > > > > From: jorlow...@gmail.com > > Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 17:23:53 +0000 > > To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New GLAM-Wiki Role at Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > As you may have noticed in the Annual Plan, the Wikimedia Foundation has > > proposed more support of GLAM-Wiki. I want to happily announce that *Alex > > Stinson* will be expanding and transitioning his role as Wikipedia > Library > > Coordinator to lead this new position as *GLAM-Wiki Strategist *within > the > > Community Engagement department at WMF. He will continue to report and > > work closely with me in Wikipedia Library land, which I'm very happy > about! > > > > I'll let Alex introduce himself and his thoughts on the position, why it > > matters, and what its goals are. > > > > Best, > > Jake Orlowitz > > > > User:Ocaasi (WMF) > > > > Head of the Wikipedia Library > > > > jorlow...@wikimedia.org > > > > -- > > > > Hi all! > > > > I am particularly excited to be shifting towards helping with GLAM-Wiki > > support. I plan to bring my long history of working in Wikimedia > outreach, > > first as a volunteer in GLAM and the Education program and then as an > > employee with the Wikipedia Library, to improve our global GLAM impact > [1]. > > > > As we point out in the proposed annual plan, [2] GLAM-Wiki has a long > > history as a programmatic strategy for volunteers and affiliates. These > > programs have collected some of our best content, pushed our technologies > > beyond their limits, and created a considerable volume of contributions > > from both Wikimedians and experts for over 8 years. > > > > However, as these practices become more and more sophisticated and > varied, > > volunteers from smaller communities without connections to the leaders of > > successful projects have found themselves unable to replicate this > success, > > or replicating many of the mistakes from earlier projects. At the same > > time, larger initiatives have been hindered by a lack of investment in > > infrastructure and technology. > > > > WMF has been a great supporter of GLAM through grants and affiliate > > support, but we can do more. We haven’t provided consistent global > > connection, communication and support for GLAM-Wiki resources and tools. > > My goal is to help GLAM spread throughout our communities and potentially > > tens of thousands of organizations that - as folks like Liam Wyatt have > > been advocating from the beginning - share our same values: freely > sharing > > knowledge with the world. > > > > Below I have outlined our approach for the GLAM-Wiki Strategist role > [3]. I > > want to use the next few months to listen and evaluate the needs of the > > communities actively involved in GLAM-Wiki work to make sure that I > > prioritize projects correctly. I am also going to be at Wikimania, and > have > > already talked to a number of GLAM-Wiki leaders at Wikimedia Conference. > > > > My role as strategist is to consult, collaborate, organize, and plan. So, > > please reach out to me with your questions, thoughts, needs or other > > feedback. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Alex Stinson > > > > GLAM-Wiki Strategist > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > astin...@wikimedia.org > > > > [1] A little about me > > > > I have been working with the Wikipedia Library since May 2014, developing > > the Library’s publisher partnerships, building relationships with dozens > of > > community and language leaders across our volunteer movement, crafting a > > broader strategy for engaging the largest libraries and international > > reference networks, and project managing tool and metrics improvements > for > > our program. > > > > I also designed and deployed the successful #1Lib1Ref campaign ( > 1lib1ref.org) > > that drew nearly 30,000 viewers, 5 million tweet-impressions, and > hundreds > > of participants from the library world to Wikipedia in our first ever > > viral, global micro-contributions drive for quality improvement. > > > > In my volunteer, time I try to stay active as User:Sadads, where I am > > mostly active on English Wikipedia ( >98,000 edits). I have been actively > > writing content about literature and novels since 2008. I have always > > thought of our movement as a community with a lot of opportunities around > > partnerships and collaboration. > > > > I was also one of the early adopters of GLAM-Wiki in the US: While still > > in college, I approached the Smithsonian in 2010 about a partnership, > > establishing the dialogue which grew to one of our most successful > > long-term cultural partners within the movement. I have learned from > those > > early attempts and have led GLAM-Wiki relationships with a handful of > > smaller organizations while in school and as a volunteer. > > > > I am also a long time supporter of the Education program: I was trained > as > > part of the Public Policy Initiative's first round of "Campus > Ambassadors", > > the project that became first the U.S. and then the Global Education > > Programs. > > > > I am based in Southern Vermont, where I enjoy hiking, the local and the > > local food culture. In my spare time, I try to produce sustainable food > > through my garden and homebrewing-- I just put in 4 rows of potatoes, and > > am about to start most of my summer crops. > > > > > > [2] *Annual Plan for GLAM* > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2016-2017/draft#Program_5:_Give_more_support_to_GLAM_partnerships > > > > > > [3] Some thoughts on the GLAM-Wiki Strategist Role > > > > What I hope to do: > > > > * Help lead efforts to evaluate and improve our GLAM-Wiki documentation, > > and develop resources that make GLAM-Wiki a more approachable strategy > for > > volunteers, especially in communities which don't have much experience in > > partnerships with formal organizations. > > > > * Connect with and learn from the network of community leaders supporting > > partnerships with GLAM and other organizations > > > > * Help document and share the most successful, repeatable GLAM-Wiki > project > > models coming from our communities. > > > > * Connect community leaders and outside organizations who approach > > Community Engagement and other Wikimedia Foundation departments about > GLAM > > partnerships with the best volunteer leaders, resources, or learning > > materials. > > > > * Communicate GLAM and GLAM-Wiki needs with teams and departments within > > WMF, including Community Resources, Strategic Partnerships and > Engineering > > teams. I have already started these conversations, and hope to be able to > > share what I have been working on in the next couple months. > > > > * Support strategic movement relationships with global organizations > > (IFLA, ICOM, UNESCO, OCLC, Internet Archive, etc ) which can expand > > opportunities for GLAM-Wiki programming and partnerships by local > > affiliates. > > > > What I won't be doing: > > > > * Creating partnerships with local cultural heritage organizations > > > > * "Coordinating" in any strong sense of the word -- It's not my role to > be > > “in charge” of what others are doing in the GLAM-Wiki space -- instead my > > aim is to facilitate access to better tools and resources that help > community > > leaders coordinate these partnerships more easily and effectively. > > > > What I would like to learn from the community and GLAM program leaders in > > the next few months: > > > > * Where does our community of GLAM-outreach leaders need the most > support? > > > > * What are the greatest technology barriers preventing the creation of > > easy-to-create and scalable relationships with cultural heritage > > organizations? > > > > * What are the best opportunities for expanding GLAM-Wiki strategies to > new > > or emerging communities with less partnership experience or affiliate > > support? > > > > * How can we help a greater range of Wikimedia volunteers participate in > > partnerships with our GLAM allies? > > > > I am very optimistic about the opportunities for GLAM-Wiki work, > especially > > as Wikimedia becomes leaders of open and linked data, through projects > like > > Wikidata -- and I want to make sure our communities have the tools and > > support to take advantage of that leading role in sharing cultural > heritage > > knowledge around the world. > > > > > > -Alex > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Glamtools mailing list > Glamtools@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools > >
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