A big big congratulations to Jake! His work is so important to our mission.
-Emily On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Anasuya Sengupta <asengu...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear friends and colleagues, > > I am delighted to announce that Jake Orlowitz (User:Ocaasi, User:Ocaasi > (WMF)) > is joining the Grantmaking department at WMF to lead The Wikipedia Library > (TWL)[1], an online resource for Wikipedians to get free access to > journal subscriptions. > In the last year, TWL has helped nearly 2000 unique users access 3000 > accounts of sources like JSTOR, Elsevier, De Gruyter, and Oxford University > Press,[2] and is now experimenting with community-run branches in Arabic, > German and other languages. > > Jake will be a full-time contractor with part-time support from Alex > Stinson > (User:Sadads, User:Astinson (WMF)) for an initial period of six months. > They are both working with an amazing volunteer team of Wikipedians guided > by Head of Volunteer Coordination (User:Nikkimaria). We're particularly > looking forward to seeing how TWL can expand its global (non-English) work, > and what it can teach us about the best ways to support some of our top > contributors, and improve content on our projects. > > Many of you know Jake well, but for those who don't: Jake (Ocaasi) is a > long time Wikipedian, with two Individual Engagement Grants from us, and he > has been on the IEG grants committee for the past two years. Jake works > remotely from Philadelphia but is frequently in the Bay Area, especially > during long and dark East Coast winters. Alex has been involved for many > years with both Education and GLAM outreach. He resides in Kansas where he > works on Digital Humanities at Kansas State. > > You can catch up on all of TWL's new happenings in the latest edition of > the Books and Bytes newsletter.[7] We're excited to bring The Wikipedia > Library on board and look forward to its growth and evolution! > > Warmly, > Anasuya > > Jake Orlowitz (User:Ocaasi) started editing in 2007 as an ip. Early on he > worked on articles about religious groups, political movements, > and alternative health. Around 2010 he shifted focus from editing > to helping new users, working in the irc-help channel and developing the > Plain > and Simple guide for New Editors [3] and its COI counterpart [4]. In 2012 > Jake began developing projects through the Individual Engagement Grants > department at WMF. He built The Wikipedia Adventure,[5] a playful > interactive game to onboard new editors. He also began establishing and > expanding donation partnerships in The Wikipedia Library to provide free > research access to top article contributors. He helps out as a board member > of Wiki Project Med Foundation [6] and gives talks about Wikipedia's role > in education. Jake grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and studied > political theory at Wesleyan, before starting a tutoring company in > Colorado. He currently splits his time between coasts, working > full-time on Wikipedia > projects. His contract with WMF will focus on expanding the number and > global reach of Wikipedia Library partnerships. > > Alex Stinson (User:Sadads) is a 9-year editor with over 80,000 > contributions, > actively involved in different forms of outreach. He > is currently a project manager with the The Wikipedia Library, a long time > volunteer with The Wikipedia Education Program, and supporter of GLAM-Wiki > outreach. Alex has a Masters degree in English Literature from Kansas State > University with research focused on cultural studies and the digital > humanities. He works as a digital humanist at K-State, where he helps > develop projects and create partnerships with educators and cultural > institutions. > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library > [2] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Library/Renewal/Final > [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PANDS > [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PSCOI > [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure > [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WPMED > [7] > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/August-September2014 > > -- > > > *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. 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