Forwarding report to Wm-Au members on my Residency at the State Library of New South Wales. Whiteghost.ink
---------- Forwarded message ---------- My short Residency at the State Library of New South Wales is now finished. I believe it has been a successful collaboration, which has produced a number of good outcomes for us. The most important is that we now have a positive and ongoing relationship with this important cultural institution (and its repository of excellent sources!). To see the processes and results of our engagement with the Library, go to the SLNSW Project page<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_New_South_Wales> , which is set up and organised to serve as a focus for ongoing work and involvement and as a record of outcomes as well as events. The most important outcomes are: - an ongoing relationship between Wikimedia-Au and SLNSW; - SLNSW management approval and understanding of Wikimedia and the potential to contribute; - interested and trained staff; - processes in place to continue work; - a model for other States' libraries to use for putting their newspaper holdings on Wikipedia; - documented identified content for ongoing work;<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_New_South_Wales/Ongoing_Work> - planned collaborative editathons that are aligned with the Chapter's goals and that incorporate expert involvement: 1) high value items in the collection (including the Blue Mountains)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_New_South_Wales/Editathon_July_2013> and 2) World War I<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_edit-a-thons/Australia> . Other outcomes include: - new and improved Wikipedia articles; - new content on Commons. The four editathons have been set up in collaboration with the Library which is willing to provide the venue, expertise, resources, and more. The on-site ones coincide with the Library's own event and exhibition planning so there is the likelihood of much greater than usual attention from the public and the media. Please continue to engage with the new Wikipedians at the Library and assist with the important Australian articles they have identified as needing attention. (The list is linked above). If you can participate in the editathons, register your interest and do so! (Link to project pages is also above.) The Library has amazing relevant resources in its collections and the Librarians are very skilled and helpful at finding them. It was a privilege to work there. Sincerely, Whiteghost.ink
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