Forwarding report to Wm-Au members on my Residency at the State Library of
New South Wales.
Whiteghost.ink

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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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