Grants:IdeaLab/Grand Canyon Museum Collection
statusdraft
field trip to Grand Canyon Museum Collection to build
targetCommons
budget (local currency)2000
budget (USD)2000
grant typeindividual
grantee• Slowking4
contact(s)• slowking4
gmail.com
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Project idea
editWhat is the problem you're trying to solve?
editGrand Canyon Museum Collection has an archive with 900,000 objects; 22,000 black and white photographs; 14,000 herbarium specimens
What is your solution?
editstipends for wikimedians to travel to the Grand Canyon, stay in student housing, and digitize.
https://www.nps.gov/training/hoal/lodging.htm
such a road trip work for Wikimedia DC summer of monuments. http://blog.wikimediadc.org/2014/06/introducing-wikipedia-summer-of-monuments/
Project goals
edit- increase photos of historic photos in collection
- increase coverage of items in special collection
- demonstrate digitization methods
- build rapport with institution
Who will you be doing outreach with?
editGet Involved
editAbout the idea creator
editParticipants
edit- Advisor
Endorsements
editExpand your idea
editNo funding needed?
editefficiency rooms are $60 per night
https://www.nps.gov/training/hoal/Docs/Albright%20Facility%20Information%20Handout.pdf
Project plan
editActivities
editcontact Grand Canyon Museum Collection
schedule time
travel to Grand Canyon Museum Collection
upload scans, edit transcribed documents
Impact
editResources
editSlowking4 will manage the project.
stipends: