Wikimedia Conference 2014/Documentation/20

20 Sharing is caring / best practice

Speakers: Lori Phillips, Dominic McDevitt-Parks (GLAM-Wiki US Consortium), Dorothy Howard (WMUS-New York)

Creating the GLAM-wiki US wiki page
Centralizing resources: GLAM bookshelf
The English Wikipedia might not necessarily be the best place for gathering documentation for other languages & cultures; non-Anglophone Wikipedians are generally not as familiar with en-wp
International GLAM-WIKI documentation can be found on Wikimedia Outreach portal
Evolution: GLAM professionals becoming knowledgeable, being able to help other GLAMs - The GLAM-wiki US user group
The goal is to allow the GLAM professionals become part of the Wikimedia community
GLAM boot camp: inviting and training wikipedians and giving them the skills to do outreach and engage in GLAM projects

travel all funded
emphasis on diversity and new editors, areas with limited representation
structured program vs. typical Wikimedia/GLAM? unconference
adding library related and archival content a key question
Creating a press releaase a standard practice increases interest outside the Wikimedia community
Tumblr
Event recaps, documentation (Wikimetrics)
Outcomes page for large projects covering several institutions and virtual attendees
Video, interviews eg SVE, Columbia University reach new audiences

A very interresting part of GLAM collaborations are QRpedia projects. I hope speakers will go on that path a little: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/QRpedia
GLAM metrics do not always do justice to all the benefits of an edit-a-thon. Edit-a-thons as a means to boost membership and get the community closer together? More about raising public awareness and a tool for outreach.
Edit-a-thon for staff a good idea, a way to educate
Scanathon: integrate with the archives processes, aim for a lasting partnership
Photo hunts in collaboration with WIki Loves Monuments, with maps and IDs of monuments