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This Month in GLAM – Volume VII, Issue III, March 2017

WMF GLAM report

Wikimedia Conference

As part of the broader support of program leaders and the movement strategy, Alex attended Wikimedia Conference. He supported several workshops, including:

A table at tools rotations for GLAM Upload tools: see the handout
A workshop on developing partnerships relationships: outlined here.
A workflow mapping workshop, focused on GLAM projects: outlined here

Other highlights from the conference include a strong interest from the attendees in library partnerships: many emerging communities are finding libraries as a clear entry point for GLAM skill development among community program leaders, and for proof of concept for other GLAM work. Additionally, the movement strategy process has a number of GLAM-Wiki advocates, so they provided significant feedback and advocacy for the knowledge and experience we have developed doing programmatic outreach in the GLAM-Wiki community.

The Wikipedia Library provides a summary of more library-focused conversations at the event: in the Books and Bytes Newsletter.

Consultations

Most of the consultative time for Alex during March focused on the development of Structured Data on Commons and developing the Annual Plan in the Wikimedia Foundation. Other support included:

Shannon Perry at Libraries and Archives Canada
Connection with the Global Heritage Foundation
Development of materials to support a visit by Katherine Maher with WMDC to the Smithsonian, National Archive and Library of Congress
Internet Archive support of Wikidata
Consultations as were relevant during Wikimedia Conference

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