Translations:GLAM/Sharing Knowledge/39/en

In existing collaborations, these Wikimedia roles typically fall three main types (with increasing institutional investment):

• Volunteer Collaborators/Coordinators – sometimes called Wikimedia Ambassadors, these volunteers come from a local Wikimedia community or affiliate and help coordinate activities, engagements or events with local institutions.
• Wikipedia Visiting Scholars – Wikimedians who have a special degree of access to an institution, such as consultations with staff, access to data sets, or access to registration-required research materials, in exchange for focusing on topics on Wikimedia projects of relevance to the institution (for documentation of the model, see the organizing page on English Wikipedia)
• Wikipedian in Residence – Since the first such position in 2010 at the British Museum, these Embedded Wikimedians, typically compensated in some way (whether with a paid contract or educational credit), collaborate with institutional staff to develop strategies or engagement tactics that integrate Wikimedia projects into institutional strategies (for documentation of the model, see $wir).