User:Missvain/Success stories

GLAM-WIKI has partnered with numerous cultural institutions to produce projects from the simple to complex; providing greater access to the collections and content of organizations without compromising the missions and visions of both the GLAM and Wikimedia. We hope you will celebrate these successes with us, and contribute your own success story!

Letters of Success from GLAMs

• The Children's Museum of Indianapolis success story: A recommendation written by Angie McNew, Director of Web and Emerging Media at the Children's Museum and project manager for the ongoing Wikipedian-in-Residence program that began in August 2010.

Wikimedia Commons

• File:Wounded Knee aftermath.jpg → File:Wounded Knee aftermath3.jpg restoration and subsequent discoveries.

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  Unrestored version: mislabeled scattered debris of camp in Library of Congress bibliographic notes.
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  Restored version: four human remains in foreground partially wrapped in blankets.
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  Detail from restored version: a face in profile, hand at right.

More information:

• Image restoration leads to new discovery, Wikipedia Signpost, February 16, 2009, News and notes
• Library of Congress updates record based on Wikimedian restoration work, Wikipedia Signpost, September 7, 2009, News and notes