Wikipedian in Residence

A diagram of the typical relationships developed by a Wikipedian in Residence

Wikipedians (or Wikimedians) in Residence are Wikimedians who dedicate time to working in-house at an organization. Wikipedians in Residence are usually financially compensated by the institution or by a Wikimedia chapter, but they may also be volunteers. The Wikipedian in Residence is not simply an in-house editor: the role is fundamentally about enabling the host organisation and its members to continue a productive relationship with the encyclopedia and its community after the Residency is finished. The Wikipedian in Residence model was first piloted by the GLAM initiative, but has since been adopted by other types of organizations.

Are you considering if a residency is right for your institution? Check out the case studies or read on.

Core characteristics of a Wikipedian in Residence

• Serves as a liaison between the organization and the Wikimedia community to promote a mutually beneficial cooperation.
• Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff at the organization through workshops and events.
• Works with organizational staff to digitize, compile, and organize resources that can be shared with the Wikipedia community.
• Facilitates the improvement of content by the Wikipedia community, rather than directly editing articles as a core goal.
• Coordinates events, such as Hack-a-Thons, Edit-a-Thons, or Backstage Passes, that bring Wikipedians on-site to work with staff on content creation and improvement.
• Formally coordinated by the institution, allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects.
• Ultimately, a residency lays the foundation for a more lasting partnership between the Wikipedia community and an organization.

Types of projects carried out by residencies

Activities organized by Wikipedians in Residence are broad and varied. Some of these projects include:

• Facilitating content improvement in partnership with curators and the Wikipedia communities
• Coordinating image or multimedia donations
• Organizing visits/events (e.g. "backstage passes" for Wikipedians)
• Organizing challenges and competitions that promote article improvement
• Teaching about Wikipedia practices and values, etc.
• Including sister projects (Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, etc)

How to find a resident

The best way to locate a potential Wikipedian in Residence is to connect with your local Wikimedia chapter (if one exists) and/or via the talk page of an appropriate WikiProject on Wikipedia. Often these can be found through WikiProjects associated with your city, state, province, or country. Check the WikiProject Geographical Directory to get started. You can also contact us or send an email to glamwikimedia.org.

Essential Criteria

• On-site attendance, "in residence" means being physically based in the organisation for all or part of the time; and being seen as a member of the staff team, not a visitor.
• Working for mutual benefit while upholding the policies of both the institution and Wikimedia.
• Enabling of community interaction in both directions.
• Avoiding conflict of interest, especially when editing articles about the institution itself.
• Teaching ability - to GLAM professionals about Wikimedia and vice versa.

General Criteria for an Ideal Wikipedian (not gospel)

• Knowledge of the profession
• Charisma to encourage a group of volunteers to support the project.
• Presentation skills, and the patience to explain free-licenses/Wikipedia... frequently.
• Existing Wikimedian in good standing.

Recommendations for the institution

• On-staff "champion" who supports the project officially from within the organisation.
• Clearly defined role for the project - not mixed with other social media/web management.

Sample job description

The National Archives seeks applicants for a Wikipedian in Residence for Summer 2011. The Wikipedian in Residence is a student intern role. The Wikipedian in Residence will work as a community coordinator and strengthen the relationship between the Archives and the Wikipedian community through a range of activities. This may include: promoting participation in new or existing WikiProjects related to the holdings of the National Archives; adding content to the Wikimedia Commons and Wikisource sites from digital copies of the holdings of the National Archives; assisting with the digitization and online posting of archival materials; working with Archives staff to explain Wikipedia’s practices; organizing special events, such as backstage pass tours or editing challenge days, for the Wikipedian community; and sharing the experience with the Wikipedian community and the public via videos, newsletter articles, or blog posts on our NARAtions blog or other blogs. —National Archives and Records Administration (April 2011)

Successful formats

Infographic with compiled data from July 2011.

Time allocation

• Fulltime for a very short period (e.g. British Museum project, 5 weeks)
• Fulltime for a longer period (e.g. Chateau de Versailles project, 6 months. University of Edinburgh project, 18 months)
• Part time for a long period (e.g. Children's Museum of Indianapolis project, 1 year)
• Part time permanently (e.g. Bundesdenkmalamt - Scanproject, Vienna, minimum 3-4 years)

Rewards

• Wholly unpaid (e.g. British Museum project, Bundesdenkmalamt)
• Study credit (e.g. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis project, first 3 months)
• Stipend/scholarship (e.g. Chateau de Versailles)
• Paid internship (e.g. Early NARA projects)
• Contract employee (e.g. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis project, year 2)

• Full time employee (e.g. National Archive Full time Wikipedian in Residence, University of Edinburgh Wikimedian in Residence)

Recruitment method

• Published job offer through official recruitment process (e.g. NARA) [could add Chapter rep. to interview panel if necessary].
• Outsource recruitment to local Wikimedia Chapter (e.g. Versailles project)
• Informal recruitment through existing social media connection (e.g. Indianapolis Museum of Art)
• Identify existing Wikipedia community leader in relevant field (e.g. Israeli Museum)
• Self-initiated contact from a Wikimedian/pedian to the institution (e.g. British Museum, Bundesdenkmalamt)

List of Wikipedians in Residence

Timeline of Wikipedians in Residence up to 2012 (incomplete).

	Organization	Project page(s)	Location	Wikimedian	Timeframe
1	British Museum	Wikipedia:GLAM British Museum project page	London, UK	Liam Wyatt	June – July 2010
2	The Children's Museum of Indianapolis	Wikipedia:GLAM The Children's Museum of Indianapolis project page	Indianapolis, IN	Lori Phillips	August 2010 – present
3	Palace of Versailles (Château de Versailles)	Wikipedia:GLAM Château de Versailles project page	Versailles, France	Benoît Evellin	February 2011 – August 2011
4	lettera27 Foundation	Wikipedia:WikiAfrica lettera27 project page; in Italian Wikipediano in residenza presso lettera27	Milan, Italy	Remulazz	March 2011 – present
5	Museu Picasso (Museu Picasso)	Wikipedia:GLAM Museu Picasso project page	Barcelona, Spain	Àlex Hinojo	March 2011 – August 2011
6	Derby Museum and Art Gallery	Wikipedia:GLAM Derby Museum and Art Gallery project page	Derby, UK	Roger Bamkin	April – Sept 2011
7	Australian Paralympic Committee	Australian Paralympic Committee / National Sport Information Centre project page (does not discuss WiR project?)	Canberra, Australia	Laura Hale	May 2011 – May? 2012
8	Archives of American Art	Wikipedia:GLAM Archives of American Art project page	Washington, DC	Sarah Stierch	May 2011 – October 2011
9	US National Archives	Wikipedia:GLAM US National Archives project page	College Park, MD (and nationally)	Dominic McDevitt-Parks	May 2011 – October 2012
10	Museum of Modern Art	Wikipedia:GLAM Museum of Modern Art project page	New York City, NY	Richard Knipel	June 2011 – December 2011
11	Open Knowledge Foundation Germany (Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland)	Wikipedia:GLAM Open Knowledge Foundation Germany project page	Berlin, Germany	Daniel Mietchen	July 2011 – July 2013
12	ARKive	w:WP:GLAM/ARKive	Bristol, England	Andy Mabbett	July 2011 – October 2011
13	Israel Museum, Jerusalem (מוזיאון ישראל)	Wikipedia:GLAM Israel Museum, Jerusalem project page	Jerusalem, Israel	Yair Talmor	September 2011 – November 2011
14	National Library of Israel (הספרייה הלאומית)	Wikipedia:GLAM National Library of Israel project page	Jerusalem, Israel	Daniel Tsvi Framowitz	December 2011 – May 2012 + followups
15	Africa Centre	WikiAfrica Projects, WikiAfrica Incubator, Share Your Knowledge	Cape Town, South Africa	Francis Awinda	January 2012 – December 2012
16	Africa Centre	WikiAfrica Projects, WikiAfrica Incubator, Share Your Knowledge	Cape Town, South Africa	Rexford Nkansah	January to December of 2014
17	National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet)	Wikipedia Loves Nationalmuseet/Resident	Copenhagen, Denmark	Ole Palnatoke Andersen	April 2012 – May 2012
18	Smithsonian Institution Archives	Wikipedia:GLAM Smithsonian Institution Archives project page	Washington, DC	Sarah Stierch	March 2012 – June 2012
19	National Art Museum of Catalonia (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña)	Wikipedia project page (in Catalan)	Barcelona	Àlex Hinojo	May 2012 – May 2013
20	Consumer Reports	Wikipedia Consumer Reports project page	New York City, USA	Lane Rasberry	May 2012 – November 2012
21	British Library	Wikipedia:GLAM British Library project page	London, UK	Andrew Gray	May 2012 – April 2013
22	Online Computer Library Center	OCLC annoucement, and current work on the Authority control integration Project more coming soon.	California, USA	Maximilian Klein	June 2012 – January 2013; February 2013-February 2014
23	German Archaeological Institute (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut)	Wikipedian in Residence German Archaeological Institute project page	Berlin, Germany	Marcus Cyron	June 2012 – November 2012
24	Austria National Heritage Board (Österreichisches Bundesdenkmalamt)	Project page in english, in german	Vienna, Austria	Hubertl	July 2012 – permanent
25	Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin	Stadtmuseum Berlin project page (German)	Berlin, Germany	Kilian Kluge	July 2012 – October 2012
26	Palafrugell – All cultural institutions	GLAM-WIKI Palafrugell [in Catalan] (More info in English: [1], [2])	Palafrugell, Spain	David Parreño Mont	July 2012 – August 2012
27	University of Haifa Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library (about Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library)	–-- (coming soon)	Haifa, Israel	Liron Dorfman	August 2012 – February 2013
28	Swedish National Heritage Board (Riksantikvarieämbetet)	(in Swedish language) Presentation av Wikipedian in Residence (needs an English summary link)	Stockholm, Sweden	Lennart Guldbrandsson	Autumn 2012
29	Swedish National Heritage Board (Riksantikvarieämbetet)	(in Swedish language) Presentation av Wikipedian Developer in Residence	Stockholm, Sweden	André Costa	Autumn 2012
30	Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University (fiscal sponsorship by WMF, funded by Stanton Foundation)	Assessment of Belfer Center Wikipedian in Residence program	Cambridge, USA	Timothy Sandole	August 2012 – August 2013
31	Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Service	Wikipedian in Residence/SAHS	Staffordshire, England	Andy Mabbett	November 2012 – March 2013
32	The Royal Library of Denmark (Det Kongelige Bibliotek)	WikiProjekt Diamanten	Copenhagen, Denmark	Ole Palnatoke Andersen	October 2012 – December 2012
33	New York Public Library for the Performing Arts	under construction	New York, NY, US	David Goodman (User:DGG)	September 2012+
34	World Digital Library		Washington, D.C. (remotely)	Sarah Stierch	January 2013–December 2013
35	Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library	Wikipedia:GLAM Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum project page	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Michael Barera	January 2013 – April 2013
36	Museu d'Art Jaume Morera	Viquiprojecte:Museu d'Art Jaume Morera (in Catalan)	Lleida, Spain	Esther Solé i Martí	February 2013 – 2014
37	Queen Street Mill Museum	Wikipedian in Residence/QSMM	Burnley, Lancashire, England	Andy Mabbett	March 2013 – (occasional to 2015)
38	Science Museum and the Natural History Museum (joint post) [3]	Wikipedia:GLAM/NHMandSM	London, UK	John Cummings	March 2013 – June 2013, extended to January 2014.
39	History Museum of Catalonia [4]	Viquiprojecte:Museu d'Història de Catalunya (in Catalan)	Barcelona, Spain	User Galazan	March 2013 – Dec 2013
40	State Library of New South Wales	Wikipedia GLAM State Library NSW	Sydney, Australia	Whiteghost.ink	March 2012 – June 2013
41	Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums	Wikimedian in Residence	Newcastle, England	Robert Forsythe (User:TWAMWIR)	March to June 2013
41a	New Art Gallery Walsall	en:Wikipedia:GLAM/New Art Gallery Walsall	Walsall, England	Andy Mabbett	April-June(?) 2013
42	ZDF German Broadcasting corporation	Wikipedian in Residence (in German)	Berlin – Mainz, Germany	Tim Moritz Hector	May to October 2013
43	Chemical Heritage Foundation	Wikipedia:GLAM Chemical Heritage Foundation project page	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Mary Mark Ockerbloom	May 2013 – current
44	Music Museum of Barcelona	Wikipedian in Residence	Barcelona, CAT	Mariona Aragay	May-December, 2013
45	Ladd Observatory	Wikipedian in Residence/Ladd Observatory	Providence, USA	Kevin Rutherford (2013)	June-August 2013, 2016 (ongoing)
46	American Folk Art Museum	Glam/AFAM page under construction	New York, New York	Evelyn Swan	February – June 2013
47	Federal Archives of Switzerland	Swiss Federal Archives	Bern, Switzerland	Micha L. Rieser	July-December 2013
48	National Library of Scotland	Wikipedia:GLAM National Library of Scotland Project Page	Edinburgh, Scotland	Ally Crockford	July 2013- March 2015
49	Royal Ontario Museum	Royal Ontario Museum E-Volunteering Program	Toronto, Canada	Molly McGowan	May 2013 –
50	Jisc	Wikimedia Ambassador – wmuk:Expert outreach/Jisc Ambassador Report: (Part one: Facts and Figures) (Part two: Lessons learned)	Bristol and London, UK	Martin Poulter	July 2013 – March 2014
51	National Library of the Netherlands & National Archives of the Netherlands (joined post)	Summary; project pages in Dutch and in English, Blog	The Hague, The Netherlands	Hay Kranen (User:Husky)	October 2013 – October 2014
52	Metropolitan New York Library Council	w:en:Wikipedia:GLAM/Metropolitan New York Library Council	New York, NY	Dorothy Howard	August 2013 – March 2015
53	William Blake Archive	w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Poetry/William Blake	Online hosted at UNC Chapel Hill	Alex Stinson	August 2013 – January 2014
54	Catalan Network of Public Libraries	w:ca:Viquiprojecte:Biblioteques	Catalonia, Spain	David Parreño Mont	Sep 2013 – Dec 2013
55	WSWB (Werkgroep speciale wetenschappelijke bibliotheken, Working Group of Special Academic Libraries): African Studies Centre, Leiden, Atria, Boekmanstichting, EYE Film Institute Netherlands, IHLIA LGBT Heritage, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Leiden University Library, Netherlands Cancer Institute NKI-AVL, NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Peace Palace Library, RCE Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Rijksmuseum, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies	English project page Dutch project page	The Netherlands (Amsterdam, Leiden, The Hague, Rotterdam, Amersfoort)	Hans Muller and Arie Sonneveld	Nov 2013 – March 2015
56	York Museums Trust [5]	YMT Project page	York, UK	Pat Hadley	Oct 2013 – Apr 2014
57	Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer	Project page	Spain	Elisenda Almirall Montse Medina Marina Padilla (students of the field and Wikipedia "newbies")	Oct 2013 – May 2014
58	Stichting Academisch Erfgoed	Wikipedia:GLAM Expeditions project page	Dutch university collections and museums	Sandra Fauconnier	January 2014 – December 2014
59	The Royal Society (=UK National Academy for Science)	User page used as the project page with reports; partial summary report	London, UK	John Byrne, usually Johnbod	January 8th – July 2014
60	Swiss National Library	Swiss National Library	Bern, Switzerland	Kelson, Micha L. Rieser	January-October 2014
61	American Cultures Program, University of California at Berkeley	Project page TBD	Berkeley, California	Kevin Gorman	January-? 2014
62	Fundación Salvador Allende	Project page with list of speeches, Wikimedista en Residencia - Wikimedia Chile	Santiago, Chile	Rocío Consales	March-May 2014
63	Józef Piłsudski Instutute of America	Project page with list of articles and images	New York, NY	Lukasz Chelminski	September 2014 -
64	Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol	Welsh project page	Cardiff and Carmarthen, Wales	Marc Haynes, usually Ham II	March – September 2014
65	Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico	Paid position (as a webmaster), member of the internal group for the export of the whole National Library System's database into Linked Open Data, with the idea of integrating the database as much as possible with Wikidata. Interim summary (in Italian).	Rome	Luca Martinelli	January 15, 2014 – February 1st, 2017
66	Biblioteca civica di Mestre VEZ	WikiVEZ project	Mestre, Italy	RGmary	April-August 2014
67	Cochrane Collaboration	Wikipedia:COCHRANE/WIR	Liverpool, UK Remote access	Sydney Poore	April 2014 –
68	Houghton Library at Harvard University	Was Edgar Allen Poe and Gothic literature, but is now meteorology, archaeology, hurricanes, tropical storms, cyclones, and Hurricane Fran in the north.	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Methuen, Massachusetts	Rob at Houghton Icelandic Hurricane	April 2014 – December 2014
69	Cancer Research UK (Medical Research charity)	w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_CRUK	London, UK	John Byrne, usually Johnbod	April 2014 – February 2015
70	Open University of Catalonia	w:ca:Viquiprojecte:UOC	Barcelona, Catalonia	User:Jey	February - August 2014
71	Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto	English project page, Italian project page	Rovereto, Italy	Daniele Metilli (Mushroom)	May – November 2014
72	Business Journal (ru: Бизнес-журнал)	Вики-резидент (Wikimedia Russia)	Syktyvkar, Russia; remote	Sergei Zhuravel (ru: Сергей Журавель; Kelatrat, Gipoza)	May 2014 – January 2016
73	ORCID	w:WP:ORCID	International	Andy Mabbett	June 2014 –
74	Museo Soumaya	Pending to upload details	Mexico City, Mexico	Iván Martínez	July 2014-
75	Museums Development Yorkshire	w:Wikipedia:GLAM/YNP	Yorkshire, United Kingdom	Pat Hadley	July 2014 – July 2015
76	BEIC (European library of information and culture)	w:it:Progetto:GLAM/BEIC, wmit:BEIC	Milan, Italy; remote	Federico Leva	September 2014 – July 2015 (English summary and further links; Italian case study)
77	Royal Society of Chemistry	w:WP:RSCWiki	UK (some International liaison)	Andy Mabbett	September 2014-September 2015
78	Oral History Foundation (ru: Фонд "Устная история") and Scientific Library of Moscow State University (ru: Научная библиотека МГУ)	Вики-резидент (Wikimedia Russia)	Moscow, Russia	Mikhail Melnichenko (ru: Михаил Мельниченко; Wr ohf, Akatoljevich)	September 2014 –
79	Department of Pathology, Calicut Medical College	w:en:Wikipedia:GLAM/Calicut_Medical_College/Department_of_Pathology	Calicut, India	Dr. Netha Hussain (en: User: Netha Hussain)	October 2014 – January 2016
80	Belgrade University Library	w:sr:Википедија:Википедијанац стажиста/Универзитетска библиотека 2014	Belgrade, Serbia	Jovana Milošević	November – December 2014
81	Biblioteca Nacional de Chile & Memoria Chilena	Wikimedista en Residencia - Wikimedia Chile	Santiago, Chile	Eduardo Testart	January 2015 – November 2015
82	Thinktank	Wikipedia:GLAM/Thinktank	Birmingham, England	Andy Mabbett	Jan 2015-June 2015
83	National Library of Wales	Welsh project page, English project page	Aberystwyth, Wales	Jason Evans	Jan 2015 - Jan 2016 (12 months review)
84	Museums Galleries Scotland	GLAM Project Page, Museums Galleries Scotland	Glasgow & Edinburgh, Scotland	Sara Thomas	Jan 2015 - Jun 2016
85	Masaryk University	Masaryk University Wikipedians	Brno, Czech Republic	Marek Blahuš	Feb 2015 –
86	Basel University Library	Basel University Library	Basel, Switzerland	Micha L. Rieser	Mar 2015 - October 2015
87	Bodleian Libraries	w:en:Wikipedia:GLAM/Bodleian	Oxford, UK	Martin Poulter	Apr 2015 - Mar 2016
88	Naturalis Biodiversity Center	Wikipedia:GLAM/Naturalis	Leiden, The Netherlands	Hans Muller	May - November 2015 paid, December 2015 - January 2016 volunteer
89	National Archives of Macedonia (DARM)	Wikimedian-in-Residence at DARM	Skopje, Macedonia	Cvetko Nedelkovski	15 June 2015 - 15 September 2015
89-bis	UNESCO publications unit	m:WikiProject:United Nations (reporting 1, 2)	Geneva?	Mrjohncummings	August 2015 -
90	Botanical Garden Jevremovac	w:sr:Википедија:Википедијанац стажиста/Ботаничка башта Јевремовац 2015	Belgrade, Serbia	Марија Гајић	9 November 2015 - 8 December 2015
91	Museum of Romanticism Museo del Traje (Costume Museum) National Archaeological Museum	Wikipedia:GLAM/Glaming Madrid (in Spanish)	Madrid, Spain	Rubén Ojeda	September 2015 - January 2016
92	European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), at Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso (OBC)	GLAM ECPMF OBC (in Italian)	Rovereto, Italia	Davide Denti	October 2015 - March 2016
93	Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU)	Wikimedian-in-Residence at MANU	Skopje, Macedonia	Mario Šarevski	October 2015 -
94	National Archives of Macedonia (DARM)	Wikimedian-in-Residence at DARM	Skopje, Macedonia	Zana Shtrkovska (Violetova) and Виолетова	January 2016 -
95	Tamil Virtual Academy (TVA)	Wikimedian-in-Residence at TVA	Chennai, India	Info-farmer	October 2015 -
96	West Virginia University	Wikipedian in Residence for Gender Equity at WVU	Morgantown, West Virginia, USA	KellyDoyle	October 2015 -
97	BEIC (European library of information and culture)	w:it:Progetto:GLAM/BEIC, wmit:BEIC	Milan, Italy; remote	Marco Chemello	January – December 2016
98	State Library of Queensland	Queensland in World War I	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Kerry Raymond Mrsinna	February - April 2016
99	The University of Edinburgh	The University of Edinburgh Project Page	Edinburgh, Scotland	Ewan McAndrew	January 2016 - January 2018
100	Mansutti Foundation	w:it:Progetto:GLAM/Fondazione Mansutti	Milan, Italy; remote	Archeologo (Simone Massi)	February – April 2016
101	Wiener Library	The Wiener Library Project Page	London, United Kingdom	WienerLibraryWIR (Victor Stepien)	March 2016– March 2017
102	MUSE - Museo delle Scienze	w:it:Progetto:GLAM/MUSE	Trento, Italy	Niccolò Caranti	March – April 2016
103	Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University	en:Wikipedia:GLAM/Harold B Lee Library	Provo, Utah, USA	Rachel Helps (BYU)	January 2016–
104	TED conferences	d:Wikidata:TED en:Wikipedia:GLAM/TED	NYC (and remote)	Andy Mabbett and Jane Darnell	February - June 2016
105	Museu Valencià d'Etnologia	Viquiprojecte:Museu Valencià d'Etnologia	València	Francesc Fort	April 2016 - July 2016
106	Wellcome Library	Wikipedia:GLAM/Wellcome	London, UK	Zeromonk	May 2016 - February 2017
107	Constitutional Court of Austria	Project page (German)	Vienna, Austria	Thomas Planinger	July and September 2016
108	Association of Preservation of the Medina of Tunis	MedinaPedia	Tunis, Tunisia	Brahim Boughalmi	August 2015 - December 2016
109	Diocesan Library of Tunis	Wikimedian in Residence	Tunis, Tunisia	Zeinebtakouti	January 2016 - June 2016
110	Amon Carter Museum of American Art	Wikimedian in Residence	Fort Worth, Texas, USA	TransporterMan	Ongoing term beginning July, 2016
111	University Library Svetozar Markovic	Wikipedian in residence	Belgrade, Serbia	Милица Вучетић	8 July - 7 August 2016
112	State Library of Queensland	Wikimedian in Residence	Brisbane, Australia	Craig Franklin	August to November 2016
113	Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (NeuroMat)	Project of wiki-dissemination of Neuromathematics	São Paulo, Brazil	David Alves	April, 2016 to March 2016
113	Smederevo Museum	Wikipedian in residence	Smederevo, Serbia	Милош Тодоровић	14 September - 13 October 2016
114	Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (NeuroMat)	Project of spoken Wikipedia focusing on entries on probability and statistics	São Paulo, Brazil	Marília Carrera	September, 2016 to August 2017
115	World Esperanto Youth Organization	Esperanto125, writing for Esperanto Wikivoyage	Rotterdam / Ede, Netherlands	KuboF	April 2016 to January 2017
116	National Museum in Warsaw	Wikiproject page (English summary of the Faras part of residency)	Warsaw, Poland	Gytha	since October 2015
117	University of Oxford (based at the Bodleian Libraries)	w:en:Wikipedia:GLAM/Oxford	Oxford, UK	Martin Poulter	October 2016 - October 2017
118	Diputació de València	Cultura Diputació València	València	Francesc Fort	September 2016 - December 2017
119	MayDay Rooms	Wikipedia:MayDay Rooms	London	Fabian Tompsett	November 2016 - October 2017
120	Erfgoed Gelderland	Erfgoed Gelderland	Arnhem, The Netherlands	Michelle van Lanschot	January 2017 - December 2017
121	SoortenNL	Erfgoed Gelderland	Nijmegen, The Netherlands	Sander Turnhout	2016 - 2017
122	Museo Soumaya		Mexico City, Mexico	Christian Cariño	February 2017- February 2018
123	DePaul University		Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cassandra DellaCorte	December 2016- present
124	WikiFactMine	meta:Grants:Project/ContentMine/WikiFactMine	Cambridge, UK	Charles Matthews	April 2017–September 2017
125	The Physiological Society	en:Wikipedia:GLAM/PhySoc	United Kingdom	Andy Mabbett	April 2017-
126	History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group	en:Wikipedia:GLAM/HMBRG	United Kingdom	Andy Mabbett	April 2017-
127	Auckland War Memorial Museum	w:GLAM/Auckland Museum	New Zealand	Susan Tolich	12th June 2017- 14th July 2017
128	Children Literature Documentation Center of Donostia.	Wikiproiektu:Haur eta Gazte Literatura 2016	Donostia, Basque Country	Lore Agirrezabal	2th March 2016-31th July 2016
129	Children Literature Documentation Center of Donostia.	Wikiproiektu:Haur eta Gazte Literatura 2017	Donostia, Basque Country	Leire Cano	21th March 2017-31th December 2017

Rows in light blue are residences that are currently active.

Seeking applicants

Organization	Location	Information	Timeframe
Israel State Archive	Jerusalem, Israel	Application (In Hebrew)
National and University Library "St. Kliment of Ohrid"	Skopje, Macedonia	B. Jankuloski	TBD

Reporting

• Also write a report of your activities as Wikipedian in Residence in the This Month in GLAM newsletter, start writing here

Details on specific residencies

• British Museum: Presentation | Blogposts 1 2 3 4
• The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: case studies
• New Art Gallery Walsall: Museum Association case study

Information on other wikis

Wikipedians in Residence are covered on a number of wikis, including:

• Meta-Wiki category, which contains some information about specific residencies, and also a record of grants from the Wikimedia Foundation that have helped fund specific residencies.
• Wikimedia Commons category, which contains photos, information graphics, PDF presentations, and other media resources.
• English Wikipedia's encyclopedia article about WiRs; these exist in several other languages as well (see WikiData link below).
• English Wikipedia's GLAM-focused page about Wikipedians in Residence
• English Wikipedia's conflict-of-interest policy section on Wikipedians in Residence
• This Outreach Wiki's category of pages related to WiRs.
• The Wikidata entry for Wikipedians in Residence may contain additional links.
• The This Month in GLAM newsletter includes regular updates on many residencies.

Further information

• Wikipedia in the Museum: Lessons from Wikipedians in Residence Virtual Session, American Association of Museums, April 2012
• Wikipedians in Residence: Two Years of Open Culture, Open Knowledge Foundation blog, Lori Phillips.
• How Does a Wikipedian in Residence survive?, The GLAM-Wiki Experience, Àlex Hinojo.
• In-Residence Around the World, Wikimedia blog, Liam Wyatt.
• GLAM information Scoop.it, compilation of blogs & press regarding residencies and GLAM initiatives in general
• Wikipedian in Residence article at Wikipedia