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Be GLAMorous!Join WikiProject: GLAM/SI

11 April 2011Ignite-SmithsonianSarah Stierch (@Sarah_Stierch)

Katie Filbert (@filbertkm)

GLAM/SI – Missions & Visions

GLAM/SIGLAM/SI seeks to

improve coverage of topics related to the Smithsonian Institution through Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and related websites by working with the Smithsonian, its affiliates, and public resources.

SMITHSONIANMission:The increase and

diffusion of knowledge.Vision:Shaping the future by

preserving our heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world.

What is Wikipedia?(…as if you didn’t know by now!?)

Established in 200110 years later -

articles3.5 million in

EnglishOver 1 million in

GermanWikipedia in 229

languagesWikisource,

Wikitionary

Mona Jimbo

WHAT IS ?

GALLERIES

LIBRARIES

ARCHIVES

MUSEUMS

Wikipedian-in-ResidenceWikipedia-in-what?

Liam Wyatt becomes the firstBritish Museum

The Children’s Museum

Derby MuseumPalace of VersaillesNorwegian Museum

of Cultural HistoryNational Archives

(coming soon!!!)

Liam Wyatt & Lori Phillips at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.

D.C. CATCHES GLAM FEVER!WikiProject:Glam/SI

foundedIntro to Wikipedia

workshop at SI[[Ernest Spybunk]]

American ArtAlexis RockmanCollaborationInternships

OpenStreetMapZoo + Public Art

WikiProject GLAM/SIMain project pageHelpMembersEventsArticles for creationOutcomesWikiProject EmbassyArchives of American

Art task force

Other GLAM Projects in DCWhat else do we do?

WikiProject Public ArtIndiana, DC & the

worldMost complete lists250+ articles

WikiXDCAt National Archives

FedFlixDigitizing NARA &

other videoWikimania 2012

GLAM+YOUWishlist

ImagesOne on One Collaborations

Backstage Passes

YOU!

Be GLAMorous!Join WikiProject: GLAM/SI

11 April 2011Ignite-Smithsonian

http://j.mp/wpglamsi

Sarah Stierch (@Sarah_Stierch)Katie Filbert (@filbertkm)