Instructors:
Sarah Stierch, US OpenGLAM Coordinator for the Open Knowledge Foundation and Wikipedian in Residence at the World Digital Library
Sara Snyder, Webmaster, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
This half-day workshop will explore how your organization can share its cultural heritage content on the world's fifth most popular website: Wikipedia. Based on the instructors knowledge and involvement with the GLAM-Wiki Initiative (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums with Wikipedia), this workshop will teach you how to engage with Wikipedia and the Wikipedia community, the basics of Wikipedia's policies and procedures, basic editing skills to get you started, and unique opportunities to share your institution's cultural heritage holdings with a large and diverse audience of readers and researchers. This workshop aims to build attendee confidence in working with Wikipedia and the importance of sharing data through it - including curatorial data, metadata, and media.
Maximum Participants: 30
Fee: $50
Location: Shatford Library at Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91106, 1.7 miles from the Convention Center. [map]
Transportation will be by public bus or taxi (at your expense) or walking. Attendees who want to travel as a group should meet in the lobby at 7:50 a.m. for an 8:00 a.m. departure. If arriving to and/or departing from Pasadena City College by your own means of transportation and will not travel with group, please contact Sarah Sherman ssherman@getty.edu. Specific instructions were provided via e-mail to those who registered for this workshop. If questions, please ask at Registration/Hospitality Desk.
