Submissions/Global GLAM-Wiki Meetup

This is an Open submission for Wikimania 2017 that has not yet been reviewed by a member of the Programme Committee.

Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/GLAM-Wikimania2017

Submission no.

Title of the submission: Global GLAM-Wiki Meetup

Type of submission

Birds of a feather discussion

Author of the submission: Alex Stinson ( User:Astinson (WMF))

Language of presentation: English

E-mail address: astinsonwikimedia.org

Username: Astinson (WMF)/Sadads

Country of origin: United States

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.): Wikimedia Foundation

Personal homepage or blog: N/A

Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal): This BOF session is for folks to talk about the the larger needs and environment supporting the GLAM-Wiki community: including but not limited to:

Trends that we are anticipating, and what infrastructure we hope will be available to support that.
Awareness of existing communication channels and community support within the Wikimedia Community.
Awareness of gaps and challenges from parts of the world typically not represented in our case studies and documentation.
How to ensure that programmatic representation is part of the movement strategy following Wikimania.

What will attendees take away from this session?

A better awareness and sense of how to participate in the GLAM-Wiki community, and how to facilitate increased global impact from existing work.

Theme of presentation: GLAM

Length of session requested: 75-90 minutes

Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?: yes

Slides or further information (optional): N/A

Special requests

Is this Submission a Draft or Final? Final

Interested attendees

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Astinson (WMF) (talk) 16:37, 9 June 2017 (UTC) as submitter[reply]
Ouvrard (talk) 9 June 2017 (UTC
Slowking4 (talk) 11:39, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 18:04, 7 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Jason.nlw (talk) 20:57, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Samu (wmde) (talk) 16:19, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]