Author Archives: wittylama

Themes from Wikimedia Conference 2011

Posted on April 2, 2011 by wittylama

Last weekend I attended the Wikimedia Conference 2011 in Berlin, an annual event hosted by the German Wikimedia Chapter to bring together representatives from every Chapter together with the Wikimedia Foundation board and senior staff. Although I attended two years … Continue reading →

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Ambassadors

Posted on March 25, 2011 by wittylama

A few weeks ago I wrote about my priorities during this “fellowship” year – one of which was the concept of the “Wikimedia GLAM Ambassador“. In this post I will try to explain what this means in theory, what has … Continue reading →

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Horn OK Please – India is Great

Posted on March 8, 2011 by wittylama

Recently I returned from a whirlwind tour of some of the cultural sector in India in order to work with the local Wikimedia community on building their GLAM collaboration capacity. Equally I was there to learn what the particular advantages … Continue reading →

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Clamour for GLAMour

Posted on February 9, 2011 by wittylama

A couple of weeks ago it was announced on the Wikimedia Foundation blog, that I had been given a one year fellowship to focus on Cultural Partnerships within the Wikiverse – informally known as “GLAM fellow”. Not surprisingly, I think … Continue reading →

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New Systems for Documenting Public Art

Posted on December 30, 2010 by wittylama

Richard McCoy summarizes the outcomes of IUPUI Museum Studies’ documentation project at the Indiana Statehouse and discusses the future of Wikiproject Public Art. Continue reading →

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