Category Archives: education

Training in the Australian Outback – Photo essay

Posted on March 18, 2012 by wittylama

Over the last week, Whiteghost.ink and I have been travelling around Central Western Queensland with representatives from the State Library of Queensland delivering some Wikipedia training to the local librarian, history and tourism communities. This is part of a partnership … 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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Backstage Pass at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis

Posted on November 7, 2010 by wittylama

Yesterday the Indiana Wikimedia community was invited along to the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis (the largest in the world of its kind) for a “backstage pass” tour as the opening event of a burgeoning relationship between that museum and Wikimedia. … Continue reading →

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e-volunteer program

Posted on October 31, 2010 by wittylama

One of the things I often ask of GLAMs is “do you have a volunteer program?” (and everyone generally puts their hand up) and then “do you have an e-volunteer program” (at which point everyone puts their hand back down). … Continue reading →

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GLAM-WIKI:UK

Posted on September 18, 2010 by wittylama

Apologies to those subscribed to the wikimedia blog planet and have seen this announcement before on the Wikimedia UK blog. Building on the good relationship with the British Museum from my residency there, Wikimedia UK have asked me to convene … Continue reading →

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