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==GLAM 2010 outcomes==
This article is now located at [[outreachwiki:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2011/Contents/The GLAM momentum]].
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[[File:Hoxne Hoard back-room discussion of items not on display.JPG|thumb|Backstage pass access to Hoxne Hoard artefacts.]]
In June the British Museum was the first organization to run a "Wikipedian-in-residence" program by taking [[User:Witty lama|Liam Wyatt]] in-house. A free backstage pass tour for Wikipedians was followed up by the "Hoxne challenge" where a team of volunteer Wikipedia editors were hosted for a day by the museum to collaborate with curators and experts. The Hoxne Hoard article gained Featured Article status a few days later. Other events included Feature Article prizes, a school translations project (to translate lead sections of BM articles into French) and one-to-one on-site collaborations with the Asia and Prints departments.
 
Outcomes include:
*a growth in British Museum-related articles from 148 to 255, all of the new articles being a higher quality
*rise in overall quality with articles being re-written, photographs add to Commons and direct links to the new BM online object database added
*four articles getting to be [[:Wikipedia:WP:TFAR|Today's Featured Article]] on the main page of Wikipedia each resulting in 47,000 to 100,000 views in one day
*over 50 main page [[:Wikipedia:WP:DYK|Did you knows]] on BM-related articles
[[File:DC 10 with SI.JPG|thumb|Meeting of Smithsonian staff and Wikimedian volunteers.|left]]
With the British Museum as model, similar programs have been run at the Smithsonian Institution and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
 
[[File:GLAM_WIKI_UK_2010_-_Panel_-_1.jpg|thumb|Expert panel session at GLAM-WIKI conference.]]
<!--[[File:GLAM WIKI UK 2010 - Jimmy Wales - 3.jpg|thumb|left|Jimmy Wales opening the GLAM-WIKI conference.]]-->
The first [[GLAM-WIKI|GLAM-WIKI]] conference was hosted in November by the British Museum with presentations and representation from a number of institutions including the National Portrait Gallery, Natural History Museum and National Maritime Museum.
 
A mailing list to discuss relationships between Wikimedia and cultural institutions (the GLAM sector) is available to support volunteers and is being used as a focus for follow-up activities. See http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/chapters-cultural-partners.

Latest revision as of 17:15, 9 March 2011

This article is now located at outreachwiki:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2011/Contents/The GLAM momentum.

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