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GLAM-Wiki New York

GLAM/New York is a compilation of information about GLAM-Wikimedia partnerships in the state of New York.
Cultural professionals: Use the resources below to connect with local Wikipedians who can help you get started on a project.
Wikimedians: Please add GLAM-Wikimedia projects and news as needed.


Local contacts[edit]

A MoMA staffer explains the Talk to Me exhibit to GLAM participants in an editathon, October 2011.
Poster for "Wikipedia! the Musical!" by Lauren Lampasone, NYPL.

GLAM-Wiki contacts

Wikimedia NYC

  • Wikimedia New York City
  • Planning the Wikimedia US Conference, Spring 2014.
  • Hosted a Free Culture Conference April 20-21, 2013 with the Free Culture Alliance NYC.
  • Regular activ

ity with the Free Culture Alliance

Education Program[edit]

Campus Ambassadors

For the Campus Ambassador program, New York is located in U.S. Region 2 (Metropolis)
Regional Ambassador: Richard Knipel (email Richard)

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Announcements[edit]

New York GLAM-Wiki partnerships[edit]

  • Museum of Modern Art
    The MoMA WikiProject is dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.
    Hosted "MoMA Wikipedia 'Talk to Me (exhibition)' Edit-a-thon in 2011. The edit-a-thon was centered around filling in articles about their exhibition Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects which showed July 24 to November 7, 2011
    Contacts on Wikipedia: User:Pharos (Richard Knipel).
  • Brooklyn Museum
  • American Folk Art Museum
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
    The Thomas J. Watson Library has been adding references to its collections to increase coverage of the library materials on Wikipedia.
    Several hundred links have been added on Wikipedia to the MMA publications Digital Collections on the Museum site. Now, over 50% of the traffic going to the library's Digital Collections is referred by Wikipedia.
  • Frick Collection, Frick Art Reference Library
    Incorporating editing activities into workflow.
    Frick GLAM Page
Wikipedians at Consumer Reports
Wikipedia Weekend at Brooklyn Public Library Central Info Commons
  • Guggenheim Museum
    Guggenheim GLAM Page
    Hosted Wiki Staff training, March 2014
    Adding links to digital catalog
    Citing references to archived material
    Improving existing Guggenheim-related biographies including notable artists, scholars, researchers, cultural figures, and organizations, especially those from under-represented populations
    Improving existing Guggenheim-related articles including exhibitions, global initiatives, affiliate museums
  • National Book Foundation
    NBF GLAM Page
    The NBF will be hosting a Wikipedian in Residence for 2024, working to fill gaps in Wikipedia’s coverage of American literature, share and upload materials from the NBF archives with the Wikimedia community, and connect and collaborate with other GLAM institutions and literature-related WikiProjects.
    The NBF is also looking to potentially host some events and edit-a-thons as part of these efforts.
    Contacts on Wikipedia: User:Waterfelt.

Projects[edit]

  • Cultural Embassy
    Jewish Museum, Guggenheim Museum, United Nations Photo Library, UN OCHA Office, Geographicus, Girl Scouts National Historic Preservation Center,

Press for New York GLAM-Wiki partnerships[edit]

  • New York Times story on "Wikipedia! The Muscial!", an “editathon” at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts to improve Wikipedia’s musical-theater-related entries.

Professional organizations[edit]

Devotional Diptych, ca. 1500, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cloisters Collection, photographed as part of a "Wikipedia Loves Art" event, February 2009

See Also[edit]

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