User:Daniel Mietchen/Talks/CoSci12/One year Wikimedian in Residence on Open Science

Wikimedian in Residence on Open Science

 * Project page
 * Main aims: to increase the interaction between the open-access and the Wikimedia communities by
 * improving coverage of open access and related topics on Wikimedia projects
 * increasing the reuse of open-access materials on Wikimedia projects
 * assisting with the open-access policy of the Wikimedia Foundation
 * adding a wiki spin to open-access activities


 * Main results in first year (July 2011- July 2012):
 * WikiProject Open Access started
 * Open Access File of the Day
 * Topic Pages started
 * Open Access Media Importer started
 * WMF response to EU and White House consultations on open access, WMF endorsement of Access2Research; see also RCOM session at Wikimania
 * Open access started
 * Over 20 talks at wiki or OA meetings