User:Smallbones/GLAM CV

Experience in GLAM projects
Presbyterian Historical Society (Nov. 2014-May 2015)
 * Selected and scanned about 1,000 pre-1923 postcards from their collections
 * Uploaded the images to Commons
 * Placed them in various lists and articles on Wikipedia, and wrote articles which used the images.
 * e.g. List of Presbyterian churches in Pennsylvania, List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, Forks of the Brandywine Presbyterian Church

GLAM Cafe Philadelphia (2013-present)
 * Monthly meetings and edit-a-thons held in conjunction with Philadelphia's Digital Humanities Project
 * Meetings held at Chemical Heritage Foundation, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Temple University, the Library Company of Philadelphia, with one-time meetings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Center for Architecture
 * At edit-a-thons I work during the speaker's introductory talk answering individual questions and helping new editors register accounts and learn basic Wiki mark-up. As the edit-a-thon progress, I help new editors start their own articles, often formatting or adding references.  If time permits, I edit my own articles.

WP:GLAM/smarthistory (Dec. 2012 - 2014)


 * Led the project
 * Coordinated with the leaders of the Smarthistory Project at the Khan Academy.
 * In total we placed over 300 art history videos into Wikipedia articles.
 * Though the project is nominally not active, I continue to place Smarthistory videos into articles, as well as videos from other GLAM organizations including TED, the MacArthur "Genius Fellows" program, and several art museums.
 * See examples

WP:GLAM/Delaware Art Museum Project
 * Led about 5 volunteers
 * Rewrote the museum article on Wikipedia,
 * Uploaded public domain images from their website to Commons,
 * Started about 20 articles including 7 featured in the "Did you know ..."(DYK) column on the main page.
 * Took several photos and coordinated with the museum director.

Why you can't hire me I'm proud to be a Wikipedia volunteer and would be happy to help your GLAM institution collaborate with Wikipedia. Since I am happily retired, I would be quite interested and willing to work with you without pay. If you'd like to pay somebody to be a Wikipedian-in-Residence, you should use the money to hire somebody who is younger and needs the experience to help start a career.