Wikipedia:GLAM/Connected Heritage/Resources

Outreach and Advocacy Toolkit
This set of resources outlines useful materials for advocacy with internal and external stakeholders.

About the Project

 * Our Connected Heritage brochure detailing the kind of work and support Connected Heritage can offer GLAM organisations.
 * The Connected Heritage Training Menu 2023
 * This Case Study slide deck represents case studies collated by the Connected Heritage team to illustrate the positive impact of Wiki work in the GLAM sector.
 * This Train the Trainer slide deck formed part of a Train the Trainer session by Wikimedia UK. This module utilised the Connected Heritage framework as a guiding example for developing community partnerships in Wiki work.

The Connected Heritage Webinar
The initial webinar explaining the project and the utility of Wiki work in a GLAM context can be viewed here [c. 50 minutes].
 * Webinar Slides

Useful Links for Stakeholders
Links to resources that others have created which advocate for and explain the value and impact of editing Wikimedia projects.


 * Wikimedia in Teaching and Learning: The Wikimedia Residency at the University of Edinburgh [Longer format, 10 minutes]


 * The Wikimedia Residency at the University of Edinburgh [Shorter format, 3 minutes]


 * Citation Needed - Digital Provenance in the era of Post Truth Politics [Shorter format, 6 minutes]


 * Why I Am Editing Wikipedia by Dr Jess Wade [Longer format, 26 minutes]


 * The Work of Wikimedia UK in Scotland by Dr Sara Thomas [Longer format, 10 minutes]


 * Wikipedia in the Curriculum in 'the New Normal' by Ewan McAndrew [Longer format, 20 minutes]


 * Teaching With Wikipedia: A Practical How-To Guide [Longer format, 1 hour]


 * Structured Data: How can Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Grab the Low Hanging Fruit [Longer format, 30 mins]


 * Learning to Develop Open Knowledge: Improving Social Capital for Learning: The Edinburgh Editathon [Longer format, 23 mins]


 * Welsh Wikipedia Thinking Big - Keynote address by Jason Evans at Celtic Knot 2017 [Longer format, 37 minutes]


 * Wikidata and GLAMs - Jason Evans, Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales [Longer format, 40 minutes]


 * Putting Wikipedia and Open Practice into the Mainstream in a University: Martin Poulter at OER17 [Longer format, 18 minutes]

Public Engagement Toolkit
This set of resources is designed to support public engagement with Wikipedia via face-to-face training.

Event Management Resources



 * A "How-to Guide" for running a Wikipedia Editathon (or Wikithon)
 * Wikithon Training Slides
 * PDF Slides on Wikimedia Commons
 * Google Slides format [External link ]
 * A checklist, in timeline-format, of what to do in the lead up to a Wikithon and how to communicate with participants.
 * A blank worklist of tasks to be completed during a wikithon

Especially for In-person Events

 * A kit list for in-person training

Especially for Hybrid Events

 * Running Hybrid Events Best Practice

Resources to share after the Event

 * A list of resources for self-study for participants to support their learning after the event. We sent this as a document (see Thumbnail link on the right) or the same resources are linked to in the list below:
 * Training Library [Programs & Events Dashboard]
 * The Wikipedia Adventure
 * Introduction to Wikipedia
 * Wellcome Toolkit

Alternative Training Models
Because our project focused on drawing in and supporting new editors, we are interested in exploring different methods of training.
 * A 121 Training Model for Learning to Edit Wikimedia Projects

Partnership Toolkit
This set of resources is designed to support partnership working in wiki work.

Partnership Overview

 * This Train the Trainer slide deck formed part of a development session hosted by Wikimedia UK in December 2022. This module utilised the Connected Heritage framework as a guiding example for developing and sustaining community partnerships in Wiki work. It gives a good overview of how we work along with some helpful questions to ask when considering partnership working. [Google Slides]

Metrics & Impact

 * Case study template for gathering feedback from partners [Google doc]

Useful partnership tools
Online tools for keeping track of partners and events. These are three that we found particularly useful.
 * Asana - web-based project management app
 * Eventbrite
 * Calendly

Partner-specific guidance

 * Wikimedia Commons guidance
 * Commons Guidance appendix: Pattypan resources

Residency support
Resources for supporting a Wikimedian in Residence.
 * Residency practicalities and outcomes - a shared document which outlines the goals and desired outcomes of a Wikimedian in Residence project, as well as practical details such as when and how the Resident will do their work.