Wikipedia:GLAM/Indiana Historical Society

Welcome to the Indiana Historical Society WikiProject on the English Wikipedia! This is a project focused on sharing IHS resources with the public and improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the history of Indiana and the Old Northwest. Our goal is to encourage collaboration between the Wikimedia community, IHS, and other cultural organizations contributing content to related WikiProjects and enhance learning experiences for Wikipedians. Please make suggestions for accomplishing this goal on the |talk page.

News
Check back soon for news about GLAM/IHS projects.

Guiding principles

 * Encourage and contribute Wikipedia content related to the history of Indiana and the Old Northwest.
 * Improve and increase public access to Indiana Historical Society resources that support Wikipedians’ research and writing.
 * Encourage online volunteer assistance with the GLAM/IHS WikiProject.

IHS resources
The Indiana Historical Society, as “Indiana’s Storyteller”™, collects, preserves, and shares the state’s history. As a private, nonprofit membership organization founded in 1830, the IHS maintains an extensive research library and presents the Indiana Experience at its headquarters in the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center in Indianapolis. IHS also provides support and assistance to local museums and historical groups; publishes books and periodicals; and provides educational programs. These efforts are compatible with Wikipedia’s mission of engaging others in collecting and developing educational content for public access.

IHS collections and the William H. Smith Memorial Library both preserve and make accessible a large archival repository of materials on the history of Indiana and the Old Northwest, including more than 1.7 million photographs, 45,000 cataloged printed items, 3,500 pieces of sheet music, 5,300 processed manuscript collections, 3,300 artifacts, 1,460 cataloged maps, 780 broadsides, 90 paintings. More than 50,000 searchable digital images are available on the IHS website. Subject strengths of IHS collections include architecture, agriculture, American Civil War, business, communities, education, ethnically and racially identified groups, families, government, journalism and communications, medicine, military affairs, notable hoosiers, the Old Northwest Territory, organized labor, politics, the professions, religion, social services, transportation (including railroad and interurban history), and women. These IHS resources would be of particular interest to Wikipedians who contribute content on U.S. history.

Project Goals

 * Expand Wikipedia content.
 * Enhance learning experiences for Wikipedians.
 * Actively support other Wikimedia collaborations.
 * Serve as a model Wikipedia project.

Tasks

 * Assist individual Wikipedians and WikiProject collaborations with content research, writing, and editing.
 * Identify and attribute IHS-related resources on Wikimedia sites.
 * Share IHS resources as allowed under copyright laws.
 * Request digitization of IHS resources to assist Wikipedians with online research.
 * Participate in related Wikimedia GLAM initiatives.
 * Host GLAM/IHS events.
 * Track outcomes of GLAM/IHS efforts.

Expected outcomes

 * Improve Wikipedia content related to the history of Indiana or the Old Northwest using the extensive resources of the IHS.
 * Organize activities for Wikimedia volunteers to encourage and facilitate use of IHS resources for Wikipedia content development and develop Wikipedia editing skills.
 * Collaborate with Wikipedians and other WikiProjects to develop content that relates to Indiana history topics and the history of the Old Northwest.
 * The intention is not to duplicate other WikiProjects, but to enhance these efforts with relevant content and related IHS resources.
 * The IHS editor, Wikipedia and research, Rosalina523 functions as a liaison for connecting the Wikimedia community to the IHS.
 * Serve as a model GLAM project for state and local history historical organizations.

Participate
We’re glad to have you join the GLAM/IHS WikiProject.

Participants list
Please add your username to the participants list so we can keep in touch.
 * Wikimedians
 * Add your username here
 * Indiana Historical Society staff
 * Rosalina523 – IHS Editor, Wikipedia and Research

Getting started
There are several ways to participate in GLAM/IHS.
 * Create/enhance Wikipedia content.
 * Please take a look at the GLAM/IHS Projects list for suggestions.
 * New to Wikipedia?
 * If you are new to Wikipedia, please start here: Beginners Guide to Wikipedia.
 * If you have a specific question about GLAM/IHS, please leave a message on the GLAM/IHS talk page.
 * When you are ready to begin working on GLAM/IHS, select an article to edit or pick a topic from the GLAM/IHS Projects list.

Volunteer support
Rosalina523, is currently the Indiana Historical Society's editor, Wikipedia and research, and in this capacity, actively supports Wikipedia through GLAM/IHS by improving existing and creating new Wikipedia content related to the history of Indiana and the Old Northwest Territory. GLAM/IHS tasks include reviewing, writing, and editing Wikipedia content; requesting digitization of IHS resources to assist Wikimedians with research; participating in Wikipedia and GLAM initiatives to encourage collaboration; hosting GLAM/IHS events; and tracking GLAM/IHS outcomes. This full-time Wikipedian and public historian welcomes collaborations on projects related to Indiana history or assisting in locating related resources. Feel free to post a message on Rosalina523 talk.

Events

 * GLAM/IHS plans to host informal events for the Wikipedia community at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, the Indiana Historical Society's headquarters in Indianapolis, beginning in 2012.
 * Check the News section for details on upcoming GLAM/IHS events.
 * If you have event suggestions, please post it on the GLAM/IHS talk page. New ideas are always welcome.

GLAM/IHS projects list
Under constructions – check back soon.

Article assessment

 * Please submit new or expanded articles to a related WikiProject for assessment.
 * WikiProject United States
 * WikiProject Indiana
 * WikiProject Indianapolis
 * WikiProject Museums
 * WikiProject Biography
 * If your article does not fit into one the WikiProjects listed above, please post a message on the GLAM/IHS talk page. GLAM/IHS will review it using the established Wikipedia assessment guidelines and give you feedback.

Requests
GLAM/IHS is interested in collaborating with the Wikipedia community on topics related to the history of Indiana and the Old Northwest using IHS resources.


 * Learn more about the Indiana Historical Society.
 * Refer to the Indiana Historical Society page or visit the IHS website.
 * Browse the IHS on-line collections catalog and the IHS digital image collections catalog for content materials.

Discuss
Please leave a post on the GLAM/IHS talk page with topics you would like to discuss.