Wikipedia:GLAM/MGS/11th Month Report

Statistics
6 new user accounts were created as a result of the Digital Transformation event on 2 December:
 * 1) Emacintyre
 * 2) Milena.petrova.dobreva
 * 3) Megaclesian
 * 4) JemimaJT
 * 5) Brushers
 * 6) Ellomunro

8 new user accounts were created as a result of the UWS / Paisley Museum editathon on 3 December:
 * 1) Ruth Anyanwu
 * 2) Cobra 3000~scowiki
 * 3) Wikipediaeditingaccount
 * 4) Davidmcnaymanderson
 * 5) Alise2014
 * 6) Rachaelflynn
 * 7) Macmillanm31
 * 8) Coatsobservatory This user was advised that the username was inappropriate, a new account has been opened: John-pressly

2 new articles were created in English Wikipedia:
 * 1) Paisley shawls
 * 2) R & J Beck

3 articles were translated from English Wikipedia into Scots Wikipedia:
 * John Jackson (astronomer)
 * William Kennedy (painter)
 * Glen Cinema disaster

5 existing articles were improved:
 * 1) Paisley Abbey
 * 2) Lucy Rie
 * 3) John Jackson (astronomer)
 * 4) John Byrne (playwright)
 * 5) Glen Cinema disaster


 * 22 images added in the Commons category Images from Paisley Museum.

Objectives & outcomes
Developing Open Knowledge
 * Successful editathon was held with UWS / Paisley Museum. Great enthusiasm shown from both partners and will likely lead to further work.  Representative from Paisley museum was given information about stats & measurement, hopefully this will help with internal advocacy.
 * Glasgow Women's Library were awarded Recognised Status, and we will be using some of their collection materials at the Mary Barbour Editathon in January.

Develop, involve and engage WMUK volunteers
 * Presentation given to the Museums Galleries Scotland Digital Transformation Network, and a training session held on the same day.
 * Discussions had with a member of staff attached to Glasgow Museums concerning the Women's History Group and a possible event in the new year.
 * I have been asked to assist with the University of Edinburgh's Innovative Learning Week in February 2016 to support their new Resident.

Reducing barriers to accessing open knowledge
 * Presentation given to the Science Club (Science & collections staff) at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on 17 December, following meeting a member of staff earlier in the year, another at the #OEPS event in early November, and the attendance of one members of staff at the Digital Transformation Network. Discussions following the presentation were productive and I am hopeful for follow up activity sometime in the new year.
 * My proposal for a workshop at the University of Glasgow's Learning & Teaching Conference in April 2016 has been accepted.

Developing, supporting & engaging with other Wikimedia & Open Knowledge communities
 * I attended the 2nd workshop of the Scottish Network on Digital Cultural Resources Evaluation Crowd-sourcing, Co-curation, Co-creation in the Cultural Sector on 1 December.
 * I spoke and attended the closing networking meeting of DigIt!2015, which led to a small number of Wikipedia queries from interested organisations.
 * I contributed to the authorship of a paper from the ICH Conference in Vitre, France, earlier in the year.

Projects in Development

 * Mary Barbour Editathon - 9th January
 * Modern Scottish Women Editathon - 23rd January
 * Editathon with the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professional Scotland's Multimedia Information Technology special interest group - January 2016 (Resident doing this as a volunteer)
 * EuroStemCell Editathon - February 2016
 * Training day for St Andrews Museum Studies Students - 10 February 2016

Press about the residency

 * WMUK Blog: How to fix your museum's Wikipedia page
 * The Mary Barbour editathon was mentioned in Lesley Riddoch's podcast on 13 December.