Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Consortium



=The GLAM-Wiki US Consortium= The GLAM-Wiki US Consortium brings together cultural organizations, Wikipedians, Wikimedia chapters, and individuals in an independent community of practice devoted to supporting the GLAM-Wikimedia initiative in the United States.

This professional network facilitates "GLAMs helping GLAMs," allowing cultural organizations to work together and with Wikipedians to discuss ideas, share resources, partner on projects, establish best practices, and collectively support one another in pursuits of Wikimedia and related projects.

Connect

 * Join the GLAM-US mailing list and introduce yourself!
 * Watch the monthly GLAMout online video-chat.

Principles
All GLAM-Wiki US Consortium members:
 * 1) Are committed to the Wikimedia Foundation's values and mission to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally."
 * 2) Are committed to the values and ethics of the cultural professions—especially the values of intellectual freedom, equal access to collections, responsible stewardship of materials, public engagement, and education—as laid out in the SAA's Core Values for Archivists and Code of Ethics for Archivists, AAM's Ethics, Standards, and Best Practices for Museums, and ALA's Ethics of the American Library Association.
 * 3) Believe that, as stewards of cultural heritage, both cultural institutions and Wikipedia have a duty to promote free access and use of cultural works they preserve. While recognizing that copyrighted cultural works play an important role in our work, we believe in the principles of the open access movement (as expressed in the IFLA Statement on open access). In particular, the advent of the Internet and the rise of a digital information commons demands that institutions strive to produce digital copies of their works, and that they do so while ensuring, through all legal and practical means, downstream use.
 * 4) Believe that the missions and interests of both Wikimedia and cultural institutions can be met without compromise if both communities actively collaborate in a spirit of openness and empathy for each other's interests. Wikipedia should strive to become a welcoming and safe place for cultural institutions and professionals, while cultural institutions and professionals should be full, participating members of the Wikipedia online community.

Why

 * Previously, Wikipedians have been the first to approach cultural organizations with a vision for GLAM-Wiki partnerships. Now cultural organizations and Wikipedians should collectively take ownership of the GLAM-Wiki initiative.
 * Cultural organizations have established their own expertise in this realm and can work together with Wikipedians to centralize resources and support for ongoing and future GLAM-Wiki partnerships.
 * Cultural organizations that have created a successful partnership with Wikipedia are best positioned to address concerns and help guide other cultural organizations in their first steps toward such partnerships.

Who
The GLAM-Wiki US Consortium is engaging, relevant, and useful to both cultural professionals and Wikipedians who have taken part in or who are interested in GLAM-Wikimedia partnerships.

Advisory Group Members
The GLAM-Wiki US Consortium maintains an advisory group made up of around six cultural professionals and six Wikipedians who, over the course of the next year, will focus on formalizing the core aims of the Consortium in congruence with all participants.

• Merrilee Proffitt, OCLC

• Bob Kosovsky, New York Public Library

• Adrianne Russell, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art

• Sara Snyder, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

• Pam Wright, National Archives and Records Administration

• Dylan Kinnett, Walters Art Museum

• Phoebe Ayers

• Andrew Lih

• Dominic McDevitt-Parks

• Pete Forsyth

• Lori Phillips

• James Hare

• Jake Orlowitz

• Dorothy Howard

• Alex Stinson

Meetings
 * April 2013
 * March 2015
 * fall 2015 (planning)

Affiliate organizations
If your institution or organization is interested in being a part of the Consortium, please add the institution and your name below.


 * The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Contacts: Lori Phillips & David Donaldson
 * National Archives and Records Administration, Contacts: Dominic McDevitt-Parks & Pam Wright
 * OCLC Research, Contacts: Max Klein & Merrilee Proffitt
 * School of Open, Open Policy Institute, Creative Commons, Contact: Jane Park
 * Smithsonian American Art Museum, Contact: Sara Snyder
 * Internet Archive, Contacts: Peter Brantley & Brewster Kahle
 * The Open Knowledge Foundation, OpenGLAM Contact: Joris Pekel & Sam Leon
 * Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Contact: Micah Walter
 * American Folk Art Museum, Contact: Karley Klopfenstein
 * The Walters Art Museum, Contact: Dylan Kinnett
 * Smithsonian Institution Archives, Contact: Effie Kapsalis
 * Your organization here.