Wikipedia:GLAM/Wellcome/10th Month Report

Strategic Goal 1
Increase the quality and quantity of coverage of subjects that are currently underrepresented on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, with a particular focus on cultural content.


 * Another Wikiclub Drop-in session was held on 9th March. Four members of Wellcome Library staff came along to learn how to edit or improve their editing and add some content to Wikipedia.

Strategic Goal 2
Support the development of open knowledge in the UK, by increasing the understanding and recognition of the value of open knowledge and advocating for change at an organisational, sectoral and public policy level.


 * I attended the OCLC Research Library Partnership meeting at the British Library on the 8th March. I presented on the process and outcomes of the Residency and took questions from librarians interested in running similar schemes.
 * At the Health Archives & Records Group (HARG) meeting at Bethlem Museum of the Mind, I gave a talk about the Residency to the gathered archivists and librarians. Two members of the Royal College of Nursing library attended the meeting too, and provided really supportive and enthusiastic comments about the Editathon we had run there in February.
 * On 15th March I was invited to speak to the Royal College of Psychiatrists History of Psychiatry Special Interest Group (HoPSIG) Spring Meeting. I talked about the Residency, the opportunities for communicating research online and open knowledge, and invited participants to consider running or attending training and editathons.
 * I compiled a Case Study (see right), based on the People's History of the NHS Editathon, to support Wikimedians in advocating for the use of Wikipedia as part of an academic impact and engagement strategy.

Projects/events in development
Due to the slight extension of the Residency, a number of projects are now being planned. Planning also continues for several other projects which have not yet got firm dates.
 * On 4th April, I will be training staff from The Hub, who are working on a project on Dementia. We have already identified that there appears to be significant room for improvement in Wikipedia's coverage of dementia, so after the initial training session there is scope for further activities.
 * I'll be presenting at OER17, taking an "Ask a Wikimedian" session for participants to drop in to and learn about hosting a Wikimedian in Residence or running a Wiki-event.
 * The British Society for the History of Medicine Editathon will take place on 11th April. Key members of the British Society for the History of Medicine, as well as many historians of medicine and medics, will be coming to the Wellcome Library for training and editing.
 * I'll be presenting to all Wellcome Trust staff at a meeting on 27th April, informing them about what we've achieved during the Residency.
 * Also on the 27th April, I'll be running a training session for historians at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. On 3rd May, I'll be running another session for historians on Collaborative Publishing, facilitated by the Institute of Historical Research and hosted at the School of Advanced Study.
 * On 10th May, I'll be running a professional development session for staff at the Royal College of Nursing London Library.
 * Jess Wade and I are planning to run Wiki-workshops with several schools / groups of school students in June, focussing on the history of science and adding information on women scientists to Wikipedia. This work is supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Biochemists.
 * We're making plans for another themed public editathon at the Wellcome Library linked with the Electricity: the Spark of Life exhibition in Wellcome Collection.
 * Plans continue for another editathon with the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Press about the residency

 * The Royal College of Nursing asked me to contribute a blogpost on the RCN Editathon for International Women's Day, highlighting both the editor training, improved content, and also the improvements that can still be made to help to address the gender gap on Wikipedia.
 * The Royal College of Psychiatry's History of Psychiatry Special Interest Group (HoPSIG) have updated their website information on the Residency to reflect the continuation of the Residency and developments in focus.