Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Share Your Knowledge/Wikipedian-in-Residence program

In 2012 a course for Wikipedian in Residence was held at lettera27. Such a program aims at making the collaboration between Wikipedia and cultural institutions easier and at supporting the institutions taking part into the projects GLAM, WikiAfrica and Share Your Knowledge. The training course addresses students and cultural institutions staff who want to contribute to Wikipedia, and it addresses wikipedians and wikimedia volunteers who would like to collaborate with cultural institutions. Each participant is associated to a GLAM (gallery, library, archive, museum). The course lasts 3 months (12 weeks) and it is structured in a one-hour meeting per week. The first six meetings are focused on Wikipedia, its principles and how it works; the next six meetings support individual work and give hints on different and specific aspects of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia sister projects (in particular Wikimedia Commons and Wikisource). The participants are guided in producing 15 quality articles or 50 quantity uploads based on documentation provided in CC by-sa or Public Domain by cultural institutions. The trainers are wikipedians, administrators of Wikipedia and lawyers with an expertise in Creative Commons licenses and in copyright. The course is free and open to a maximum of 10 participants. The first Wikipedian in Residence course takes place in Milan between March 7th and May 30th 2012 and it is promoted by lettera27 Foundation in collaboration with Wikimedia Italia.