GLAM/Newsletter/April 2015/Contents/USA report
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GLAM-Wiki US Consortium moving forward
GLAM-Wiki US Consortium planning group making strides
Members of the Advisory Board planning the GLAM-Wiki US Consortium met for two days in Washington, DC. We had met and collaborated in various capacities before; but this time, we were able to craft a strong plan for moving forward. We updated our Vision Statement, to help our members and stakeholders understand what we are all about:
- Vision: To foster knowledge-sharing among US cultural organizations and Wikimedia projects, cultivating expertise and an ethic of sharing in open collaborations that engage the public with its cultural heritage.
We also composed a Mission Statement, and strategic goals on both one- and five-year horizons. Specific, immediate goals include:
- Hiring a part-time coordinator, who will help keep the momentum going as we get more firmly established (grant proposal now underway);
- Planning a GLAM Boot Camp event in DC this fall (likely September), to train and build relationships with Wikipedians interested in guiding GLAM institutions’ Wikipedia engagement; and
- A second 2015 meeting of our Advisory Group, also in fall 2015.
In April, we continued moving forward on all plans, and committed to monthly virtual meetings.
For more details, please see our meeting report.
The meeting was sponsored by the U.S. National Archives, with support from Wikimedia DC. (Also, this announcement was published on our blog.)
