Wikipedia:GLAM/Connected Heritage/Resources

Welcome

About

Partners

Residencies

Events

Resources

This slide deck formed part of a Train the Trainer session by Wikimedia UK. This module utilised the Connected Heritage framework as a guiding example for developing community partnerships in Wiki work.

Outreach and Advocacy Toolkit

Our brochure detailing the kind of work and support Connected Heritage can offer GLAM organisations.

This slide deck represents case studies collated by the Connected Heritage team to illustrate the positive impact of Wiki work in the GLAM sector.

This set of resources outlines useful materials for advocacy with internal and external stakeholders.

About the Project

• Our Connected Heritage brochure detailing the kind of work and support Connected Heritage can offer GLAM organisations.
• The Connected Heritage Training Menu 2023
• This Case Study slide deck represents case studies collated by the Connected Heritage team to illustrate the positive impact of Wiki work in the GLAM sector.
• This Train the Trainer slide deck formed part of a Train the Trainer session by Wikimedia UK. This module utilised the Connected Heritage framework as a guiding example for developing community partnerships in Wiki work.

The Connected Heritage Webinar

The initial webinar explaining the project and the utility of Wiki work in a GLAM context can be viewed here [c. 50 minutes].

• Webinar Slides

Webinar slides

Useful Links for Stakeholders

Links to resources that others have created which advocate for and explain the value and impact of editing Wikimedia projects.

• Wikimedia in Teaching and Learning: The Wikimedia Residency at the University of Edinburgh [Longer format, 10 minutes]

• The Wikimedia Residency at the University of Edinburgh [Shorter format, 3 minutes]

• Citation Needed - Digital Provenance in the era of Post Truth Politics [Shorter format, 6 minutes]

• Why I Am Editing Wikipedia by Dr Jess Wade [Longer format, 26 minutes]

• The Work of Wikimedia UK in Scotland by Dr Sara Thomas [Longer format, 10 minutes]

• Wikipedia in the Curriculum in 'the New Normal' by Ewan McAndrew [Longer format, 20 minutes]

• Teaching With Wikipedia: A Practical How-To Guide [Longer format, 1 hour]

• Structured Data: How can Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Grab the Low Hanging Fruit [Longer format, 30 mins]

• Learning to Develop Open Knowledge: Improving Social Capital for Learning: The Edinburgh Editathon [Longer format, 23 mins]

• Welsh Wikipedia Thinking Big - Keynote address by Jason Evans at Celtic Knot 2017 [Longer format, 37 minutes]

• Wikidata and GLAMs - Jason Evans, Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales [Longer format, 40 minutes]

• Putting Wikipedia and Open Practice into the Mainstream in a University: Martin Poulter at OER17 [Longer format, 18 minutes]

Public Engagement Toolkit

This set of resources is designed to support public engagement with Wikipedia via face-to-face training.

Event Management Resources

Connected Heritage Tutorials Short Videos for Self Study 2023

• A "How-to Guide" for running a Wikipedia Editathon (or Wikithon)
• Wikithon Training Slides
  • PDF Slides on Wikimedia Commons
  • Google Slides format [External link]
• A checklist, in timeline-format, of what to do in the lead up to a Wikithon and how to communicate with participants.
• A blank worklist of tasks to be completed during a wikithon

Especially for In-person Events

• A kit list for in-person training

Especially for Hybrid Events

• Running Hybrid Events Best Practice

Resources to share after the Event

• A list of resources for self-study for participants to support their learning after the event. We sent this as a document (see Thumbnail link on the right) or the same resources are linked to in the list below:
  • Training Library [Programs & Events Dashboard]
  • The Wikipedia Adventure
  • Introduction to Wikipedia
  • Wellcome Toolkit

Alternative Training Models

Because our project focused on drawing in and supporting new editors, we are interested in exploring different methods of training.

• A 121 Training Model for Learning to Edit Wikimedia Projects

Partnership Toolkit

This set of resources is designed to support partnership working in wiki work.

Partnership Overview

• This Train the Trainer slide deck formed part of a development session hosted by Wikimedia UK in December 2022. This module utilised the Connected Heritage framework as a guiding example for developing and sustaining community partnerships in Wiki work. It gives a good overview of how we work along with some helpful questions to ask when considering partnership working. [Google Slides]

Metrics & Impact

• Case study template for gathering feedback from partners [Google doc]

Useful partnership tools

Online tools for keeping track of partners and events. These are three that we found particularly useful.

• Asana - web-based project management app
• Eventbrite
• Calendly

Partner-specific guidance

• Wikimedia Commons guidance
  • Commons Guidance appendix: Pattypan resources

Residency support

Resources for supporting a Wikimedian in Residence.

• Residency practicalities and outcomes - a shared document which outlines the goals and desired outcomes of a Wikimedian in Residence project, as well as practical details such as when and how the Resident will do their work.