National Railway Museum

National Railway Museum Wikimedia workshop

Date: 22 June 2011

Introduction

This is a day workshop with some demonstrations and presentations. The event is hosted by the National Railway Museum in York.

It is anticipated that attending will be:

• NRM staff interested in working with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects
• Representatives from other museums - to be sought through the Museum Computer Group mailing list
• Wikipedians already involved with the NRM or with GLAM outreach
• Wikipedians interested in working with GLAM and/or the NRM - to be sought through promotion on wikipedia (e.g. banner ad, related wikiprojects)

Agenda

This agenda is a provisional framework

• 10.00 Registration, housekeeping
• 10.30 Keynote presentation by Liam Wyatt, WMF GLAM Fellow (with Q&A)
• 11.15 Presentation/demonstration of QR codes and the related multi-language engagement of Wikipedia by Roger Bamkin, WM-UK Chair
• 12.30 Break for lunch, parallel discussion and
• 13.30 Walk-through of Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource, Wikiversity), teamwork pages and WikiProjects by Fæ, WM-UK GLAM task force
• 14.00 Wikilounge (natural break at 15.00)
  • Wikilounge may adapt depending on demand, suggested parallel sessions on:
    • NRM concept event and issues
    • Other museums work and Wikimedia e-volunteer concept as a UK wide programme
    • Editing and coaching clinic for those who want to roll up their sleeves and have a go
• 16.00 Summary, shared conclusions and commitments
• 16.30 Close

Attendees

The expectation is for the workshop day to involve 9 museum professionals from York and nearby and 9 Wikipedians/Wikimedians with relevant interest and experience. Total numbers will be limited to a maximum of 24.

Please add your name to the list below with your related interest and/or professional capacity if you are planning to attend and in addition email Simon who is the Wikimedia coordinator for the day.

Wikimedians

• Tagishsimon - Coordinating event
• Victuallers - WM-UK Chair, involved in NRM liaison - will attend, real life permitting
• Fæ - UK GLAM task force lead and WM-UK director
• Wittylama - WMF GLAM Fellow, will attend, possible opening presenter
• Geof Sheppard - have offered to help this project because of my work on railway history articles. Can probably attend but I need to know what time - after lunch would work better.
• PatHadley - Hoping to attend. Know nothing about trains and little more about Wikipedia, but really excited about how this might work!