GLAM/Newsletter/July 2024/Contents/Biodiversity Heritage Library report
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BHL-Wiki Working Group July monthly highlights
GitHub project board
A BHL-Wiki GitHub project board has been set up for the group to track work, milestones, metrics and scholarly outputs related to the group. We will go over GitHub project management tools at the August meeting.
Request for Interest shared for BHL Wikimedian-in-residence
A Request for Interest message was disseminated regarding the BHL Wikimedian-in-Residence position with an amazing turnout of qualified candidates. Interviews, informational sessions, and final evaluation are being overseen by WikiBlueprint.
Flickypedia documentation
In anticipation of further curation work to happen on BHL images, the group continues to work through the Flickypedia documentation.
Hypothesis statements for the WMG annual planning
The group is working to finalize a hypothesis statements for WMG annual planning. Please come to the August monthly meeting to inform this important conversation.
Outreach undertaking by group members
Giovanna Fontenelle has submitted a conference abstract for WikiConference North America 2024 entitled How to create Wikimedia Working Groups for GLAMs.
Siobhan Leachman is attending and will be presenting on biodiversity wiki activities at the following events:
- International Botanical Congress (IBC) 2024 (21-27 July 2024, Madrid, Spain)
- Wikimania 2024 the 19th Wikimedia conference, (7–10 August 2024., Katowice, Poland)
Siobhan will also give a presentation to interested Kew Gardens and Natural History Museum, London staff on Wikidata.
August meeting
The BHL-Wiki working group meet every 3rd Monday* of the month (*Tuesday if you live in New Zealand or Australia). Information on the time, date and agenda for the upcoming August meeting can be found in this document.
