Dear all,
It may be of interest to some members of this mailing list that Wikimedia
UK has funding available for Wikimedians in Residence. Applications need to
be made by organisations rather than individuals, ideally by the end of
this month. Below is some background information; if you know anyone who
you think would be interested please do pass it on.
Kind regards,
Daria
Wikimedia UK <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page> is looking for UK
institutions eager to work with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects by
hosting *f**unded Wikimedian in Residence
posts*<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2014-15_Wikimedians_in_Residence_applications>
*.* Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia movement, collecting,
developing, promoting and distributing freely licensed knowledge.
A Wikimedian in Residence post is one of the most effective ways to explore
how your organisation can engage with the 6th most visited website in the
world (it receives 21 billion page views per month). Wikipedia is the most
used reference work in the world, as an organisation that cares about
knowledge it would be valuable for you to engage with it by means of this
project.
Previous Wikimedians in Residence
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Cultural_partnerships#Wikimedians_in_Residence>in
the UK have worked at The Royal Society, National Library of Scotland,
Natural History Museum, Science Museum, York Museums Trust, British Museum
and the British Library. These residents have focussed on making the
organisation's content available on Wikipedia, offering training for staff
and volunteers to find uses for Wikimedia projects in furthering the goals
of the organisation the project was based at, more information is available
here <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence>.
We would like interested organisations to make contact with us by the end
of February - please contact Wikimedia UK Programme Manager Daria
Cybulska<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/User:Daria_Cybulska_%28WMUK%29>
[log in to unmask] 020 7065 0994
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Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994
+44 7803 505 170
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Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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