Wikipedian in residence

The relationship between a Wikipedian in residence and the community. The diagram represents the stakeholders and what each stakeholder provides and receives in a typical Wikipedian in residence project.

A Wikipedian in residence or Wikimedian in residence (WiR) is a Wikipedia editor, a Wikipedian (or Wikimedian), who accepts a placement with an institution, typically an art gallery, library, archive, museum, cultural institution, learned society, or institute of higher education (such as a university) to facilitate Wikipedia entries related to that institution's mission, encourage and assist it to release material under open licenses, and to develop the relationship between the host institution and the Wikimedia community. A Wikipedian in residence generally helps to coordinate Wikipedia-related outreach events between the GLAM ("galleries, libraries, archives, and museums") and the general public such as editathons.

Institutions that have hosted a Wikipedian in residence include large institutions like the National Library of Wales, the University of Edinburgh, the British Museum,[1] the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the British Library,[2] the Smithsonian Institution,[3] the Royal Society of Chemistry,[4] UC Berkeley,[5] Columbia University,[6] the University of Toronto, the National Library of Norway, and the Federal Archives of Switzerland and smaller venues like the Derby Museum and Art Gallery and The New Art Gallery Walsall[7] in the UK; the Palace of Versailles in France; the Museu Picasso and the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Catalonia; and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis,[8] Consumer Reports,[9][10] the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library,[11] and the National Archives and Records Administration[12] in the United States.

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  5. ^ Cockrell, Cathy (30 November 2001). "Berkeley's Wikipedian-in-residence is a first". UC Berkeley. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  6. ^ "GSAS Student News: November 2018". Columbia University. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
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  9. ^ "Consumer Reports Appoints Lane Rasberry as Wikipedian in Residence". www.consumerreports.org. Retrieved 27 August 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Consumer Reports on the value of a Wikipedian in Residence | Wiki Strategies". wikistrategies.net. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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