the archives of american art on wikipedia and wikimedia saa2012

The Archives of American Art

on Wikipedia & Wikimedia

Society of American

Archivists Annual Meeting 2012Sara Snyder

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

• www.aaa.si.edu (screenshot)

Experimental Wikipedia Editing, 2007-10

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/SI

The Archives’ Goals in Hosting a Wikipedian in Residence

1.To get training and mentoring for our staff in Wiki norms and culture

2.To get more of the Archives’ content in Wikipedia articles

3.To run an experimental project and see what happened!

Activities of the Wikipedian in ResidenceTraining

One-on-one mentoring and training Brown bag info sessions for all Smithsonian

staff

ToolsScript to analyze creator names in our

collections, link to corresponding Wikipedia articles

Wikimedia Commons content contribution

OutreachEditor recruitmentBackstage Pass & Edit-a-thon

EDIT-A-THON VIDEO: How the Smithsonian Is Helping Wikipedia, from the Chronicle of Philanthropy

http://philanthropy.com/blogs/social-philanthropy/how-the-smithsonian-is-helping-wikipedia/29095

Outcomes of GLAM/AAA Partnership

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/AAA

36 new English articles were created utilizing Archives resources14 English articles translated into

Spanish2 articles translated into French2 articles translated into Catalan

12 English articles were expanded2 articles was expanded in Spanish5 articles were "Do You Knows...?”

256 high resolution public domain photographs donated to Wikimedia Commons

BackstagePass &Edit-a-thonArchives ofAmericanArt, 2011

Benefits to the Archives

Press coverageList of articles we continue to work fromIncreased exposure of collections New relationshipsConfidence in our expertise and the fact that we are welcome contributors!

Referrals from Wikimedia sites2009 - 4.72% of site visits2010 - 5.95% of site visits2011- 6.57% of site visits

2012 Visits: Wikipedia v. Facebook v. Twitter

Five new and exciting things I learned from this project!

1. Wikipedians exist in “real life”!!!2. There are already many active

WikiProjects out there waiting for us to join them

3. There are talented Wiki developers & engineers constantly making cool new tools

4. Wikipedia articles are patrolled, ranked, & evaluated by the community in a very orderly and systematic way

5. Editing is addictive, so watch out!

Conclusion

WikiWomen’s Lunch, Wikimania Conference 2012

Looking to the futureAt the Archives of American Art

Wikipedia in the strategic planBuilding editing into staff workflows

At the larger SmithsonianGLAM/SI project getting renewed attentionEdit-a-thon at Smithsonian American Art Museum (happening now! @americanart)

Wikipedia:GLAM/SI – Smithsonian Project

Wikipedia:GLAM/AAA – Archives of American Art Project

User:Sarasays - Wikipedia user page

SnyderS@si.edu@sosarasays@ArchivesAmerArt#glamwiki