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Wikimedian in Residence at the Honoris From June 2022, Honoris United Univesites created a Wikimedian in Residence role and Wilsn got hired for this role. The WiR engages with Staff members of Honoris' member eductaional institutions, librarians, etc to encourage contributions to the development of Wikipedia articles and to make it easier to find and use useful content and information as well as understanding the open knowledge movement. This project page can be used as a site for discussion, and also provides information on ongoing and future projects involving Honoris and Wikimedia. The Honoris WiR Honoris has a temporary Wikimedian in Residence (WiR) who works remotely with the Honoris central team. The Residency is expected to last for 4 Months from June 2022. The aim of the residency, is to engage with and train staff and users, members of the network, researchers and visitors to Honoris United Universities on the open knowledge movement through Wikipedia and to encourage contributions to Wikimedia projects. Activities Training activities such as: Training of staff and students on Wikipedia and to identify areas of Wikipedia and sister projects that could be enriched with resources and knowledge. Developing a policy and workflow for adding to Wikipedia, Commons, etc., in a sustainable and ongoing fashion. Organising and hosting Wikimedia-related events. Adding even more resources to Wikimedia Commons. Supporting researchers, practitioners, librarians, etc., to engage with Wiki-users and editors and to make their work more accessible. Being an advocate for open knowledge within member educational institutions and externally. and other activities (get in contact if you have any ideas!). Events and workshops We run a number of editing events, training sessions, conferences, seminars and workshops. A log of these will be updated here. If you have an idea for an event then get in touch! Contact If you're interested in becoming involved in any way, please get in contact via [1], or leave a message on the project talk page or my personal talk page: I'm user Wilsn. Background to the Residency Wikimedian in Residence Programme Review - WMUK 2014 What is a Wikimedian in Residence? A Wikimedian in Residence (WiR) is someone who works with an organisation to promote open knowledge generally and specifically to enable more people to engage with Wikimedia (and Wikipedia, and Wikidata, etc., etc.). For general information about how Wikimedian-in-Residence programmes work, take a look at these articles: Wikimedia UK The GLAM-Wiki Initiative Ongoing GLAM Projects around the world Wikimedians in Residence article on Wikimedia Outreach Wikipedians in Residence article on Wikipedia Background to Wellcome's Residency Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation. The Collection has a museum and library, which are free and open to anyone, and it has particularly extensive collections concerning medical history, health and welfare. It is located on Euston Road, where it has been since 1945 (it opened to the general public in 1949). As well as physical holdings, Wellcome has a number of digital resources. Wellcome is in the process of digitising a substantial proportion of its holdings and making the content freely available on the web in various forms, including the Library Website, Youtube, and the Internet Archive. The Residency at Wellcome Library was first advertised in January. This followed on from a bulk-upload in 2015, when nearly 100,000 images were uploaded from Wellcome to Wikimedia Commons. Many of those images are not yet being used on other wiki-pages, so one of the aims of the Residency is to promote greater use of images already uploaded and improve how accessible they are. During the initial fixed-term phase of the Residency, reports documented what happened each month. You can read more on the following pages: Wellcome Trust's Official Webpage and Wikipedia Page. Wellcome Collection Official Webpage and Wikipedia Page. References