[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: January 2021

[The 'This Month in GLAM' team]

*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings
within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and
more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums.
You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org.

*This Month in GLAM – Issue I, Volume XI – January 2021*
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Belgium report: The Public Domain Tool; Data Donations; Wiki Loves Heritage
Belgium 2020
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2021/Contents/Belgium_report


Brazil report: Heading 2021 with new (and renewed!) GLAM-Wiki projects
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2021/Contents/Brazil_report


Colombia report: Public domain day in Colombia
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2021/Contents/Colombia_report


Finland report: AvoinGLAM
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2021/Contents/Finland_report


France report: #1lib1ref; Training courses; What's next ?; Wikidata and
archaeology vocabulary
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2021/Contents/France_report


Germany report: Coding da Vinci Niedersachsen wraps up
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2021/Contents/Germany_report


Serbia report: A month in the spirit of references
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2021/Contents/Serbia_report


Sweden report: Record numbers of digital museum visits
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2021/Contents/Sweden_report


UK report: Protests & Suffragettes - Wikipedia work in 2020; Khalili
Collections
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2021/Contents/UK_report


USA report: Wiki 20
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2021/Contents/USA_report


WMF GLAM report: Digital Public Library of America makes an impact in 2020
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2021/Contents/WMF_GLAM_report


Calendar: February's GLAM events
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2021/Contents/Events



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[Wikimedia-l] First Weekly Report published - Call for Feedback: Community Board seats

[Jackie Koerner]

Hello,

I am writing to announce the first weekly report for the Call for Feedback:
Community Board seats is published. [1],[2]

The Call for Feedback about Community Board seats selection processes is
happening February 1 and March 14. With the help of a team of community
facilitators, we are organizing conversations and gathering feedback.
During this call for feedback we publish weekly reports and we draft the
final report that will be delivered to the Board. This report covers new
activity February 1-7.

If you think anything relevant is missing, let us know in the Talk page and
we will consider its inclusion in the next weekly report. Your feedback is
welcome and appreciated.

It is not too late to join the conversation! [3]

Best,

-- 
*Jackie Koerner*

*she/her*
Communication Facilitator, Board Governance
*English language communities and Meta-Wiki*

[1]Weekly report February 1 - 7
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Reports/2021-02-10_Weekly

[2] Call for Feedback: Community Board seats
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats

[3] How to participate
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats#How_to_participate
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[Wikimedia-l] Invitation to apply to Outreachy and Google Summer of Code program with Wikimedia!

[Gopa Vasanth]

(feel free to forward the message as is to your friends, family members &
colleagues)

Hello folks,

We would like to invite you to apply to the Outreachy and Google Summer of
Code program with the Wikimedia Foundation (a non-profit organization
behind Wikipedia)!

About the Outreachy program
Wikimedia will be mentoring ~3 projects in the Outreachy program in the May
to August 2021 round. The initial applications are due February 22nd at 4
pm UTC.

Apply today: https://www.outreachy.org/apply/ [1]

Outreachy offers three-month internships to work remotely in Free and Open
Source Software (FOSS) projects with experienced mentors. The internships
may include programming, user experience, documentation, illustration, and
graphic design, or data science.

Outreachy internships run twice a year – from May to August and December to
March. Interns are paid a stipend of $5,500 USD for the three months of
work. They also have a $500 USD stipend to travel to conferences and
events. Interns often find employment after their internship with Outreachy
sponsors or in jobs that use the skills they learned during their
internship.

Outreachy is open to both students and non-students. Outreachy expressly
invites the following people to apply:

   - Women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people.
   - Anyone who faces under-representation, systematic bias, or
   discrimination in the technology industry in their country of residence is
   invited to apply.
   - Residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are
   Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American
   Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.

About the Google Summer of Code program
Wikimedia is planning to mentor 8-10 projects in 2021’s Google Summer of
Code (GSoC) program. Beginning March 9th, pending Wikimedia’s acceptance as
a mentoring organization, applicants can begin discussing ideas with the
mentors!

The student application will be due on April 13, 2021:
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ [2]

Google Summer of Code, now in its 17th year, is Google's summer program for
candidates participating in any academic programs who want to get involved
in open-source software. Over 6,626 students from 121 countries have
already participated in the last year’s round i.e 2020 <
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/06/google-summer-of-code-2020-statistics.html>
[3]. Google Summer of Code is a unique program that pairs students with
mentors who introduce them to the open-source community and provide
guidance while they work on real-world open-source projects during their
summer break from university.

This year there are some new breaking changes in the GSoC program,
including:

   - Smaller project size ~175 hr project (previously 350 hr)
   - Shortened coding period ~10 weeks long (previously 3 months)
   - Eligibility criteria redefined; the program is now open to candidates
   participating in a variety of academic programs (previously accredited
   university programs only)

Projects cover a wide range of fields including Cloud, Operating Systems,
Graphics, Medicine, Programming Languages, Robotics, Science, Security and
many more. It's a highly competitive program (and this year is expected to
be even bigger than last year), so don't wait until the last minute to
prepare!

About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that hosts and
operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our
vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum
of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute
something to our shared knowledge and that everyone should be able to
access that knowledge, free of interference. We host the Wikimedia
projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing
Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make
Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and
free knowledge to thrive.

Resources
* Browse through the participants’ guides, to learn more about the
application process steps:
 [4]
 [5]
* All the projects will be showcased here:
 [6]
 [7]

We hope you will help us spread the word about Wikimedia’s participation in
these programs (by sharing this email)

Looking forward to your participation!

Cheers,
Gopa, Srishti, Pavithra, Ankit & Mahveotm  (Wikimedia organization
administrators for GSoC & Outreachy)

[1] https://www.outreachy.org/apply/
[2] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/
[3]
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/06/google-summer-of-code-2020-statistics.html
[4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Participants
[5]