When:
September 17, 2019 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
2019-09-17T10:00:00-04:00
2019-09-17T12:00:00-04:00
Where:
Vizcaya Museum and Garden
3251 S. Miami Ave.
Miami
Fl. 33129
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Charlotte Donn
305 250 9133

If you work in galleries, libraries, archives or museums and are interested in how to engage with Wikipedia, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is hosting an event on September 17 that is tailor-made for you. A presentation for Miami-area cultural institutions on the use and impact of Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and other wiki tools. Engagement personnel from Miami-area galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAMs) are invited to this event. Instructions will be given on how to identify, gather and post materials for contribution to these platforms.Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Wikipedian in Residence at Science History Institute, will be coming to Vizcaya to demonstrate how cultural institutions are establishing GLAM-Wiki programs to tell their stories and share their collections on a global scale on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.