GLAM Women - WE CAN [EDIT]!

Sarah Stierch@sarah_stierchsarah@sarahstierch.com

Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.

That's our commitment.

Staff of the Seattle Municipal Archives, 2010 - Joe Mabel, CC BY SA 3.0

Librarians - 83% (2011)

Archivists - 64% (2004)

MLS - 81%

9%*

*Yup, it's that bad

How can you provide every human being with the sum of all knowledge when only 9%, of half the population, is sharing on Wikipedia?

When women don't contribute to Wikipedia....

● Wikipedia lacks coverage of subjects that women may have interest in (i.e. fashion, history, literature, women's sport, healthcare, education)

● Biographical coverage about women is severely lacking

● Wikipedia's policies, projects and programs are developed by a male majority

● Discussions about topics such as abortion, pregnancy, and feminism are often dominated by males

WHY?

busy

wiki markupneutrality

social media

reverted

overwhelmed

BE BOLD

Photo: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, CC BY SA 3.0

Photos: Slowking4, CC BY SA 3.0

the 21st century quilting bee

● Content specific● Wikipedians + staff● WikiWomen's History Month - March● Wine and Wiki

BE AN ADVOCATE

Photo: TaitM, CC BY SA 3.0

● Train staff & interns● Help us create documentation & how-

to's● Develop GLAM WIKI partnerships

WIKIWOMEN'S COLLABORATIVE

● @WikiWomen

● Facebook

● blogs.wikimedia.org○ WikiWomen

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Photo: Matthew Roth, CC BY SA 3.0

Important links

● WikiWomen's Collaborative○ Blog roll

● Teahouse (for online editing help!) ● Conflict of Interest statement example● GLAM-Wiki● Sarah's userpage on Wikipedia● Sarah's own website