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/District of Columbia GLAM/District of Columbia is a compilation of information about GLAM-Wikimedia partnerships in the District of Columbia. Cultural professionals: Use the resources below to connect with local Wikipedians who can help you get started on a project. Wikimedians: Please add GLAM-Wikimedia projects and news as needed. Washington D.C. Wikipedians getting together at the National Archives for [1], a celebration of Wikipedia's 10th anniversary online, on January 22, 2011. Local contacts GLAM-Wikipedian contacts Username Location Affiliation Skills Interests Jim Hayes (email) Washington, D.C. Engineer, management consultant Strategic planning, outreach, content creation Public Art, National Register of Historic Places, Fine Arts, American History, History of Technology Djembayz (email) Washington, D.C. Librarian Content creation, outreach, Scan-a-Thons Sailing ships, Federal Art Project, Native Americans, small towns/rural areas, endangered languages, Global South Dominic (Email) Boston, MA Wikipedian in Residence at the National Archives and Records Administration; Library science (archives concentration) grad student, Simmons College Event planning, archives.library outreach, GLAM strategy Archives/libraries, history (esp. Latin America), Wikisource (transcription) WikiProject District of Columbia Post a note on the Talk page explaining that you're looking for a local Wikipedian to help with a GLAM project. Campus Ambassadors For the Campus Ambassador program, Washington D.C. is located in U.S. Region 4 (Greater Chesapeake): Rest of Virginia and Maryland, West Virginia. Regional Ambassador: [apply now!] Interim Regional Ambassador: Rob Pongsajapan (email Rob) Current District of Columbia GLAM-Wiki partnerships Archives of American Art, USA→WP:GLAM/AAA National Archives and Records Administration, USA→WP:NARA Smithsonian Archives, USA→WP:GLAM/SIA Smithsonian Institution, USA→WP:GLAM/SI Press for District of Columbia GLAM-Wiki partnerships Wikipedian in Residence helps share the Smithsonian archives, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, July 28, 2011 How Wikipedians in Residence are opening up cultural institutions, (Feature on National Archives residency), The Atlantic, June 16, 2011 National Archives’ First Wikipedian in Residence: This article is a stub, The National Archives blog, April 27, 2011 Major institutions List of museums in Washington, D.C. Professional organizations (More information to come)