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=== Follow-up outreach at the ASBS 2025 Conference ===
[[File:Heidi_and_Siobhan.jpg|thumb|Heidi and Siobhan with their personalised ASBS conference mugs]]
Recent outreach undertaken by [[User:Ambrosia10|Ambrosia10]] and [[User:Stitchbird2|Stitchbird2]] at the [https://asbs.org.au/conferences/asbs-2025-conference/ Australasian Systemic Botany Society 2025 Conference] as part of the [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject%20ASBS%202025 Wikidata WikiProject ASBS 2025] was detailed in [https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2025/Contents/New_Zealand_report last month's newsletter], including the main aims and other events in our suite of outreach activities for this project.

Our final event as part of this package was to to hold a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Online/ASBS_Follow_up_Wiki_webinar_9_December_2025#ASBS_Follow_up_Wiki_Webinar follow-up webinar on the 9th of December]. The first half of the webinar covered additional topics that were brought up at the previous webinar and in-person workshop, attracting 23 sign-ups, with 9 joining in on the live presentation. 

We covered more advanced topics and questions that came up during our previous webinar and in-person workshop:
*In Wikipedia, how to create a new article, how to use and edit templates, infoboxes and the talk page, and tips on correcting bias,
*In Wikimedia Commons, how to upload specimen images from GBIF and correct species names in image files, and 
*In Wikidata, how to streamline your editing with several practical tools, and how to add qualifiers and references to statements.

[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17730798 The slides and script area available in Zenodo] and Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ASBS_2025_follow_up_wiki_webinar_slides.pdf (slides)] and  [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ASBS_2025_follow_up_wiki_webinar_script.pdf script]. The [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ASBS_Conference_Wiki_for_Botanists_follow_up_webinar.webm recording] of this part of the webinar was recorded and is available on Commons. This recording and slides were also emailed to all those who signed up for or participated in the previous onboarding webinar or in-person workshop.

The second half of the follow up webinar was a non-recorded discussion and Q&amp;A session that also served as a check-in with editors, some of whom had commenced contributing to the Wikiverse during our WikiProject.

===Update on the Bioeconomy Science Institute Wikimedian in Residence===
[[File:CockayneL06.tif|thumb|Handwriting sample of botanist Leonard Cockayne]]
Ambrosia10 recently completed a site visit to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaaki%20Whenua%20-%20Landcare%20Research Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research (MWLR) group] in Lincoln meeting the collection manager and curators at the Allan Herbarium. As a result of this meeting Ambrosia10 prioritised the uploading of handwriting samples of notable New Zealand and international botanists collated from specimens and archives held by the herbarium. See the [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Allan_herbarium_handwriting_samples Allan Herbarium handwriting sample category] in Wikimedia Commons. Having such an accessible and reusable collection of handwriting samples can help herbarium both in New Zealand and internationally to accurately identify specimens collected and curated by those botanists. This upload has led to discussions with both Auckland Museum and Te Papa staff about further uploads of handwriting samples held by herbaria in those institutions.&lt;br&gt;

After the Lincoln site visit librarians supplied Ambrosia10 with a list of publications authored by scientists affiliated with the Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research Group. After selecting articles published in scientific journals, cleaning the metadata relating to those publications, and reconciling the articles against Wikidata to reduce the risk of duplication, Ambrosia10 used OpenRefine to create over 4000 Wikidata items for those publications. Work continues to disambiguate article authors and add further identifiers to the Wikidata items for those articles.

===Auckland Museum student update===
The Auckland Museum summer student programme for 2025-2026 is well under way. The cohort of six are being supervised by [[User:Winnieswikiworld|Winnieswikiworld]] alongside supervisors from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Transport_and_Technology MOTAT], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20Maritime%20Museum NZMM] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher%20Trust The Fletcher's Trust Archives]. The students have been busy creating and enriching Auckland local history content, filling knowledge gaps and utilising their institutions research and collections. Some new articles created include: 

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graneledone%20taniwha Graneledone taniwha]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20troopship%20magazines%20from%20World%20War%20I New Zealand troopship magazines from World War I] 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinlan%20Cottage Quinlan Cottage]  

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%20Albert%20Street,%20Auckland 1 Albert Street, Auckland] 

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Neich Rodger Neich] 

Some new Wikimedia Commons uploads include:

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New Zealand Maritime Museum - Breeze Brigantine.jpg
Breeze Moruroa 1985 t-shirt.jpg
University of Otago Marama Hall, Dunedin, NZ.JPG
Quinlan Cottage Move to Motat, 1964.jpg
Cottages built by New Zealand Government for Royal New Zealand Fencibles at Onehunga, Otahuhu, Panmure and Howick (military pensioners' settlements) 1848-1852.jpg
Side of Quinlan Fencible Cottage, MOTAT cropped.jpg
William Winstone with his carriage horse called Tommy(72238).jpg
Ellen Winstone (née Sperrin)(72240).jpg
Te Kiteroa, Killarney Street, Takapuna, circa 1880-1889.jpg
Kākano Gallery 20230712 152801.jpg
NZ AK Studio One (1).jpg
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GLAM project pages have been created and updated:  

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Auckland%20Museum/2025SummerStudents Auckland Museum] 

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/NewZealandMaritimeMuseum NZMM]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/TheFletcherTrustArchives TFTA] 

The Auckland Museum students have started a Wikiquote project with our [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Auckland%20Museum/LibrarianProject librarian] to support the #Shesaid campaign. So far, they have created pages with quotes from important women in Aotearoa:
*[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean%20Batten Jean Batten]
*[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kate_Edger Kate Edger]
*[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mabel_Howard Mabel Howard]
* [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_McCombs Elizabeth McCombs]
*[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Yates Elizabeth Yates]
*[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frances_Hodgkins Frances Hodgkins]
*[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kiri_Te_Kanawa Kiri Te Kanawa]
*[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ettie%20Rout Ettie Rout]
*[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maud_Ruby_Basham Aunt Daisy]
*[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Meri_Te_Tai_Mangakāhia Meri Mangakāhia] 
*[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rita_Angus Rita Angus]
*[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yvette_Williams Yvette Williams]
 

As part of the programme, the students have been joined by a number of guest speaker Wikimedians Wing Chan, Lucy Moore and Alice Woods  where they have gained valuable insight into the variety of work being done across Wikimedia platforms. They have also had tours of Auckland Museums Documentary Heritage and Collection Care departments, a session about Teu Le Va, the Museum's Pacific dimension and a tour of MOTATs offsite storage. 
[[File:StudentsinAucklandMuseumLibrary.jpg|frameless|right]]
The students are in the midst of organising an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/T%C4%81maki_Makaurau_Auckland_43 Edit-a-thon] which will be held at the Auckland Museum Research Library on Saturday 31st of January. The event will focus on working women of New Zealand, supporting the Women in Red Wikiproject. The goal will be to edit stub or start-class articles about New Zealand women who have worked or still work in three key areas- Arts, STEM and Law &amp; Politics. 

For updates about the student's progress, follow the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Auckland%20Museum/2025SummerStudents project page].

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This open document on '''Community and Personal Archiving Resources''' is a compilation of guides, toolkits, existing projects, research, funding campaigns and other resources for people engaged in community archiving work. These resources have been assembled by individuals participating in the monthly social meetup, Community Archiving Happy Hour, which is open to all.

== Guides and Toolkits ==

*[https://preservationweek.org/resources/special-topics/community-archive/ ALA Core’s Preservation Week Resources: Creating a Digital Community Archive]
*[https://archiving.witness.org/archive-guide/ Activists’ Guide to Archiving Video], Witness [2023 pocket version: [https://library.witness.org/product/quick-guide-to-video-archiving/ Quick Guide to Video Archiving]]  
*[https://archivesforblacklives.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ardr_202010.pdf ardr_202010.pdf (wordpress.com) Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia: Anti-Racist Description Resources]
*[https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/1390443624 Building Representative Community Archives: Inclusive Strategies in Practice], edited by Hannah Leah Crummé
*[https://www.communityarchives.org.uk/resources Community Archives and Heritage Group] (UK)
*[https://www.communityarchives.org.uk/resources Community Archiving Workshop resources]
*[https://search.worldcat.org/title/938021416 Community Oral History Toolkit] by Nancy MacKay, Mary Kay Quinlan, Barbara W. Sommer
*[https://dannng.github.io/ Digital Archival traNsfer, iNgest, and packagiNg Group]
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cXOug3qM0pNNeD_wssiVEv9c0W1Y5I1VDTnSPTk7fb4/edit?usp=sharing Digital Asset Management Systems]
*[https://recollectionwisconsin.org/accessing-the-digital-readiness-toolkit Digital Readiness Toolkit - Recollection Wisconsin]
*[https://guidelinesforcollaboration.info/ Guidelines for Collaboration]
*[https://digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/ Library of Congress resources for personal archiving]
*[https://www.personalarchiving.digital/personal-digital-archiving Melody Karle’s Personal Digital Archiving website]
*[https://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/community-archives Norfolk (UK) Community Archives Toolkit]
*[https://oralhistory.org/metadata-assessment-and-planning-tool/ Oral History Association Metadata Toolkit]
*[https://www.nla.gov.au/sites/default/files/starterkitcommunity.pdf Preserving Australia’s Documentary Heritage: A Starter Kit for Community Groups]
*[https://standarchives.com/archiving-student-activism-toolkit-3/ Project STAND Archiving Student Activism Toolkit]
*[https://www2.nau.edu/libnap-p/index.html Protocols for Native American Archival Materials]
*[https://archives2026.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/reconciliationframeworkreport_en.pdf Reconciliation Framework: The Response to the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Taskforce] 
*[https://ropa.umb.edu/roadmap RoPA: The Roadmap for Participatory Archiving]
*[https://scpreservationtoolkit.com/ South Carolina Preservation Toolkit]
*[https://community-archives.gitbook.io/toolkit Tacoma Public Library’s Community Archives Toolkit] 
*[https://endings.uvic.ca/ The Endings Project]
*[https://communityarchiveslab.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/InitialToolkit-compressed.pdf UCLA Community Archives Lab Toolkit]
*[https://www.wils.org/do/digital-projects/imls-mentor/imls-community-memory-tools-and-resources/ WiLS IMLS Community Memory Tools and Resources]

== Projects &amp; Programs ==
*[https://slis.uiowa.edu/news/2022/09/slis-faculty-receives-imls-grant Activating Archives in Remote Communities project lead by University of Iowa] 
*[https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/aliseacp/article/view/1265/1127 Activating Archives in Remote Communities project lead by University of Iowa - Developing Training for Rural Library Workers to Build Inclusive Archives] 
*[https://lib.asu.edu/communityarchives/resources Arizona State University Community-Driven Archives Initiative]
*[https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/billie-holiday/programs/digital-humanities-lab/ Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts’ Digital Humanities Lab/Mobile Digitization Lab], Johns Hopkins University
*[https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/oral-history-backpacks/ Boston Public Library loans oral history kits], Boston Public Library
*[https://californiarevealed.org/memorylabs California Revealed: Memory Lab Support, Training &amp; Preservation]
*[https://communityarchiving.org/ Community Archiving Workshop]
*[https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll-nav/community-archives Community Archives Program at UC Santa Cruz] 

DC Public LIbrary’s Memory Lab

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.dclibrary.org/using-the-library/digital-preservation-memory-lab&lt;/nowiki&gt; 

Home Movie Day

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.centerforhomemovies.org/hmd/&lt;/nowiki&gt;

* Interest form: &lt;nowiki&gt;https://airtable.com/appsCrD27VEQowIvS/shrw2h2bzZZlxzSNu&lt;/nowiki&gt; 
* Documents and resources for HMD hosts: &lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.centerforhomemovies.org/documents/&lt;/nowiki&gt; 	

Invisible Histories

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://invisiblehistory.org/&lt;/nowiki&gt; 

The Listeners Project 

HOME — TLP:Queremos Escucharte (tlpww.org)

Orange County &amp; Southeast Asian Archive Center

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://ocseaa.lib.uci.edu/partnerships#ourhistory&lt;/nowiki&gt; 

In Poland, there’s a national office that supports community archives &lt;nowiki&gt;https://cas.org.pl/centre-of-community-archives/&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Interference Archive Interference Archive – Exploring the relationship between cultural production and social movements.

Manilatown Heritage Foundation

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.manilatown.org/&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Memories without Borders

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://californiarevealed.org/mwb&lt;/nowiki&gt; 

New Haven Community Archives Support - Beinecke Library at Yale University

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs/new-haven-community-archives-support&lt;/nowiki&gt;

People’s Media Record (Philadelphia, PA)

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://peoplesmediarecord.com/&lt;/nowiki&gt; 

Peoples of Utah Revisited 

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://history.utah.gov/peoples-of-utah-revisited/&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Peoples of Utah Revisited digital collection &lt;nowiki&gt;https://collections.lib.utah.edu/search?page=1&amp;facet_setname_s=dha_pour&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Raíces Cultural Center Digital Archive &amp; Community History Program

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://archive.raicesculturalcenter.org/&lt;/nowiki&gt;

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.raciesculturalcenter.org/community-history&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Recollection Wisconsin

Sharing our Stories. Exploring our Past. - Recollection Wisconsin 

The Queens Memory Project 

www.queensmemory.org

Scanners Archive

The mission of SCANNNERS Archive is to actively build a shared history in DIY culture, self-publishing, and artistic collaboration.

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.babandfriends.com/scannners&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Self Evident Oral History Story Archive — Self Evident: Asian America's Stories (selfevidentshow.com)

University of North Carolina’s Community Driven Archives Program &lt;nowiki&gt;https://blogs.lib.unc.edu/community-driven-archives/&lt;/nowiki&gt; 

Your Story, Our Story

The Tenement Museum

The Virtual Footlocker Project &lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.virtualfootlocker.com/about/what-we-do&lt;/nowiki&gt; is led by Edward Benoit from Louisiana State University &lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.lsu.edu/chse/sis/about-us/bios/benoit.php&lt;/nowiki&gt; 

Voice of Witness

Oral History Resources — Voice of Witness 

Warrior Women Project 

www.warriorwomen.org and &lt;nowiki&gt;https://linktr.ee/WarriorWomenOrg&lt;/nowiki&gt; 

XFR Collective XFR (xfrcollective.org)

== Campaigns for Support and Funding Resources ==

=== Tools and Systems ===
&lt;nowiki&gt;https://tainacan.org/en/&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Storytelling platform: &lt;nowiki&gt;https://documental.xyz/&lt;/nowiki&gt; 

=== Reports &amp; Research ===
A Green New Deal for Archives

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/a-green-new-deal-for-archives/&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Decolonial Archival Futures

Decolonial Archival Futures

Held in Trust Report &lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.culturalheritage.org/about-us/foundation/programs/held-in-trust/held-in-trust-report&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Philadelphia Audiovisual Collections Evaluation

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://peoplesmediarecord.com/pace/&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Shift Design has published a number of white papers and reports about community-based archives:

Investing in America’s Diverse Culture &amp; History Collections — Shift Collective

“Nothing About Us Without Us” Report from the Cultural Heritage and Social Change Summit Southern University at New Orleans November 5–6, 2016

Architecting Sustainable Futures: Designing Prosperity for Community-Based Archives. Shift Collective. Retrieved 2023

Check out the whole library from Shift &lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.shiftcollective.us/library&lt;/nowiki&gt;

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== Guides and Toolkits ==

*[https://preservationweek.org/resources/special-topics/community-archive/ ALA Core’s Preservation Week Resources: Creating a Digital Community Archive]
*[https://archiving.witness.org/archive-guide/ Activists’ Guide to Archiving Video], Witness [2023 pocket version: [https://library.witness.org/product/quick-guide-to-video-archiving/ Quick Guide to Video Archiving]]  
*[https://archivesforblacklives.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ardr_202010.pdf ardr_202010.pdf (wordpress.com) Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia: Anti-Racist Description Resources]
*[https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/1390443624 Building Representative Community Archives: Inclusive Strategies in Practice], edited by Hannah Leah Crummé
*[https://www.communityarchives.org.uk/resources Community Archives and Heritage Group] (UK)
*[https://www.communityarchives.org.uk/resources Community Archiving Workshop resources]
*[https://search.worldcat.org/title/938021416 Community Oral History Toolkit] by Nancy MacKay, Mary Kay Quinlan, Barbara W. Sommer
*[https://dannng.github.io/ Digital Archival traNsfer, iNgest, and packagiNg Group]
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cXOug3qM0pNNeD_wssiVEv9c0W1Y5I1VDTnSPTk7fb4/edit?usp=sharing Digital Asset Management Systems]
*[https://recollectionwisconsin.org/accessing-the-digital-readiness-toolkit Digital Readiness Toolkit - Recollection Wisconsin]
*[https://guidelinesforcollaboration.info/ Guidelines for Collaboration]
*[https://digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/ Library of Congress resources for personal archiving]
*[https://www.personalarchiving.digital/personal-digital-archiving Melody Karle’s Personal Digital Archiving website]
*[https://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/community-archives Norfolk (UK) Community Archives Toolkit]
*[https://oralhistory.org/metadata-assessment-and-planning-tool/ Oral History Association Metadata Toolkit]
*[https://www.nla.gov.au/sites/default/files/starterkitcommunity.pdf Preserving Australia’s Documentary Heritage: A Starter Kit for Community Groups]
*[https://standarchives.com/archiving-student-activism-toolkit-3/ Project STAND Archiving Student Activism Toolkit]
*[https://www2.nau.edu/libnap-p/index.html Protocols for Native American Archival Materials]
*[https://archives2026.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/reconciliationframeworkreport_en.pdf Reconciliation Framework: The Response to the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Taskforce] 
*[https://ropa.umb.edu/roadmap RoPA: The Roadmap for Participatory Archiving]
*[https://scpreservationtoolkit.com/ South Carolina Preservation Toolkit]
*[https://community-archives.gitbook.io/toolkit Tacoma Public Library’s Community Archives Toolkit] 
*[https://endings.uvic.ca/ The Endings Project]
*[https://communityarchiveslab.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/InitialToolkit-compressed.pdf UCLA Community Archives Lab Toolkit]
*[https://www.wils.org/do/digital-projects/imls-mentor/imls-community-memory-tools-and-resources/ WiLS IMLS Community Memory Tools and Resources]

== Projects &amp; Programs ==
*[https://slis.uiowa.edu/news/2022/09/slis-faculty-receives-imls-grant Activating Archives in Remote Communities project lead by University of Iowa] 
**[https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/aliseacp/article/view/1265/1127 Activating Archives in Remote Communities project lead by University of Iowa - Developing Training for Rural Library Workers to Build Inclusive Archives] 
*[https://lib.asu.edu/communityarchives/resources Arizona State University Community-Driven Archives Initiative]
*[https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/billie-holiday/programs/digital-humanities-lab/ Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts’ Digital Humanities Lab/Mobile Digitization Lab], Johns Hopkins University
*[https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/oral-history-backpacks/ Boston Public Library loans oral history kits], Boston Public Library
*[https://californiarevealed.org/memorylabs California Revealed: Memory Lab Support, Training &amp; Preservation]
*[https://communityarchiving.org/ Community Archiving Workshop]
*[https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll-nav/community-archives Community Archives Program at UC Santa Cruz] 
*[https://www.dclibrary.org/using-the-library/digital-preservation-memory-lab DC Public Library’s Memory Lab]
*[https://www.centerforhomemovies.org/hmd/ Home Movie Day]
**Interest form: https://airtable.com/appsCrD27VEQowIvS/shrw2h2bzZZlxzSNu 
**Documents and resources for HMD hosts: https://www.centerforhomemovies.org/documents/	
*[https://interferencearchive.org/ Interference Archive]: Exploring the relationship between cultural production and social movements
*[https://invisiblehistory.org/ Invisible Histories]
*[https://www.tlpww.org/ The Listeners Project/Queremos Escucharte] (tlpww.org)
*[https://www.manilatown.org/ Manilatown Heritage Foundation]
*[https://californiarevealed.org/mwb Memories without Borders] (California Revealed)
*[https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs/new-haven-community-archives-support New Haven Community Archives Support], Beinecke Library at Yale University
*[https://ocseaa.lib.uci.edu/partnerships#ourhistory Orange County &amp; Southeast Asian Archive Center], UC Irvine Libraries
*In Poland, there’s a national office that supports community archives: https://cas.org.pl/centre-of-community-archives/
*[https://peoplesmediarecord.com/ People’s Media Record] (Philadelphia, PA)
*[https://history.utah.gov/peoples-of-utah-revisited/ Peoples of Utah Revisited] 
**[https://collections.lib.utah.edu/search?page=1&amp;facet_setname_s=dha_pour Peoples of Utah Revisited digital collection]
*Raíces Cultural Center Digital Archive &amp; Community History Program
**Archive: https://archive.raicesculturalcenter.org/
**Community History: https://www.raciesculturalcenter.org/community-history
*Recollection Wisconsin

Sharing our Stories. Exploring our Past. - Recollection Wisconsin 

The Queens Memory Project 

www.queensmemory.org

Scanners Archive

The mission of SCANNNERS Archive is to actively build a shared history in DIY culture, self-publishing, and artistic collaboration.

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.babandfriends.com/scannners&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Self Evident Oral History Story Archive — Self Evident: Asian America's Stories (selfevidentshow.com)

University of North Carolina’s Community Driven Archives Program &lt;nowiki&gt;https://blogs.lib.unc.edu/community-driven-archives/&lt;/nowiki&gt; 

Your Story, Our Story

The Tenement Museum

The Virtual Footlocker Project &lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.virtualfootlocker.com/about/what-we-do&lt;/nowiki&gt; is led by Edward Benoit from Louisiana State University &lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.lsu.edu/chse/sis/about-us/bios/benoit.php&lt;/nowiki&gt; 

Voice of Witness

Oral History Resources — Voice of Witness 

Warrior Women Project 

www.warriorwomen.org and &lt;nowiki&gt;https://linktr.ee/WarriorWomenOrg&lt;/nowiki&gt; 

XFR Collective XFR (xfrcollective.org)

== Campaigns for Support and Funding Resources ==

=== Tools and Systems ===
&lt;nowiki&gt;https://tainacan.org/en/&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Storytelling platform: &lt;nowiki&gt;https://documental.xyz/&lt;/nowiki&gt; 

=== Reports &amp; Research ===
A Green New Deal for Archives

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/a-green-new-deal-for-archives/&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Decolonial Archival Futures

Decolonial Archival Futures

Held in Trust Report &lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.culturalheritage.org/about-us/foundation/programs/held-in-trust/held-in-trust-report&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Philadelphia Audiovisual Collections Evaluation

&lt;nowiki&gt;https://peoplesmediarecord.com/pace/&lt;/nowiki&gt;

Shift Design has published a number of white papers and reports about community-based archives:

Investing in America’s Diverse Culture &amp; History Collections — Shift Collective

“Nothing About Us Without Us” Report from the Cultural Heritage and Social Change Summit Southern University at New Orleans November 5–6, 2016

Architecting Sustainable Futures: Designing Prosperity for Community-Based Archives. Shift Collective. Retrieved 2023

Check out the whole library from Shift &lt;nowiki&gt;https://www.shiftcollective.us/library&lt;/nowiki&gt;

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=== CommonsDB progress and hackathon contributions ===
[[File:CommonsDB Wikimedia Nortwestern Europe hackathon - showcase video.webm|thumb|Demo from the hackathon.]]
Wikimedia Sverige is participating as a content partner (along with Europeana) in the EU funded [[m:CommonsDB|CommonsDB]] project. It aims to become a registry of public domain and openly licenses, making it easier for anyone to verify the copyright status of an image. It builds on the International Standard Content Code (ISCC), a perceptual hash of a media file, making it possible to detect similar images even if they are slightly distorted. An [[diffblog:2025/07/31/introducing-commonsdb/|introductory blog post]] has been published on Diff earlier giving a deeper introduction.

In March, Wikimedia Sverige joined the Wikimedia Northwestern hackathon in Arnhem. A prototype that shows how an uploader can get help during the upload was improved (see the video). A [[diffblog:2026/03/28/commonsdb-making-progress-at-the-wikimedia-hackathon-northwestern-europe/|longer hackathon blog post]] was also published on Diff.

Also in March, the milestone of one million declared images in the registry was passed. For declared images, we have now started to add the ISCC code as structured data on Commons. While there is plenty more to do to have all media from Wikimedia Commons in the registry, it can already show the potential both for Wikimedia and external reusers.

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=== A little background on the KuWiki Working Group ===
[[File:Kuwiki-Logo.png|thumb]]
The full name is '''kuwiki.AG Kunstwissenschaften + Wikipedia.''' There is an English Language page that will give you some background: [[w:de:Wikipedia:Working Group Arthistory + Wikipedia|kuwiki.Working Group Art History + Wikipedia]]. 
[[File:03032022 KUWIKI AG 02.jpg|thumb|Some members of the group at a bi-monthly video-exchange]]
For me as an art loving Wikipedian, without an academic background in Art History the unique feature of our group is the eye-level exchange between experts and volunteers. The initial members were students and PhD students who wanted to introduce the tools of our Wikiverse into academia, but also improve the quality of the depiction of art and art-history in Wikipedia with the fruits of their studies. In these last five years kuwiki.AG has brought Wikipedia and its sister Projects behind the ivy covered walls. In addition to the chapter coordinated [[w:de:Wikipedia:GLAM|GLAM-activities]] where we largly approach GLAM-institutions from our side (outreach), the members of the kuwiki.AG are working from within their various institutions, whether as students, staff, emeriti, to amateur/dilettants, like I, but always in the role of a volunteer Wikipedian. Not embedded like a Wikipedian in Residence, nor in the role as a payed editor. 

The working group gets together in bi-monthly online-meetings to coordinate their activities.

=== kuwiki's activities ===
[[File:Poster Wikimania 2023 kuwiki Art History and Wikipedia.pdf|thumb|Poster Session at Wikimania]]
The initial and still defining project was the [[w:de:Wikipedia:Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kunstwissenschaften + Wikipedia/Living handbook|Living handbook]] a [[w:Vademecum|Vademecum]] to familiarize Wikimedians with the concepts of Art History and Art Historians with the concepts of Wikipedia when writing articles about art-related topics.

Various topics are picked up, presented, discussed, explained in an open to all interested parties on-line forum called [[w:de:Wikipedia:Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kunstwissenschaften + Wikipedia/tips &amp; tools|tips &amp; tools]] on an irregular, but frequent basis on Thursday nights.

kuwiki presents their work at various congresses hosted by arthistorical societies like the &quot;[https://kunstgeschichte.org/verband/3-netzwerktreffen-situation-der-universitaeren-kunstgeschichtslehre/?st deutscher verband für Kunstgeschichte]&quot;, at the &quot;Tag der Provenienzforschung&quot;, or &quot;Kongress für Kunstgeschichte&quot;. But also at WikiCons and Wikimanias.

But it also organizes own congresses, like [[w:de:Wikipedia:Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kunstwissenschaften + Wikipedia/Provenance loves Wiki|Provenance loves Wiki]] in 2024, where the focus was on [[w:Provenance|Provenance]] Research and if Wikidata is a suitable and persistent tool for mapping ownership of artwork. [[w:de:Wikipedia:Art History Loves Wiki 2025|Collections, Archives &amp; Research Data]] in 2025 focused on how Wikidata and research data from various institutions could be reconciled. This year's [[w:de:Wikipedia:Art History Loves Wiki|Art History Loves Wiki 2026 – digital/local. collection loves wiki]] put into focus how especially museums could utilize the potentials of the different Wikimedia projects.

=== Art History Loves Wiki 2026 – digital/local. collection loves wiki - Cologne, March 27-29 2026 ===
[[File:Museum Schnütgen - St. Cäcilien - innenaufnahme-4459.jpg|thumb|Interior of the Schnütgen Museum]]
[[File:Art History Loves Wiki 2026-0376.jpg|thumb|A presentation at the conference]]
The meeting at [[w:Schnütgen Museum|Museum Schnütgen]] was organized by kuwiki in collaboration with the museum and with financial and logistical support by Wikimedia Germany (WMDE).

On Friday afternoon we started with an introduction to the [https://schnuetgen-digital.de/rundgang/start.aspx 360° Tour of the Museum Schnütgen]. And how the museum is planning to further enhance this with explanatory links to the exhibitions.

Next a project was introduced that is trying to map ''[https://archiater.hypotheses.org/ Early Modern Hospitals in European Cities]''.

An example of the organization of [https://zenodo.org/records/19349396 a local edit-a-thon] at a local museum with a local community to enhance the visibility of women artists in this institution was presented, as well. Whereas this might not be new to our community of Wikimedians, the audience of this conference reaches beyond our community.

[https://echolot-eccch.eu/ ECHOLOT] was introduced next. A project that aims to reconcile various cultural databases with the Wikimedia Ecosystem.
[[File:Art History Loves Wiki 2026 - Führung in der Kirche und zur Tür in St. Maria im Kapitol-094346220.jpg|thumb|11th century door of [[w:St. Maria im Kapitol|St. Maria im Kapitol]]]]
A choice of various guided tours through the museum and an adjacent church on Saturday morning helped to get the participants get into conference-mode again.

The Museum Schnütgen presented [https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/hai/sammlungen/koeln/ms.html their digitized inventory books], which are archived in the [https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/hai/index.html Heidelberg Accssion Index (HAI)].

The [https://prometheus-bildarchiv.de/de/index Prometheus-Bildarchiv] is just as old as Wikipedia. It has 4.150.000 images of art, culture and history from 136 databases. 

[[W:de:Wikipedia:Museen BW|Wikipedia:Museen BW]] was an initiative of the Baden-Württemberg official coordinating organization for museums and the Wikipedia Community to built 1:1 partnerships between Wikipedians and local museums to bring their content into the Wikipedia projects.

The [[w:LVR Industrial Museum|LVR Industrial Museum]] which unites the industrial museums in the Rhineland reported on their outlooks and referred to [[:c:Category:GLAM_on_Tour_-_Ratingen_-_Macht_der_Mode|best practice experiences with Wikipedians]] in the past.

A Wikipedian's rabbit hole project about how a side-remark in a book by a local historian inspired a Wikipedian to follow through. He had written about a tempory art-depot on the [[w:Hohenzollern Castle|Hohenzollern Castle]] during WW II to safeguard artworks from Cologne museums, among them the Schnütgen Museum. The remark was, if it wouldn't be possible to recreate this collection, if only just virtually, and the Wikipedian said, &quot;[[w:de:Kunstdepot Hohenzollern|can try]]“.

A follow up on last years [https://zenodo.org/records/14685748 Bringing together Collection Data and Wikidata via AI] followed.

The following presentation focused on the intercultural interpretation of descriptions on Wikidata. Are we really talking about the same thing (item) when we see it translated in other languages? But this takes on an even graver dimension if we uncritically adopt phrases and terms from historical data that was put down reflecting the biases of the creators. A &quot;transfer&quot; of an object could be a voluntary, gift, a sale, but also been part of an extortion process, robbery, or loot. The latter of course almost always put down in the more euphemistic terms. One of the projects tackeling this problem is [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject TheRoK|Wikidata:WikiProject TheRoK]].

The project [https://www.friedensteine.de/gotha-transdigital Gotha transdigital] couldn't be presented in person. Since the end of 2024 there are growing efforts to bring the results of these digitization efforts [[w:de:Wikipedia:GLAM/Gotha goes Wiki|into the Wikipedia projects]] to enhance their visibility and reuse.

[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/ALW2026-usefulQueries.pdf Useful queries] was introduced as a new tool.

Saturday ended with traditional local Kölsch food and nice talks, sponsored by WMDE, but because of their sponsoring restrictions the [[w:Kölsch (beer)|Kölsch]] tap had to be taken individually.
[[File:Art History Loves Wiki 2026-0503.jpg|thumb|Sorting the bar-camp sessions]]
Sunday morning was taken up with two 60-minutes bar-camp sessions where the lessons learned in the last two days were taken to the practical tests and potential applications by the participants.

Follow the [[w:de:Wikipedia:Art History Loves Wiki/Documentation|Documentation Page of the Conference]] as more and more of the presentations and results will appear.

===Just around the corner ===

[[w:de:Wikipedia:Le donne di Villa Massimo/Konferenz|Le donne di Villa Massimo]] (April 10 - 12, 2026) at the [[w:de:Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo|Villa Massimo]] in Rome and hybrid.


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=== A little background on the KuWiki Working Group ===
[[File:Kuwiki-Logo.png|thumb]]
The full name is '''kuwiki.AG Kunstwissenschaften + Wikipedia.''' There is an English Language page that will give you some background: [[w:de:Wikipedia:Working Group Arthistory + Wikipedia|kuwiki.Working Group Art History + Wikipedia]]. 
[[File:03032022 KUWIKI AG 02.jpg|thumb|Some members of the group at a bi-monthly video-exchange]]
For me as an art loving Wikipedian, without an academic background in Art History the unique feature of our group is the eye-level exchange between experts and volunteers. The initial members were students and PhD students who wanted to introduce the tools of our Wikiverse into academia, but also improve the quality of the depiction of art and art-history in Wikipedia with the fruits of their studies. In these last five years kuwiki.AG has brought Wikipedia and its sister Projects behind the ivy covered walls. In addition to the chapter coordinated [[w:de:Wikipedia:GLAM|GLAM-activities]] where we largly approach GLAM-institutions from our side (outreach), the members of the kuwiki.AG are working from within their various institutions, whether as students, staff, emeriti, to amateur/dilettants, like I, but always in the role of a volunteer Wikipedian. Not embedded like a Wikipedian in Residence, nor in the role as a payed editor. 

The working group gets together in bi-monthly online-meetings to coordinate their activities.

=== kuwiki's activities ===
[[File:Poster Wikimania 2023 kuwiki Art History and Wikipedia.pdf|thumb|Poster Session at Wikimania]]
The initial and still defining project was the [[w:de:Wikipedia:Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kunstwissenschaften + Wikipedia/Living handbook|Living handbook]] a [[w:Vademecum|Vademecum]] to familiarize Wikimedians with the concepts of Art History and Art Historians with the concepts of Wikipedia when writing articles about art-related topics.

Various topics are picked up, presented, discussed, explained in an open to all interested parties on-line forum called [[w:de:Wikipedia:Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kunstwissenschaften + Wikipedia/tips &amp; tools|tips &amp; tools]] on an irregular, but frequent basis on Thursday nights.

kuwiki presents their work at various congresses hosted by arthistorical societies like the &quot;[https://kunstgeschichte.org/verband/3-netzwerktreffen-situation-der-universitaeren-kunstgeschichtslehre/?st deutscher verband für Kunstgeschichte]&quot;, at the &quot;Tag der Provenienzforschung&quot;, or &quot;Kongress für Kunstgeschichte&quot;. But also at WikiCons and Wikimanias.

But it also organizes own congresses, like [[w:de:Wikipedia:Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kunstwissenschaften + Wikipedia/Provenance loves Wiki|Provenance loves Wiki]] in 2024, where the focus was on [[w:Provenance|Provenance]] Research and if Wikidata is a suitable and persistent tool for mapping ownership of artwork. [[w:de:Wikipedia:Art History Loves Wiki 2025|Collections, Archives &amp; Research Data]] in 2025 focused on how Wikidata and research data from various institutions could be reconciled. This year's [[w:de:Wikipedia:Art History Loves Wiki|Art History Loves Wiki 2026 – digital/local. collection loves wiki]] put into focus how especially museums could utilize the potentials of the different Wikimedia projects.

=== Art History Loves Wiki 2026 – digital/local. collection loves wiki - Cologne, March 27-29 2026 ===
[[File:Museum Schnütgen - St. Cäcilien - innenaufnahme-4459.jpg|thumb|Interior of the Schnütgen Museum]]
[[File:Art History Loves Wiki 2026-0376.jpg|thumb|A presentation at the conference]]
The meeting at [[w:Schnütgen Museum|Museum Schnütgen]] was organized by kuwiki in collaboration with the museum and with financial and logistical support by Wikimedia Germany (WMDE).

On Friday afternoon we started with an introduction to the [https://schnuetgen-digital.de/rundgang/start.aspx 360° Tour of the Museum Schnütgen]. And how the museum is planning to further enhance this with explanatory links to the exhibitions.

Next a project was introduced that is trying to map ''[https://archiater.hypotheses.org/ Early Modern Hospitals in European Cities]''.

An example of the organization of [https://zenodo.org/records/19349396 a local edit-a-thon] at a local museum with a local community to enhance the visibility of women artists in this institution was presented, as well. Whereas this might not be new to our community of Wikimedians, the audience of this conference reaches beyond our community.

[https://echolot-eccch.eu/ ECHOLOT] was introduced next. A project that aims to reconcile various cultural databases with the Wikimedia Ecosystem.
[[File:Art History Loves Wiki 2026 - Führung in der Kirche und zur Tür in St. Maria im Kapitol-094346220.jpg|thumb|11th century door of [[w:St. Maria im Kapitol|St. Maria im Kapitol]]]]
A choice of various guided tours through the museum and an adjacent church on Saturday morning helped to get the participants get into conference-mode again.

The Museum Schnütgen presented [https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/hai/sammlungen/koeln/ms.html their digitized inventory books], which are archived in the [https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/hai/index.html Heidelberg Accssion Index (HAI)].

The [https://prometheus-bildarchiv.de/de/index Prometheus-Bildarchiv] is just as old as Wikipedia. It has 4.150.000 images of art, culture and history from 136 databases. 

[[W:de:Wikipedia:Museen BW|Wikipedia:Museen BW]] was an initiative of the Baden-Württemberg official coordinating organization for museums and the Wikipedia Community to built 1:1 partnerships between Wikipedians and local museums to bring their content into the Wikipedia projects.

The [[w:LVR Industrial Museum|LVR Industrial Museum]] which unites the industrial museums in the Rhineland reported on their outlooks and referred to [[:c:Category:GLAM_on_Tour_-_Ratingen_-_Macht_der_Mode|best practice experiences with Wikipedians]] in the past.

A Wikipedian's rabbit hole project about how a side-remark in a book by a local historian inspired a Wikipedian to follow through. He had written about a temporary art-depot on the [[w:Hohenzollern Castle|Hohenzollern Castle]] during WW II to safeguard artworks from Cologne museums, among them the Schnütgen Museum. The remark was, if it wouldn't be possible to recreate this collection, if only just virtually, and the Wikipedian said, &quot;[[w:de:Kunstdepot Hohenzollern|can try]]“.

A follow up on last years [https://zenodo.org/records/14685748 Bringing together Collection Data and Wikidata via AI] followed.

The following presentation focused on the intercultural interpretation of descriptions on Wikidata. Are we really talking about the same thing (item) when we see it translated in other languages? But this takes on an even graver dimension if we uncritically adopt phrases and terms from historical data that was put down reflecting the biases of the creators. A &quot;transfer&quot; of an object could be a voluntary, gift, a sale, but also been part of an extortion process, robbery, or loot. The latter of course almost always put down in the more euphemistic terms. One of the projects tackeling this problem is [[d:Wikidata:WikiProject TheRoK|Wikidata:WikiProject TheRoK]].

The project [https://www.friedensteine.de/gotha-transdigital Gotha transdigital] couldn't be presented in person. Since the end of 2024 there are growing efforts to bring the results of these digitization efforts [[w:de:Wikipedia:GLAM/Gotha goes Wiki|into the Wikipedia projects]] to enhance their visibility and reuse.

[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/ALW2026-usefulQueries.pdf Useful queries] was introduced as a new tool.

Saturday ended with traditional local Kölsch food and nice talks, sponsored by WMDE, but because of their sponsoring restrictions the [[w:Kölsch (beer)|Kölsch]] tap had to be taken individually.
[[File:Art History Loves Wiki 2026-0503.jpg|thumb|Sorting the bar-camp sessions]]
Sunday morning was taken up with two 60-minutes bar-camp sessions where the lessons learned in the last two days were taken to the practical tests and potential applications by the participants.

Follow the [[w:de:Wikipedia:Art History Loves Wiki/Documentation|Documentation Page of the Conference]] as more and more of the presentations and results will appear.

===Just around the corner ===

[[w:de:Wikipedia:Le donne di Villa Massimo/Konferenz|Le donne di Villa Massimo]] (April 10 - 12, 2026) at the [[w:de:Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo|Villa Massimo]] in Rome and hybrid.


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=== Fostering new partnerships: Wikimedia and Ciência Viva ===
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Wikimedia Portugal has recently started a partnership with Ciência Viva, the national agency for scientific and technological culture in Portugal. This collaboration aims to strengthen ties between Wikimedia and one of the mosr important Portuguese science communication institution, promoting open knowledge and the sharing of scientific resources with the public.

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The partner[[File:Editatona Mulheres na Ciência – Pavilhão do Conhecimento 2026 - Wikimédia Portugal e Ciência Viva - 39.jpg|thumb|Participants during the “Women in Science Editathon,” organized by Wikimedia Portugal and Ciência Viva dedicated to creating and improving articles about women scientists.]]ship’s [[wmpt:Editatona Mulheres na Ciência|first event]] took place in March 2026, celebrating International Women’s Day. Organized together with Ciência Viva, the event focused on enhancing the representation of women in science and technology across Wikimedia projects. Prior to the event, more than 550 images of Portuguese women in science and technology were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

During the event, more than 80 participants integrated these images into Wikidata items and Wikipedia biographies, improving and creating articles about notable Portuguese women scientists. This collaborative effort fostered both gender equity and access to verified, openly available information.

The initiative marks the beginning of a series of activities that will continue throughout the year, encouraging collaboration between Wikimedia communities and the broader scientific and cultural networks in Portugal, with Ciência Viva as a key partner on this strategy.

=== Women in Academia in Portugal Editathon ===
On the following day, 9 March, and still within the framework of Women’s Month celebrations, the “Women in Academia in Portugal” editathon took place at ISEG, in partnership with the European project Horizon Europe GEPINC: Gender Equality Plans for INclusivity, led by Professor Elsa Fontainhas.

During the session, participants worked on creating and improving content about Portuguese women academics on Wikimedia projects, contributing to enhance their visibility on Wikipedia.

One of the most memorable moments was the presentation by ISEG librarian Lurdes Tavares, who shared her experience of writing her first Wikipedia article, dedicated to the Portuguese economist Manuela Silva.

More informations: [[wmpt:Editatona no ISEG: Mulheres na Academia em Portugal|Editatona no ISEG: Mulheres na Academia em Portugal]].

=== Retreat: File Not Found ===
Wikimedia Portugal took part in the [https://www.goethe.de/prj/fnf/en/prj.html FILE NOT FOUND retreat] in Lisbon, an initiative promoted by the Goethe-Institut and GERADOR, that brings together cultural practitioners, artists, and archival experts to reflect on the role of archives in contemporary society. The retreat provided a valuable space for dialogue, exchange, and critical reflection on archival practices, cultural memory, and the challenges facing heritage institutions today.

Wikimedia Portugal’s participation in the retreat was an important opportunity to engage with international perspectives and contribute to a collective discussion on the relationship between archives, access, and cultural preservation. The experience reinforced the value of collaborative work across disciplines and countries, as well as the importance of creating spaces for exchange within the cultural sector.

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=== Wikimedia Serbia and the Content Partnerships Hub ===
Wikimedia Serbia has been actively engaged in the global Content Partnerships Hub initiative, an important program that brings together Wikimedia chapters and volunteers from around the world interested in collaborating with various partners to promote the free sharing of knowledge. The Hub aims to enhance cooperation with institutions such as museums, libraries, archives, research institutions, and international organizations, in order to make their content accessible on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

=== Cooperation with the Nikola Tesla Museum ===
A memorandum of understanding has been signed with the Nikola Tesla Museum. As part of this cooperation, the first internship program will be organized in 2026, lasting one month.

=== Edit-a-thon on the Independent Cultural Scene ===
The writing campaign focused on the independent cultural scene on Serbian Wikipedia has been successfully completed. A total of 7 Wikipedia editors participated in the campaign, resulting in 29 newly created articles and 6 improved articles.

=== Kick-off Event and Workshops ===
As part of the independent cultural scene writing campaign, a kick-off event and a series of Wikipedia editing workshops were organized in collaboration with the Faculty of Contemporary Arts, the Secondary School for Information Technology, and the College of Information Technology. These events gathered more than 200 young participants interested in the topic of the independent cultural scene and Wikipedia editing.

=== New Opportunities for Wikipedian in Residence in Serbia ===
Representatives of Wikimedia Serbia held discussions with several cultural institutions with the aim of establishing new collaborations within the Wikipedian in Residence Program. During the meetings, potential opportunities were explored for individuals to contribute to the digitization, processing, and opening of cultural heritage content through Wikimedia projects. These initial discussions represent an important step toward further developing partnerships and strengthening the presence of open knowledge within cultural institutions.

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