Wikipedian in residence

A Wikipedian in residence or Wikimedian in residence (WiR) is a Wikipedia editor, a Wikipedian (or Wikimedian), who accepts a placement with an institution, typically an art gallery, library, archive, museum, cultural institution, learned society, or institute of higher education (such as a university) to facilitate Wikipedia entries related to that institution's mission, encourage and assist it to release material under open licenses, and to develop the relationship between the host institution and the Wikimedia community. A Wikipedian in residence generally helps to coordinate Wikipedia-related outreach events between the GLAM ("galleries, libraries, archives, and museums") and the general public such as editathons. Institutions that have hosted a Wikipedian in residence include large institutions like the National Library of Wales, the British Museum, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the British Library, the Smithsonian Institution, the Royal Society of Chemistry, UC Berkeley, Columbia University, the University of Toronto, the National Library of Norway, and the Federal Archives of Switzerland and smaller venues like the Derby Museum and Art Gallery and The New Art Gallery Walsall in the UK; the Palace of Versailles in France; the Museu Picasso and the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Catalonia; and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Consumer Reports, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, and the National Archives and Records Administration in the United States. File:UNESCO Wikipedian in Residence Zeeuws Archief 23.jpeg|UNESCO [[Memory of the World]] WiR talking at the [[Zeeuws Archief]] File:Bibliotekspersonal på Stockholms stadsbiblioteket.jpg|WiR running a training course for librarians in [[Stockholm]] File:WikiArabiaConf day01 egypt 2017 metwally (102).jpg|WiRs who are librarians in [[Tunis]] File:Proyecto de digitalización de Wikimedia Argentina VII.jpg|WiR teaching digitization skills at the [[Archivo Histórico de la Provincia de Buenos Aires]] File:Jagseer S Sidhu teaching school students about Wikipedia.