WikiJournal User Group June Newsletter

[Kelee L. Pacion]

 

Hello,

 

The full newsletter containing details from the May meeting and other action items is below.  To visit the original and make comments or changes click here

 

 

WikiJournal User Group

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group

June Newsletter

Welcome!

June 2019

                

By © Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3153928 and By Mikael Häggström. Also updated by Brian Groen. Esperanto version included in separate layer by Piet-c. - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35199728

 

ACTION ITEMS

Articles up for decision/board member applications/required discussions

·        Most recent editorial boards meeting notes:

·        Vote on the proposal for WikiJournals to become a full WMF ‘Sister project’

·        The WikiJournals currently have 10 open applications for editorial board members and associate editors requiring comment.

·        Code of Conduct draft open for comment and feedback

·        Vote on proposed Bylaws updates to be eligible as thematic organisation

o   here and here

·        Wikipedia Signpost article - review and make changes to the draft

 

Overview from May 2019 Meeting

·        Draft of proposed bylaws- details below under ACTION ITEMS

·        Four modest proposals- an essay on WikiJournals and how to evolve

·        Dyslexia as a case study to create policy on article processing and editor input (refer to meeting notes for a bit more detail)

NEW PUBLICATIONS

·        Themes in Maya Angelou’s autobiographies

UPDATES

·        Social media team- planning doc

o   Tweets- still organizing how often tweets are going out

o   FB posting

·        Strategic liaison

o   Part of Working Group

·        Indexing

o   Scopus (in prep WikiJMed and WikiJSci)

o   PubMed Central (in prep)

o   ReimagineReview (accepted)

o   DOAJ (WikiJSci in processing)

LINKS TO KEY DISCUSSIONS

·        Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group/Editors (10 open applications)

·        Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group#Board_of_trustees_nominees_questions_page

NEXT MEETING

·        Kelee will facilitate the set up for the June/July meeting

·        Doodle poll of potential meeting dates/times will be sent on June 13

·        Need volunteers to set up the July/August meeting

Newsletter Team Kelee Pacion, Gwinyai Masukume, and Sarah Vital

If there is anything you would like to add please reach out to Kelee Pacion (kpa...@princeton.edu).  

 

 

 

Kelee Pacion, M. ED, MLS, MPA

Biology Librarian

Lewis Science Library

(609) 258-8601