Offre d’emploi: Wikipedian in Residence

The Swiss Federal Archives (SFA) are the Confederation’s service and competence centre for lasting information management. They appraise, secure, describe and provide access to archive-worthly records of the Swiss Confederation. The Resource Discovery Services (RDS) supports and advises customers in their search activities, processes requests for consultation and commercial use, develops and manages the information services and the digital access to SFA’s archive records. As a

Wikipedian in Residence

you will examine and execute ways that the SFA can broaden content on Wikimedia in relation to their collections in order to promote a mutually beneficial cooperation. You will work as a community coordinator and strengthen the relationship between the SFA and the Wikipedian community through a range of activities. These may include:

 –  Promoting participation in Wikimedia initiatives related to the holdings of the SFA

– adding content to the Wikimedia Commons and Wikisource sites from digital copies of the holdings of the SFA (pilot with photo series on Wolrd War I)

– assisting with the online posting of archival materials

–  raising awareness in-house for Wikipedia, Wikimedia, Creation Commons, crowdsourcing and collaborative indexing

–  organizing special events for the Wikipedian community and sharing the experience with the Wikipedian community and the public via videos, newsletter articles or blog posts.

 We are looking for an experienced and well-connected Wikipedian with an excellent knowledge of Wikimedia and a track record of edited and authored articles in Wikipedia. You are a reliable selfstarter and strong team player, and you enjoy sharing your knowledge. Your IT skills are very good (especially in editing text and image). Excellent written and spoken English, German or French is esential. You have an interest for the humanities, history and archives.

Time allocation: Full or part

Application deadline: May 4th 2013

Further information: Marco Majoleth, +41 31 322 89 98, marco.majoleth@bar.admin.ch

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