Grants:IdeaLab/Grand Canyon Museum Collection
statusdraft
Grand Canyon Museum Collection
field trip to Grand Canyon Museum Collection to build
targetCommons
budget (local currency)2000
budget (USD)2000
grant typeindividual
grantee• Slowking4
contact(s)• slowking4
gmail.com
gmail.com
Project idea edit
What is the problem you're trying to solve? edit
Grand Canyon Museum Collection has an archive with 900,000 objects; 22,000 black and white photographs; 14,000 herbarium specimens
What is your solution? edit
stipends for wikimedians to travel to the Grand Canyon, stay in student housing, and digitize.
https://www.nps.gov/training/hoal/lodging.htm
such a road trip work for Wikimedia DC summer of monuments. http://blog.wikimediadc.org/2014/06/introducing-wikipedia-summer-of-monuments/
Project goals edit
- increase photos of historic photos in collection
- increase coverage of items in special collection
- demonstrate digitization methods
- build rapport with institution
Who will you be doing outreach with? edit
Get Involved edit
About the idea creator edit
Participants edit
- Advisor
Endorsements edit
Expand your idea edit
No funding needed? edit
efficiency rooms are $60 per night
https://www.nps.gov/training/hoal/Docs/Albright%20Facility%20Information%20Handout.pdf
Project plan edit
Activities edit
contact Grand Canyon Museum Collection
schedule time
travel to Grand Canyon Museum Collection
upload scans, edit transcribed documents
Impact edit
Resources edit
Slowking4 will manage the project.
stipends: