User:Dominic

Dominic Byrd-McDevitt

Director of Community Engagement, Digital Public Library of America

About me

I am a long-time Wikimedian and have been editing since 2004. I am an open knowledge advocate who specializes in building partnerships and capacity in cultural heritage, with expertise in libraries and archives, metadata, and copyright.

I currently live in downtown Indianapolis, and have previously lived in Washington, D.C.; Boston; Portland, Oregon; Phoenix; and Oakland.

I have been involved in several major community efforts, including:

• I originated and co-organized the first GLAM Boot Camps.
• I was a main organizer of WikiConference USA 2015.
• I was project manager for the WMF-funded View it! tool for image discovery.
• I am one of the co-organizers of Wikimedians of Indiana User Group.

My work

I have been involved in professional GLAM-Wiki and outreach work for over a decade.

I currently serve as the Director of Community Engagement for the Digital Public Library of America, since October 2023, where I manage the DPLA network of over 5,000 U.S. institutions as well as DPLA's Wikimedia program. I started work at DPLA as a Data Fellow in 2019, where I built the digital asset pipeline to Wikimedia Commons that powers DPLA bot, which has uploaded almost 4 million images from hundreds of institutions. I also currently consult for Indiana University Indianapolis on the Central Indiana Wikipedia Partnership project.

I was previously a Wikipedian in Residence/Digital Content Specialist at the US National Archives and Records Administration from 2011–2019, and also served for a short time as a Wikipedian in Residence at the Smithsonian Institution.

Contact

dominic@byrd-mcdevitt.com