Publications, presentations and press

Articles and essays

• We should all pay attention to what is happening at the National Archives LinkedIn, February 9, 2025. Republished by EveryLibrary Action and quoted in Information Today.
• Using DPLA and the Wikimedia Foundation to Increase Usage of Digitized Resources Information Technology and Libraries 41, no. 1, March 2022. With John Dewees.
• Why #CongressEdits Matters for Your Agency DigitalGov, U.S. General Services Administration, July 30, 2014. Archived copy.
• Historians in Wikipedia: Building an Open, Collaborative History Perspectives on History, American Historical Association, December 2012. With Lori Byrd Phillips.

Blog posts

Digital Public Library of America

• Site Performance Updates and Adapting to New Web Threats June 10, 2026.
• The Digital Asset Management Systems Survey Report April 29, 2026.
• Rebuilding the DPLA Analytics Dashboard April 1, 2026.
• Expanding Access at Scale Through DPLA's Wikimedia Partnership December 16, 2025.
• Safeguarding Collections Using the Decentralized Web August 27, 2025.
• Learn how to work with Wikipedia in a new workshop series from DPLA July 29, 2025.
• Open Call to Host DPLAfest 2025 February 4, 2025.
• An Update on the Future of Our Cultural Heritage Work October 31, 2024.
• DPLA Outreach & Assessment Working Group launches assessment workshop series this summer May 21, 2024.
• Practical Approaches to Reparative Description: A Workshop Series with Wide Appeal May 20, 2024.
• One Step Closer to a New Home for America's Digital Heritage May 2, 2024.
• Recent board meeting and new Network office hours April 19, 2024.
• Applications open to find a new home for America's digital heritage April 3, 2024.
• My first eight weeks: A warm welcome and lots of events December 7, 2023.
• Service update on the Analytics Dashboard December 5, 2023.
• Culture Heritage and Structured Data: How DPLA became the biggest institution to contribute to Structured Data on Commons September 12, 2023. Also published on the Wikimedia Foundation’s Diff blog, with Giovanna Fontenelle.
• DPLA expands Wikimedia work September 28, 2022.
• Wikimedia Project update May 19, 2022.
• DPLA presents "Rights Statements 101" webinar Open GLAM on Medium, September 14, 2020.

Wikimedia Foundation blog (now Diff)

• US National Archives turns to Wikimedia to help release new JFK assassination discovery January 30, 2012.
• Bringing Ansel Adams to Wikimedia Commons June 28, 2011.
• Christina Aguilera Did Not Get the Lyrics for the National Anthem from Wikipedia; or, a Guide to Wikipedia's Page Histories April 5, 2011. With PJ Tabit.

National Archives

• A Call to Action for Scholars of American History: Contribute to Wikipedia AOTUS, the blog of the Archivist of the United States, August 21, 2018. Guest post.
• National Archives program trains Wikipedians in cultural heritage outreach NARAtions, July 18, 2016.
• The new read–write API for our catalog NARAtions, April 25, 2016.
• Special Report from WikiConference USA at NARA NARAtions, October 15, 2015.
• Wikimedia Deutschland visits Washington: Our role in the Wikimedia community Inside Innovation, January 13, 2014. Archived copy.
• Innovation Hub launches with Wikimedia D.C. Annual Meeting Inside Innovation, January 2, 2014. No longer online.
• How does NARA avoid conflicts of interest on Wikipedia? NARAtions, September 27, 2012.
• The National Archives is an official Wikimaniac NARAtions, July 10, 2012.
• National Archives at Kansas City hosts Wikipedians NARAtions, June 25, 2012.
• NARA plays host for Wikipedians at GLAMcamp DC NARAtions, February 27, 2012.
• Yes, Wikipedians Scan NARAtions, February 1, 2012.
• Online catalog now links to Wikimedia resources NARAtions, August 31, 2011.
• Wikipedia Backstage Pass Tour and Scanathon NARAtions, August 24, 2011.
• Wikimedia and the new collaborative digital archives The Text Message, July 25, 2011.

Presentations and workshops

Conference presentations

• Uncertain Futures, Shared Challenges: Protecting and Safeguarding Open Knowledge GLAM Wiki 2025, Lisbon, October 30, 2025. Panel; presented "The State of the GLAMs (in the U.S.)" with Jamie Flood and JJ Dearborn.
• Keynote panel WikiConference North America 2025, New York, October 19, 2025. Moderator, with Oscar Costero, Jamie Flood and Lane Rasberry.
• State of the Stats: New Strategies for Metrics on Wikimedia Commons WikiConference North America 2025, New York, October 18, 2025.
• Opening remarks WikiConference North America 2024, Indianapolis, October 4, 2024. Lead local organizer.
• Image credits on Wikipedia WikiConference North America 2023, Toronto, November 11, 2023.
• How the Digital Public Library of America is putting American history at Wikipedians' fingertips WikiConference North America 2023, Toronto, November 10, 2023. With Joe Mabel.
• View it! Tool: Utilizing Structured Data on Commons for Image Discovery WikiConference North America 2023, Toronto, November 10, 2023. With Kevin Payravi and Jamie Flood.
• One Year In: Growing Capacity to Support GLAM Wiki in Indiana WikiConference North America 2023, Toronto, November 10, 2023. With Olivia MacIsaac, Jamie Flood and Jere Odell. Slides in IU Indianapolis ScholarWorks.
• DPLA's Digital Asset Pipeline: How we uploaded 4 million images of cultural heritage to Commons (so far) GLAM Wiki 2023, Montevideo, November 2023.
• Wikimedia Indiana: A New User Group Rooted in Cultural Heritage WikiConference North America 2022 (online), November 12, 2022. With Jere Odell and Jamie Flood.
• View it! tool: utilizing Structured Data on Commons for image discovery WikiConference North America 2022 (online), November 12, 2022. With Kevin Payravi and Jamie Flood.
• A National, Consortial Approach to Libraries in the US Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention 2022 (online), July 2022.
• State of GLAM Wiki in 2021 Wikimania 2021 (online), August 15, 2021. With Éder Porto. Video.
• 4 Million in 4 Weeks: A case study on bulk import of cultural heritage metadata on Wikidata WikiConference North America 2019, Boston, November 10, 2019.
• The View from the Top: How to Sell Management on GLAM-Wiki GLAM Wiki 2018, Tel Aviv, November 4, 2018. With Pam Wright. Video.
• Beginner's Guide to Events for Wikipedians WikiConference North America 2018, Columbus, October 21, 2018.
• How Wikimedia Communities Can Thrive by Fostering Co-Creative Networks WikiConference North America 2016, San Diego, October 9, 2016.
• Guide to editathons at cultural institutions WikiConference North America 2016, San Diego, October 8, 2016. With Dina Herbert.
• Opening Up Culture and History: How Your Institution Can Overcome Roadblocks and Contribute to Wikipedia ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2016 (Society of American Archivists), Atlanta, August 4, 2016.
• Why Wikipedia Works for Us: an Exploration of Innovation at the National Archives WikiConference USA 2015, Washington, D.C., October 9, 2015. Organized the panel and spoke on the National Archives catalog API and open data. Video.
• Report from the GLAM-Wiki US Consortium WikiConference USA 2015, Washington, D.C., October 2015.
• A Primer on Wikipedia Editathons Museum Computer Network (MCN) 2014, Dallas, November 2014. Slides.
• GLAM Boot Camp — A New Model for GLAM-Wiki Skills-Building for Wikimedians Wikimania 2014, London, August 8, 2014. With Lori Byrd Phillips. Video.
• Wikisource, from digitization to data Wikimania 2014, London, August 2014. Panelist.
• Sharing is caring: the GLAM-Wiki US Consortium Wikimedia Conference 2014, Berlin, April 2014. With Lori Byrd Phillips. Slides.
• Partnerships between Wikipedia and the National Archives Digital Cultural Heritage DC (DCHDC) meetup, Washington, D.C., 2013.
• Wikimedia Tech Workshop: Bridging the Gap Museum Computer Network (MCN) 2012, Seattle, November 2012. Full-day workshop with Lori Byrd Phillips, Erik Moeller, Ryan Kaldari and others.
• Cultural Institutions and Wikipedia Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., August 13, 2012.
• 80,000 Volunteers Can't Be Wrong: The Case for Greater Collaboration with Wikipedia Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, San Diego, August 10, 2012. Panel chaired by Karen Weiss, with Sara Snyder and Pamela Wright.
• GLAM professionals panel Wikimania 2012, Washington, D.C., July 2012. Organizer.
• Wikisource and the US National Archives: a case study Wikimania 2012, Washington, D.C., July 2012.
• Marketplace of Ideas: Wikipedia for museums American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, May 2012. Led the table with four other Wikipedians in Residence.
• WikiProject NARA on Wikisource (lightning talk) GLAMcamp Amsterdam, December 2011. Video.
• NARA's work on Wikisource and Commons Wikipedia Backstage Pass, National Archives, College Park, October 8, 2011. Video.

Workshops, trainings and webinars

• Wikipedia for Librarians and Information Professionals Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, May 20–21, 2026. Co-organizer and instructor.
• I Have Thousands of Items in Commons – What Do I Do Now? DPLA webinar, October 9, 2025. With Giovanna Fontenelle, Christine Fernsebner Eslao and Jamie Flood.
• Combatting Information Bias in Chicago: A Wikipedia Editathon University of Illinois Chicago, September 18, 2025. Co-led with Jamie Flood.
• Wikipedia and Wikidata for Libraries and Information Scientists University of Illinois Chicago, September 17, 2025. With Jamie Flood.
• Leveraging the Power of Wikimedia DPLA Open Board + Community Meeting, January 9, 2023.
• DPLA + Wikimedia: One Year In + Ten Million Views DPLA webinar, March 18, 2021. With Leigh Jeremias and Effie Kapsalis.
• From Black Women's Suffrage to Black Lives Matter: A Living Legacy DPLA webinar with Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, October 29, 2020.
• DPLA Introduction to Wikimedia: Increased Discoverability & Use DPLA webinar, April 21, 2020. With Sandra Fauconnier.
• Wikimedia Leadership Bootcamp Wikimedia DC, Washington, D.C., June 15–17, 2018. Moderated the libraries panel; spoke on the Wikipedians in Residence panel.
• Emerging Technologies Edit-a-thon National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, October 19, 2017. Spoke on local Wikimedia groups.
• GLAM Boot Camp 2016 National Archives, Washington, D.C., June 14–16, 2016. Instructor.
• GLAM Boot Camp National Archives, Washington, D.C., April 2013. Co-organizer and instructor for the first GLAM Boot Camp.

Interviews and podcasts

• The Wikipedia Story, Ep. 1: Don't Bite The Newbies dot com: The Hacking (podcast), Crowd Network, October 2021. Also appears in Ep. 2, "Hello World."
• Wikinews interviews US National Archives Wikipedian in Residence Wikinews, June 30, 2011.
• Conversations: Dominic McDevitt-Parks, National Archives connects with Wikipedia The Washington Post, June 2, 2011. Lisa Rein.
• Meet Our Wikipedian in Residence: Dominic McDevitt-Parks NARAtions, June 1, 2011.

Press coverage

• Keeping Up With… IMLS Elimination: Impacts Beyond Grants Association of College and Research Libraries, January 2026. Jodi Allison-Bunnell.
• DPLA's Dominic Byrd-McDevitt Explains the Role of the National Archives in the Federal Government Information Today NewsBreaks, February 11, 2025.
• Wikipedia conference comes to Indianapolis WISH-TV, October 5, 2024.
• Strengthening Connection in the Wikimedia Movement Diff, Wikimedia Foundation, April 3, 2023.
• DPLA to Expand Collaboration with Wikimedia Following Sloan Foundation Grant Library Journal, January 19, 2023. Matt Enis.
• Structured Data on Commons and GLAM: open questions and fresh challenges Diff, Wikimedia Foundation, February 28, 2020. Sandra Fauconnier.
• NARA’s Past, Present, and Future Leadership in SNAC (Social Networks and Archival Context) AOTUS, the blog of the Archivist of the United States, May 7, 2019.
• What Are Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM) to the Wikimedia Community? Leveraging Wikipedia: Connecting Communities of Knowledge, ed. Merrilee Proffitt (ALA Editions), 2018. Andrew Lih, pp. 13–14.
• Wikipedia 60 Minutes, CBS News, April 5, 2015. Morley Safer. Mentions the National Archives’ Wikipedian in Residence.
• National Archives holdings headed for Wikimedia Commons FedScoop, January 10, 2015. Billy Mitchell.
• Crowdsourcing to Preserve Our Nation’s History Data-Smart City Solutions, Harvard Kennedy School, October 28, 2014.
• Is Anyone at Your Agency Editing Wikipedia? Nextgov, July 31, 2014.
• The National Archives Wants to Put Its Whole Collection on Wikimedia Commons Smithsonian Magazine, July 3, 2014.
• US National Archives To Upload All Holdings To Wikimedia Commons TechCrunch, June 30, 2014.
• Feds Collaborate With Wikipedia Editors to Improve 'Wikipedia Entries Related to Government Publications' Washington Examiner, June 3, 2014.
• NARA/OFR Wikipedia Editathon Office of the Federal Register, May 2014.
• Warming Up to the Culture of Wikipedia The New York Times, March 19, 2014. Noam Cohen.
• Curating Science, Software and Strides in Digital Stewardship: A Personal 2013 Year in Review Trevor Owens, December 27, 2013.
• On Consortium-Based Wikipedian in Residence Positions Wikimedia Blog, November 15, 2013. Dorothy Howard.
• Breaking New Ground Again AOTUS, the blog of the Archivist of the United States, September 19, 2013. David S. Ferriero.
• The Great American Wiknic [edit] NPR, via WWNO, July 18, 2013. Hannah Meisel.
• News and notes: GLAM boot camp The Wikipedia Signpost, April 29, 2013.
• Ford Library participates in Wikimedia’s GLAM project Pieces of History, a blog of the National Archives, November 26, 2012.
• Feds Embrace 'Nerds of the Internet' Nextgov, September 6, 2012. Eric Katz.
• Wikimania 2012 AOTUS, the blog of the Archivist of the United States, July 18, 2012. David S. Ferriero.
• Wikimania, world Wikipedia conference, draws free information fans from 87 countries GlobalPost, July 16, 2012. Faine Greenwood.
• GLAM-Wiki at the American Association of Museums Wikimedia Blog, May 7, 2012. Lori Phillips.
• British Library seeks Wikimedian in Residence Wikimedia Blog, February 19, 2012. Tilman Bayer.
• Wikipedians in Residence: Two Years of Open Culture Open Knowledge Foundation Blog, January 27, 2012.
• NARA, Wikipedia, and the Day of Infamy Pieces of History, a blog of the National Archives, January 20, 2012.
• Thursday Photo Caption Contest Pieces of History, a blog of the National Archives, July 28, 2011. Guest judge.
• National Archives hires 'Wikipedian in residence': Partnership formed in an effort to publicize information The Baltimore Sun, July 13, 2011. Julie Baughman.
• Location! Location! Location! Smithsonian Institution Archives blog, July 6, 2011.
• Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Go To College Fast Company, July 6, 2011.
• A Wiki-Picnic for online encyclopedia editors The Washington Post, June 24, 2011. Monica Hesse.
• How Wikipedians-in-Residence Are Opening Up Cultural Institutions The Atlantic, June 16, 2011. Jared Keller.
• National Archives Hires 'Wikipedian In Residence' Techdirt, June 10, 2011. Mike Masnick.
• National Archives Hires "Wikipedian in Residence" NBC4 Washington (Associated Press), June 2, 2011. Brett Zongker.
• National Archives announces First "Wikipedian in Residence" National Archives press release, June 1, 2011.
• National Archives Names First Wikipedian In Residence The Huffington Post, June 1, 2011.
• GLAMorous AOTUS, the blog of the Archivist of the United States, May 25, 2011. David S. Ferriero.
• News and notes: Wikipedian in Residence at US National Archives The Wikipedia Signpost, May 2, 2011.
• National Archives' First Wikipedian in Residence: This article is a stub. NARAtions, April 27, 2011.
• "In Residence" around the world Wikimedia Blog, April 27, 2011. Liam Wyatt.