Hi Leigh,
While I don't have research, anecdotally I can say that staff turnover and
competing priorities seem to be limiting factors for GLAM+STEM programs in
Cascadia. Our GLAMs seem to be low priorities for financial support from
government agencies, so GLAMs rely on donations (the priorities of donors
can shift from year to year) and ticket revenue. My reading of their
budgets suggests that none of their revenue sources are well aligned with
assigning staff time to Wikimedia GLAM workflows. So if we want Wikimedia
GLAM to happen here in Cascadia, we may need to find a way to fund our own
Wikimedia outreach or GLAM person.
I had hoped that the University of Washington Libraries would be willing to
train one of their existing staff in Wikimedia GLAM workflows, but so far
that hasn't happened. I suspect that the disconnect between their budget
priorities and Wikimedia is again the main reason why not.
Pine
Hi GLAM friends,
(Trying again as the first ping about this didn’t result in any specific
collections or GLAMs.)
Connected Open Heritage[1] keeps moving on, and have so far worked with the
WLM database and the upcoming migration to Wikidata, some batch uploads to
Commons and preparations for visiting governments and authorities.
One thing we still need some help with is to get in touch with GLAMs who
has digitized collections of photos, videos, paintings or drawings, or
possibly scanned books (such as travel diaries) of immovable heritage
sites[2] that could be relevant to the project. It can be either old
connections that you are already in touch with or new GLAMs that you want
to work with.
As we have both work time and developer skills in this project we are happy
to help with both contacting, coordinating and do the technical part
required to get a good cooperation going, as long as you give us some
starting points and places to look.[3] If you already have a good
relationship with a relevant GLAM we can help only with the parts you ask
for, and you can still be the primary contact for the partnership.
Suggestions can either be added to
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connected_Open_Heritage/Partners#Suggestions
or sent as an answer here.
Looking forward to working together with you!
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connected_Open_Heritage/
[2]
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/illicit-trafficking-of-cultural…
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connected_Open_Heritage/Get_Involved/Contac…
Best regards,
/axel
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Projektledare GLAM/Outreach
Wikimedia Sverige
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