Hi all!
The next GLAMout is Friday September 6! (That's currently "tomorrow" for US
folks but "today" for those further east.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout/2013/September
GLAMouts are monthly live Google Hangout on Air sessions where we discuss
developments in GLAM-Wiki. It will also be recorded for later. This GLAMout
is 3–4 p.m. EDT | 12–1 p.m. PDT | 7–8 p.m. UTC. The link to the video will
be available via Twitter on the @glamwiki account and #glamwiki hashtag,
and also shared with this list. *Please join the conversation by using the
#glamwiki hashtag!* We've had great success with this in our past GLAMouts.
The GLAMout is a chance to share important news or progress on GLAM-Wiki
projects. We did not have an August GLAMout due to Wikimania, so this one
will likely be pretty packed with updates. If you have additional updates
please do add them to the October GLAMout agenda so we can be sure to
include them next month.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout/2013/October
Thanks so much!
Lori
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Lori Byrd Phillips
Digital Marketing Content Coordinator
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/
Hi all,
As you may have heard <http://blogs.archives.gov/aotus/?p=5179>, I am now a
full-time, permanent staff member at the US National Archives employed to
work on Wikipedia initiatives. This makes me, even more clearly so than
previous Wikipedians in Residence which are often temporary workers or
interns, a paid editor.
I have rewritten my user page
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic>on Wikimedia projects
where I am active to reflect my job (and position
with my chapter). I am publishing my entire job description on Wikipedia. I
have also written a somewhat lengthy
FAQ<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic/FAQ>about my personal
history, motivations, and what I will and will not be
doing as a paid editor. This statement has been approved by NARA, so it
represents their intentions as an agency as well as my personal thoughts. I
would encourage you to read it.
I realize that this is going well beyond the conflict of interest statement
we usually suggest of cultural professionals editing Wikipedia. I'm
essentially doing this for two reasons. First, out of an abundance of
caution, I would like to demonstrate a high level of transparency and
thoughtfulness, since I am a very public example of being a paid editor.
Second, I am hoping that the way I have expressed the rationale for my
participation on Wikimedia projects can be an exemplar, both for
prospective GLAM partners interested in best practices, and for the
Wikipedia community, which is probably sorely in need of positive examples
of non-advocacy paid editing right now.
To that end, I'd be interested to hear everyone's thoughts on this approach
generally or specifically on the statements I've published. I am still
willing any necessary changes if you have a good suggestion.
Dominic
Sarah,
Thanks for this. I've only got 2 questions (both for Wikimedians)
1) Do we have a systematic upload campaigned planned (no rush it doesn't
look like it's going away soon)? and
2) Is there a proper category at Commons for these images? I tried
[[Category:Getty Open Content
Images<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Getty_Open_Content…>]]
without any luck
I uploaded a trial image just to see what will happen, and if anybody has
any objections to the substance or format. It may serve as a modest
example of how Getty and Wikimedia can complement each other.
at Commons see:
File:Low grade Crossing at Whitford, Getty 07147701.jpg
On Wikipedia see:
William H. Rau and
Whitford (SEPTA station)
Thanks again,
Pete
User:Smallbones
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Sarah Sherman <SSherman(a)getty.edu> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> We are pleased to announce that the Getty Research Institute has added
> 5,400 images to the Getty’s Open Content Program.
>
> Please take a look at this post on today’s Getty Iris blog:
>
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/5400-images-from-getty-research-institutes-spec…
>
> and see the press release below:
>
> Getty Releases Second Batch of Open Content Images, More than Doubling
> Number Available to the Public
> October 15, 2013
>
> Getty Research Institute adds 5,400 images to Open Content Program,
> which provides images available for use without restrictions**************
> **********************************************************
>
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the Getty Research Institute has added
5,400 images to the Getty’s Open Content Program.
Please take a look at this post on today’s Getty Iris blog:
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/5400-images-from-getty-research-institutes-spec…
and see the press release below:
Getty Releases Second Batch of Open Content Images, More than Doubling
Number Available to the Public
October 15, 2013
Getty Research Institute adds 5,400 images to Open Content Program,
which provides images available for use without restrictions
69 30926 20674
( tel:693092620674) 30835 21600
( tel:3083521600) LOS ANGELES—The Getty today released 5,400
high-resolution images from the Getty Research Institute (GRI) through
its Open Content Program
(
http://search.getty.edu/gateway/search?q=&cat=highlight&f=%22Open+Content+I…)
, more than doubling the number available to the public for use without
fees or restriction, bringing the total of available images to roughly
10,000.
“We are delighted to include these images from the Getty Research
Institute in our Open Content Program, which makes these images
available without charge to be used for any purpose,” said Getty
President and CEO Jim Cuno. “We saw a phenomenal outpouring of
creativity and enthusiasm from the public in response to our initial
release of J. Paul Getty Museum images; we can’t wait to see what kind
of scholarship will spring from this release of Getty Research Institute
images.”
The Getty Research Institute images join approximately 4,600 images
from the J. Paul Getty Museum that were released in August through the
first phase of the Open Content Program. Immediately after the initial
release, traffic to the Getty Search Gateway, the tool that enables
access to Open Content images, skyrocketed from an average of 200 visits
per day to a peak of 22,000. Within the first two months, there were
more than 100,000 downloads of Open Content images, compared to an
average of 121 image requests a month prior to Open Content.
“The Getty Research Institute's vaults hold rare books, prints,
photographs, manuscripts and sketchbooks that provide perspectives on
artistic production, intellectual exchange, and creative collaboration,”
said Thomas W. Gaehtgens, director of the GRI. “We hope that by making
these images available without restrictions, we will be stimulating a
similar kind of intellectual exchange, initiating scholarship and
discussion and increasing awareness of the GRI’s rare and unique
collections in art history and visual culture.”
The 5,400 newly available images from the Research Institute include
drawings and watercolors, artists’ sketchbooks, rare prints from the
16th through the 18th century, 19th-century architectural drawings of
cultural landmarks and 19th-century photographs of the Middle East and
Asia.
The Getty plans to continue to add images, until eventually all
applicable Getty-owned or public domain images are available, without
restrictions, online. The Museum and the GRI are continuing to identify
applicable images, and the Getty Conservation Institute is also working
to make available images from its projects worldwide.
Prior to the Open Content Program, the Getty Research Institute made
high-resolution images available upon request and granted specific use
permissions with terms and conditions. Now, while the Getty requests
information about the intended use, it will not restrict use of
available images, and no fees apply for any use of images made available
for direct download on the website.
“This project goes to the heart of the Getty’s mission to share its
collections and research as widely as possible,” said Cuno. “We look
forward to seeing the ingenious, creative and thoughtful ways these
images are being used.”
For more information on the Getty’s Open Content Program, visit:
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/5400-images-from-getty-research-institutes-special-collec….
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Dear all,
I'm a new aspiring GLAM-Wiki contributor; my interest in the community
developed serendipitously through a collaborative software development
project that we've been working on here at the University of Miami
Libraries.
Initially, we wanted to find a way to do something with a new archival
metadata standard called EAC-CPF (Encoded Archival Context-Corporate
Bodies, Persons, and Families). One thing led to another, and before we
knew it, we were working on an editing tool that could help librarians and
archivists repurpose some of their existing metadata and descriptions by
integrating them into Wikipedia pages.
The tool we developed is called the RAMP editor. "RAMP" stands for
"Remixing Archival Metadata Project." It's a lightweight, web-based editor
that was designed to do two things: first, generate authority records for
creators of archival collections (using EAC-CPF) and then take that
structured data and transform it into wiki markup to facilitate the
creation or enhancement of Wikipedia pages for those creators. Along the
way, it lets you pull in external data and URIs from WorldCat Identities
and the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF).
We envision the tool as a platform that could be used to curate Wikipedia
pages about the people and organizations in local archival and special
collections, as well as to foster local Wikipedia edit-a-thons.
My colleague Matt Carruthers and I did a short presentation on the RAMP
editor at the recent Cultural Heritage Archives Symposium at the Library of
Congress, and Dominic McDevitt-Parks, who heard about the presentation via
Twitter, encouraged me to share the project with the GLAM-Wiki list. We
also have an article about RAMP in the next issue of Code4Lib Journal, due
to come out in two weeks.
The source code for the RAMP editor is available for download on GitHub:
https://github.com/UMiamiLibraries/RAMP. Although we're unable to provide
dedicated technical support, I would be happy to assist anyone who would
like a hand in getting it set up and running.
Looking forward to future collaboration and participation in the GLAM-Wiki
community!
Best regards,
Tim
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Tim A. Thompson
Metadata Librarian
University of Miami Libraries
1300 Memorial Drive
Coral Gables, Florida 33124
www.library.miami.edu
(305) 284-1827 (office)
(201) 423-9972 (mobile)
www.linkedin.com/in/timathompson
t.thompson5(a)miami.edu