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by Jake Orlowitz 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Books & Bytes Volume 1, Issue 2, November 2013 by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs) Sign up for monthly delivery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Re… Read online: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/No… Wikipedia Library Highlights New accounts survey TWL is in discussions with several database providers to start new pilot programs for research account donations. Two of the largest research database organizations in the world, EBSCO Publishing and ProQuest, are both interested in learning which of their database services Wikipedians would be most interested in receiving. TWL has put together a survey to help with this, as well as gather more general information about usage, editor satisfaction and the direction Wikipedians would like to see their library moving in. The brief Google Forms survey takes 5-10 minutes, and will be sent out this week to TWL subscribers. JSTOR expired, extended The JSTOR pilot program, which gave 100 free accounts to top article writers, expired this month. Thanks to Steven Walling, an extension until the end of January was secured. Talks with JSTOR are ongoing to keep this valuable resource available free of charge to editors. Sign up for JSTOR. New Metrics New data from the Credo Partnership showed a 500% increase in links to the site in total since the program began. With much larger numbers in general, and a shorter time frame, the HighBeam increase of 390% as of May 2013 is also of interest. Special thanks to Johnuniq for compiling this data. If you are data-inclined, TWL always needs help compiling statistics. These stats are useful not only to our current partners, but also to encouraging prospective new partners to make donations. Help Needed: TWL Account Coordinator TWL is seeking a manager for the coordinated dispersal of donated accounts. The role involves watchlisting the application pages, vetting candidates using a fairly simple set of requirements (1 year activity, 1000 edits on any Wikimedia projects, having email enabled and an expressed desire to use the account for article work), and then emailing the access codes to users. As it stands, this would be not more 1-2 hours of work a week (though it will when new accounts are announced). Great communication and responsiveness so that subscribers get prompt replies to their applications is a must. If you are interested, please get in touch with The Interior or Ocaasi. Apply to be the new Account Coordinator. Wikipedia Visiting Scholars Along with the announcement of a position at George Mason University, a second institution plans to host a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar placement - University of California at Riverside Library.More details on this partnership should be announced in December and over a dozen universities are interested in attending an information session about the program in January. Also in December, George Mason will be seeking applications for their position. For more information on the Visiting Scholar program, see WP:WVS. Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar. TWL presents: American Library Association's mid-winter meeting The ALA is the largest library organization in the U.S. TWL has been accepted to present at their mid-winter conference in Philadelphia on January 25th from 1:30 to 3:00pm. The session will introduce academic librarians from around the country to the role Wikipedia can play in learning and research. We will use the session both to introduce TWL's mission and scope, and then to kick-off the Wikipedia Visiting Scholars program with an overview of the initiative and plenty of time for planning and questions. Over a dozen top universities have expressed interest in attending, which bodes very well for the future placing Wikipedians in official research affiliate positions. New Talk: The Future of Libraries and Wikipedia Ocaasi gave the first presentation of The Future of Libraries and Wikipedia to George Mason University. GMU Professor and THATcamp coordinator Amanda French brought students and librarians together for the event. The talk highlights the mission and pillars of Wikipedia, the Wikipedia Library's 5 goals, and 13 to explore the question, What if Wikipedia's was the internet's library? Spotlight on people: Another Believer and Wiki Loves Libraries Books & Bytes was pleased to interview two of the community’s Wiki Loves Libraries event coordinators, IJethroBT and AnotherBeliever. This fall, both organised edit-a-thons, one in Chicago, and others in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. For this issue, we will present Another Believer’s interview. Be sure to catch the December issue to hear about IJethroBT’s experiences. Another Believer is Jason Moore, a Wikipedian based in Portland, Oregon. He works on articles on music and the arts, among other topics, and has been editing since 2007. He has organized three library-related edit-a-thons in the Portland area. His most recent event was at the Vancouver Community Library. What first attracted you to organising WLL events? My introduction to "real life" Wikipedia activity was an invitation to participate in an outreach project at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco in 2010, followed by the Wikipedia 10 celebration in Portland, Oregon in 2011. From then on, I was hooked. I had found a community where my obsession with research, writing and the mission of Wikipedia required no explaining. I continued attending meetups and networking with Wikipedians, both online and offline. It was at Wikimania in Washington, D.C. where I received a thorough introduction to the GLAM-Wiki initiative, which promotes collaboration between the Wikipedia community and cultural institutions. Later that year, I was invited to help Multnomah County Library host an edit-athon at Portland's Central Library. The opportunity was appealing, giving purpose for a local meetup and a way for me to trial collaborating with a cultural institution. In your opinion, are library edit-a-thons a good way to recruit new editors? Absolutely. There are always challenges with recruiting and retaining editors, but it certainly makes sense for the largest and most popular reference work on the Internet to collaborate with institutions that exist to collect and make information resources available to the public. People who visit their local libraries might be the type of individuals who enjoy conducting research, or see value in sharing information. Libraries and Wikipedia both have an educational component, and partnering with cultural institutions certainly brings legitimacy to the latter. Even with limited resources, libraries have the ability to assist with outreach efforts and organizing meetups. At your events, do you see more brand new editors, or editors with some prior experience? Events tend to attract both new and experienced editors. Often I distribute invitations to meetups on-wiki, which obviously attracts people who have already created accounts and have a habit of checking their talk page, even if only occasionally. Brand new editors are usually attracted by the institution itself, whether the participants are curious staff, volunteers, or members of the public. Generally, forms of outreach by the library include event listings on the website and event calendar, on-site signage, and perhaps a regional library newsletter. What can libraries do to make WLL events more successful? Offer incentives to increase traffic. These do not have to be costly or complicated. Perhaps a behind-the-scenes tour of the library, or a promotional partnership with another institution. For example, how cool would it be if a library associated with an art museum offered free admission to a special exhibit? Or a staff member offered a private tour of the permanent collection, followed by an edit-athon where Wikipedians wrote articles about notable artists or works of art? There are ways to make editing interactive and fun. At the library events I have attended, librarians have been great about being prepared and having select resources pulled from the shelves and available for attendees. This eliminates the need for editors to spend time searching for materials. You have organised several events over the years. How has your methodology changed since your first event? My methodology has changed little. The process begins with contact and planning with the institution, outreach and invitation distribution to Wikipedians and the public, and a request for educational and/or promotional materials from the Wikimedia Foundation. It is important to make sure the event space can accommodate a group of reasonable size and provides enough electrical outlets. Refreshments and extra laptops are not required, but always appreciated. The day of the event, I greet my contact(s), set up the space, distribute materials and generally make myself available to participants. Sometimes there is a specific agenda, but often there are enough new contributors that much of my time is spent answering questions, registering new users, providing an overview of Wikipedia, and helping with first edits.My methods have not changed, but I have learned that sometimes it can be beneficial to market some events to experienced Wikipedians and others to new users; mixing the two groups is never problematic, but new and experienced contributors have different motivations for attending. A group of experienced users can quickly generate content and collaborate on more challenging tasks, while new users often require lots of attention. I appreciate both groups, but recognize that mixing them does not always create the most productive environment. Publicity! How have library staff responded to your event proposals? Librarians have responded positively, but I must confess that for each of the three library events that I have hosted, I was invited by the librarians themselves. I am willing to conduct outreach, but more often my problem is that I receive more invitations than I can accommodate. Regardless of the method of contact, the librarians I have worked with express an appreciation for Wikipedia and an understanding that this online reference work is unavoidable, serving an important purpose in our society. In each case, I felt that the librarians trusted my abilities and appreciated my willingness to collaborate with their institution. Which works better – a focused approach (“We will work on X,Y, and Z during the edit-a-thon”) or a looser approach (“Just drop by and work on what you want to”)? This is a great question, but one I find difficult to answer. Both approaches can work well, depending on who is in attendance and the general purpose of the event. If content generation is the goal, focus is better. For a general meetup, or an advertised "introduction to Wikipedia," a looser approach is more appropriate. What are some things to avoid when hosting an event? When I host an event, I assume the role of facilitator. I do not dictate how the meetup should be, or set firm expectations. I would never make anyone feel out of line for expressing their opinion, or stupid for asking questions. If you had one piece of advice for a new WLL event organiser, what would it be? Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to attend GLAM Boot Camp in Washington, D.C., where a guest speaker expressed the following words of wisdom that resonated with me: "one is better than none." In the context of event organizing, this means that there is nothing wrong with simply proposing and time and location for a meetup and then seeing if others are willing to join. It might take a few attempts to mobilize a small community. If I had a second piece of advice, it would be to have a good relationship with the librarian(s) or other contacts involved, make sure expectations are set, and align your reasons for hosting the event. Upcoming in December: Wiki Loves Libraries events Open History: Queens and Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon - December 6 at Queens Library, New York, NY If you're hosting a library event in December or January, please add it to collaborations page on Outreach Wiki and we'll put it in the newsletter! Books & Bytes Briefly LOC considers Wikipedia's disambiguation: The Library of Congress Subject Headings, an authoritative classification system in use in libraries all over the world, is an ever-evolving entity. In an article in the e-journal Library Philosophy and Practice, the author suggests that the LCSH should adopt Wikipedia-style disambiguation terms. Read the full article here via the University of Nebraska Library. (PDF) Dewey Deleted? An interesting Articles for Deletion discussion for our article List of Dewey Decimal classes explored aspects of copyright relating to the venerable library system. In related news, OCLC has begun to consider broadening Dewey's license from CC-BY-NC-ND (non-commercial, non-derivative) to CC-BY. CC 4.0: Creative Commons, which created and maintains Wikipedia's CC-BY-SA license, released version 4.0 of their widely used protocol. The Open Knowledge Foundation highlighted the key changes. OA Button Goes live: Open-Access Button, a new lightweight set of browser extensions to highlight when readers hit academic paywalls was released this month. You can get the button and let the world know when journal paywalls inhibit the free flow of knowledge and research. OAuth released: The Wikimedia Foundation finished it's implementation of OAuth. This has big implications for TWL research access integration, because it would let editors sign into third-party websites using only their Wikipedia login. The WMF blog the details. TWL Logo? A discussion was started about a TWL Logo, thinking about adapting existing community logos or starting from scratch. TWL would like to host a new logo competition in the next few months. Please join the discussion. December GLAMOUT: Wikipedia's GLAM consortium is hosting an online discussion Friday, Dec. 6 at 3pm (EDT). There is one spot left to participate, and anyone can listen in through Google Hangouts. The Wikipedia Adventure game goes beta: A new game which teaches how to edit Wikipedia in about an hour was released this week. TWA may be useful to librarians, education classes, and editathons as a friendly and interactive introduction to Wikipedia's technical, social, and policy best practices. Play The Wikipedia Adventure. Diversity Conference in Berlin: Hosted by WMDE, the event kicked off a global push to add Diversity to Wikipedia contributors and content at the first ever Wikimedia Diversity Conference. WMF blog has a nice overview of the event. You can sign on to the intiative at Meta:Diversity. TWL is always interested in ways to broaden our community and our content with better outreach and research. Free textbooks: ChemWiki, a program to create free and open chemistry textbooks received a grant of $250,000 from the National Science Foundation. The site nets over 2 million visitors a month. Open access and museums: The Mellon Foundation published Images of Works of Art in Museum Collections: The Experience of Open Access A Study of 11 Museums. Read the full report (pdf). Further reading There's lots of great digital library information online. Check out these neat resources for more library exploring. The Digital Shift: http://www.thedigitialshift.com In the library with the lead pipe: http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org Code4Lib: http://code4lib.org/ Digital Public Library of America: http://dp.la The Wikipedia Library partners Credo HighBeam Questia JSTOR Cochrane OCLC resources Reference Desk Resource Exchange Resource Guides Book Sources Online archives wikiprojects Libraries OA Bibliographies Books Journals Citation Unreferenced Fact check outreach Wikipedia Loves Libraries GLAM WMF Grant Thanks for reading! To receive a monthly talk page update about new issues of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Re… To suggest items for the next issue, please contact the editor, The Interior at https://Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Suggestions. -Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi) @JakeOrlowitz jorlowitz(a)gmail.com

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Blog about my teaching a Wikipedia class this semester at the University of Memphis
by Robert Patrick Connolly (rcnnolly) 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

All, You might find this blog post, My Experience Teaching a Class on Wikipedia, Part 1, of interest: http://wp.me/pJf2X-11g Best, Robert Robert P. Connolly, PhD Director, C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa 1987 Indian Village Drive, Memphis, Tennessee 38109 901-785-3160, ext. 15 Associate Professor, Anthropology The University of Memphis 38152 901-678-3331 Chair, Public Education Committee, Society for American Archaeology http://www.memphis.edu/chucalissa/ http://rcnnolly.wordpress.com/ The mission of the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, a division of the University of Memphis, is to protect and interpret the Chucalissa archaeological site's cultural and natural environments, and to provide the University Community and the public with exceptional educational, participatory, and research opportunities on the landscape's past and present Native American and traditional cultures.

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Program Evaluation & Design [ongoing] data report out on meta about edit-a-thons
by Sarah Stierch 27 Nov '13

27 Nov '13

(Crossposted) Hello everyone! *As many of you may remember, the Program Evaluation and Design team invited program leaders, including many of you, to voluntarily participate in our first Data Collection Survey. Thank you for your participation!* As a pilot survey, it has provided us insight into what you are tracking regarding data in the programs you implement, and how we can better support you in order to evaluate the impact your programs are making. We have been looking at that data for our current focus programs: edit-a-thons, Wikipedia editing workshops, GLAM content donations, on-wiki writing contests, Wiki Loves Monuments and other photography initiatives.* When the survey closed, we had responses from 23 program leaders from around the world, who reported on 64 total programmatic activities. Our team also collected data from 54 additional programmatic activities, to fill out areas where we had gaps in reporting.* *We're excited to announce that we have our first draft report ready for you to. It includes data reported and collected about edit-a-thons:* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/Edit-a-t… We evaluated the impact edit-a-thons are having based on their goals, which often include the creation of content on wiki, and the recruitment and retention of new editors. This report is not final and we would like to improve it over time.* Since this is our first time doing a report like this, we want your feedback.* *After you take the time to read the report, we would like your feedback on the talk page about:* - Whether the report is understandable and written in a way that makes it useful to you - What kind of information you would like to see more of / less of - What we could do to improve the collection of data (e.g. would you rather like to send us your cohort data and let us do the analysis? – this might help with reducing your workload) - Any other feedback you have. *Secondly, we want to know if program leaders have more impactful or better quality data than is reported here.* We had a lot of great data come through, but, we also know, with 26 edit-a-thons being reported, there are a lot more out there doing this specific kind of event. So please tell us:*Can you do better than is reported here?* This is a chance to brag and celebrate the work you've been doing, but didn't perhaps get a chance to report during this first survey. We can't wait to hear back from you! *So, in case you have run an edit-a-thon that you think was more successful than any other edit-a-thon already included in our report*, please send a quick email to sarah(a)wikimedia.org and I will follow up with you on the next steps. Over the next couple of weeks we'll be publishing additional reports, using your feedback. Thank you so much for your time and contributions. And if you need anything, feel free to email me or contact me on wiki. -Sarah -- *Sarah Stierch* *Wikimedia Foundation Program Evaluation & Design Community Coordinator* Donate<http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Donate/en&utm_source=&utm_…>today and keep it free! Visit me on Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch>!

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Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter (#1)
by Jake Orlowitz 04 Nov '13

04 Nov '13

*Books and Bytes* Welcome to the inaugural edition of *Books and Bytes*, The Wikipedia Library's monthly newsletter. The Wikipedia Library is an open research hub for connecting libraries to Wikipedia and encyclopedia editors back to libraries and reliable sources. There's lots of news this month for The Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved: *New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian *Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted. *New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis?? *New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges * News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY * Announcing WikiProject Open:''' WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions * New ways to get involved: Free accounts, user profiles, subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration Read the full newsletter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Oct… Thanks for reading! --Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi) and Pat Earley (The Interior) *To receive future updates of Books and Bytes on Wikipedia, please add your name to *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Newsletter/Recipients

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Re: [GLAM-US] November GLAMout -- cancelled
by keilanawiki＠gmail.com 04 Nov '13

04 Nov '13

I might actually be able to attend this one! Sent from my HTC One™ S on T-Mobile. America’s First Nationwide 4G Network. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Proffitt,Merrilee" <proffitm(a)oclc.org> To: "North American Cultural Partnerships" <glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination" <cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>, "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [GLAM-US] November GLAMout -- cancelled Date: Fri, Nov 1, 2013 12:11 PM Hi all, We had a GLAMout scheduled for today but it sort of fell by the wayside in terms of reminders and scheduling content, so I'm going to call it cancelled. I am prepared to both host the meeting next month (unless someone else is dying to do it!) and also send out a reminder about the event a week prior. However, I'll need help both in terms of someone monitoring and pushing out info on Twitter and of course topics for discussion (along with willing presenters!). For now, put Friday December 6th from 12-1 Pacific / 3-4 Eastern / 20:00-21:00 UTC on your calendars for the December GLAMout! Merrilee

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Sept. GLAMout Friday
by Lori Phillips 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

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 -- Lori Byrd Phillips Digital Marketing Content Coordinator The Children's Museum of Indianapolis 703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/

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My conflict of interest statement
by Dominic McDevitt-Parks 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

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

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Thanks to Getty
by Peter Ekman 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

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************** > ********************************************************** >

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Getty Research Institute adds images to Open Content Program
by Sarah Sherman 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

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://blo gs.getty.edu/iris/5400-images-from-getty-research-institutes-special-collec…. Sarah ShermanReference Librarian Getty Research Institute1200 Getty Center DriveLos Angeles, CA 90049310-440-6698 ( tel:3104406698) www.getty.edu/researchLibrary Access blog ( http://grilibrary.wordpress.com/) Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/GettyResearchInstitute) │ YouTube ( http://www.youtube.com/gettyresearch) │ GRI e-News ( http://www.getty.edu/research/institute/e_news/index.html) │ The Getty Iris ( http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/) Tell us what you think of our Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/GettyResearchInstitute) and receive 20% off any Getty publication by completing this short survey ( https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GRIFacebookSurvey) , We’d like to make it as relevant and useful as possible for you. Thank you!

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Announcing the RAMP editor, a new tool for GLAM-Wiki participation
by Tim Thompson 10 Oct '13

10 Oct '13

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 -- 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

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