Thanks for sharing, Bob. And I'm glad some local NYC-ers were able to attend this event. I know Neal was very excited about it, and I was sad to have not been able to attend.
Another link made its way to me as well: http://centerforthehumanities.org/events/The-Commons-and-Digital-Humanities-...
I think it's interesting that they called out GLAM-Wiki in the description of the event. I think the fact that they didn't talk about Wikipedia very much is telling of the fact that we've arrived. It doesn't need to be discussed much anymore (at least among the forward thinking folks like Neal, Tina, Michael and presumably William : ).but instead it's "this is great, now what can we do."
This was the same feeling I got at Museum Computer Network in Seattle a few weeks ago. The sense was that, "GLAM-Wiki is an inspiring first step, and you all have emerged as leaders in regards to open culture in GLAMs. Now help us come together around a broader initiative of Open Culture in the US," (speaking of something similar to OKFN and Open Cultuur Data, which are so strong in the UK, the Netherlands, and elsewhere.)
This is in fact the next step that we're working on here in the US. I'll have more to report in another couple weeks.
I'm working on a blog post about our time at Museum Computer Network where I'll be going into more details on my thoughts about this. But couldn't resist piping up now, too. : )
Thanks Bob! I look forward to the video.
Best, Lori
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Bob Kosovsky bobkosovsky@nypl.org wrote:
Last night the Graduate Center of the City University of New York held a panel discussion with four museum professionals:
Christina DePaolo, Balboa Park Online Collaborative Michael Edson, Smithsonian Institution William Noel, University of Pennsylvania Neal Stimmler, Metropolitan Museum of Art
The web announcement for the event is here:
http://cunydhi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/11/07/wednesday-november-28-the-comm...
Although the evening was billed as a session on museums and digital humanities, it was devoted to thoughts, ideas and strategies about museums engaging with the digital world. Although Wikipedia was mentioned only once, all of these individuals appeared extremely determined to open their collections to the public through digitization, and creating/adding value to them by harnessing the knowledge of the communities that are attracted to them.
One of the questions at the end wondered why all the institutions used Flickr instead of their own websites. The responses made an argument for being "out there," that people will find the materials more easily when they're on Flickr than if kept within the museums' sites.
You can still catch most of the tweets if you search the hashtag: #cunydhi
I mention it here because they video-recorded the panel. I strongly suspect the video could become a forceful argument for convincing organizations to partner with GLAM-Wiki people. I'll watch out for when the video become available and maybe someone can post the link on the Wikimedia GLAM pages.
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