GLAM April 2012

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QRpedia @ Swaminarayan Temple Mumbai
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 29 Apr '12

29 Apr '12

Hiya, The newest establishment to adopt QRpedia: Swaminarayan Temple, Mumbai (Bhuleshwar - on a trial basis). I got the idea of approaching temples when Andy announced the collab with the Church in Birmingham. Thanks to Sarah/Lori/Roger for all their help with this. The QR Codes installed are of the Temple's own article, Swaminarayan, Lakshminarayan, Ganesha and Hanuman. We tried to innovate by including deity QR codes along with the actual temple ones (where there is an article). The reasoning being that there are millions of temples across India, a small percentage of which have Wikipedia articles or any coverage whatsoever in the media. In addition, Hinduism is not a monotheistic religion, I believe there are a few million deities worshiped, out of which most of those that are popular have some excellent Wikipedia articles. So, in effect, by using the deity articles we can aim to include millions of temples with QRpedia which we couldn't if we used just the Temple articles. I'm hoping that installation in this particular temple which coincidentally completes 144 years this week will help us convince other institutions to adopt QRpedia - infact I believe this is the first place in India to have QRpedia installed. I'm also hoping that the extra footfalls during anniversary celebrations this week will give us valuable feedback. Kind Regards,

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First Wikimedia in Residence in Berlin start July 2012
by Barbara Fischer 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

Hello all of you, what a nice opportunity starting a new job by celebrating a first mission accomplished. Only a few days ago I stated in Berlin as Curator for Cultural Partnerships on behalf of Wikimedia Germany. One of my main tasks is the establishment of Wikipedians in Residence and I am happy to announce that in July the first will start in Berlin at the metropolitan Museum. Please read more about in the GLAM Newsletter issue April. The other major project is the support of "Wiki loves Monuments 2012" on international level. We want to launch for worldwide coverage. Please participate and collaborate here <http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu> best regards -- Barbara Fischer Kuratorin für Kulturpartnerschaften Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | NEU: Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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Re: [glam] [cultural-partners] WikiLink: QR meets Wikipedia at Brooklyn Museum
by Lori Phillips 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

And, as promised, here is the next blog about WikiLink, from a curator's perspective: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/2012/04/25/vetting-wiki… A great summary of how and why the curators utilized Wikipedia within their own interpretive framework. Love it! Lori On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Cool indeed. > > We're planning on bring the 'Wikimania Takes Manhattan' group there to > check it out (talked to Shelley a bit about this already): > > http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Takes_Manhattan > > Thanks, > Richard > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Maarten Brinkerink > <wmnl(a)maartenbrinkerink.net> wrote: > > Cool stuff! > > > > Op 24 apr 2012, om 18:20 heeft Sarah Stierch het volgende geschreven: > > > > Glad to see BM get on board with this, as they've always been one of the > > most "ahead of the trend" museums. Thanks for working on this too, Lori! > > -Sarah > > > > On 4/24/12 12:02 PM, Lori Phillips wrote: > > > > (Cross posting for those not yet on the public GLAM list -- please do add > > yourself to that list!) > > > > Hello all, > > > > I'm thrilled to announce the next Wikipedia project now underway at the > > Brooklyn Museum. You will recall that they were one of the first mass > image > > uploads to Commons before GLAM really got off the ground. They also did a > > project called WikiPop with iPads linking to Wikipedia articles in > exhibits. > > Now they are tackling QR codes. > > > > They actually are quite critical of QR codes and have put a lot of time > into > > analyzing their usage. Shelley had about given up on QR codes until she > saw > > the results of the Children's Museum's use of QRpedia. You can see the > > blogpost for more. I have since been working with her to peripherally > advise > > on a Wikipedia QR code project, which they have branded "WikiLink." > > > > Article: > http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/2012/04/24/wikilink-qr-… > > > > Some notes: > > > > - This is not a QRpedia project. This is because this is a pilot project > > that is very much dependent on very concise metrics which Shelley wanted > to > > have control over. She knew that Terence and the QRpedia team were a > great > > resource; but it made the most sense for her to cut out the middle man > and > > tackle her metrics herself. > > > > - In spite of some Wikimedia staff advisement, this is not a formal > > GLAM-Wiki project and I will not be listing it as such in any formal way. > > They are friends of Wikipedia and WM:NY but are not necessarily within > the > > formal fold right now. This may change in the future, but for now they're > > rocking and rolling on their own, and we're fine to support them in any > way > > that they need. I will be dispersing word about this project via the > > @glamwiki social media channels, but that doesn't imply that they're an > > official glam-wiki cooperation. > > > > Let me know if you have any questions! > > There will be more blogging and findings coming down the line. And these > > findings may help us in our own outreach. So be on the look out. > > > > Lori > > > > -- > > Lori Phillips > > Web Content Specialist | Wikipedian in Residence > > The Children's Museum of Indianapolis > > > > US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > 703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cultural-partners mailing list > > cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch > > http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners > > > > > > > > -- > > Sarah Stierch > > Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow > >>>Mind the gap! Support Wikipedia women's outreach: donate today<< > > _______________________________________________ > > cultural-partners mailing list > > cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch > > http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cultural-partners mailing list > > cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch > > http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners > _______________________________________________ > cultural-partners mailing list > cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch > http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners > -- Lori Phillips Web Content Specialist | Wikipedian in Residence The Children's Museum of Indianapolis US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation 703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/

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WikiLink: QR meets Wikipedia at Brooklyn Museum
by Lori Phillips 24 Apr '12

24 Apr '12

*(Cross posting for those not yet on the public GLAM list -- please do add yourself to that list!)* Hello all, I'm thrilled to announce the next Wikipedia project now underway at the Brooklyn Museum. You will recall that they were one of the first mass image uploads to Commons before GLAM really got off the ground. They also did a project called WikiPop with iPads linking to Wikipedia articles in exhibits. Now they are tackling QR codes. They actually are quite critical of QR codes and have put a lot of time into analyzing their usage. Shelley had about given up on QR codes until she saw the results of the Children's Museum's use of QRpedia. You can see the blogpost for more. I have since been working with her to peripherally advise on a Wikipedia QR code project, which they have branded "WikiLink." Article: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/2012/04/24/wikilink-qr-… Some notes: - This is not a QRpedia project. This is because this is a pilot project that is very much dependent on very concise metrics which Shelley wanted to have control over. She knew that Terence and the QRpedia team were a great resource; but it made the most sense for her to cut out the middle man and tackle her metrics herself. - In spite of some Wikimedia staff advisement, this is not a formal GLAM-Wiki project and I will not be listing it as such in any formal way. They are friends of Wikipedia and WM:NY but are not necessarily within the formal fold right now. This may change in the future, but for now they're rocking and rolling on their own, and we're fine to support them in any way that they need. I will be dispersing word about this project via the @glamwiki social media channels, but that doesn't imply that they're an official glam-wiki cooperation. Let me know if you have any questions! There will be more blogging and findings coming down the line. And these findings may help us in our own outreach. So be on the look out. Lori -- Lori Phillips Web Content Specialist | Wikipedian in Residence The Children's Museum of Indianapolis US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation 703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/

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Save the date: Help with #glamwiki AAM chat
by Lori Phillips 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

*Apologies for cross-posting!* Hello all, Next week myself, Dominic, Liam, Alex, and Sarah will be presenting at the American Association of Museums conference on behalf of GLAM-Wiki and Wikimedia. We will be presenting in two sessions (one on-site and one online) titled "Lessons from Wikipedians in Residence." Both sessions will be very active on Twitter already, and we will be encouraging attendees to use the #glamwiki hashtag to ask questions and to carry on their own dialogue. The virtual session will especially be very interactive online and we expect a good amount of participation. * * We would love to provide as much feedback to these museum professionals as we can, and so are asking that you join us online by following the #glamwiki hashtag. We will tell attendees that we have a group of Wikipedians ready on Twitter to answer their questions (that's you!) and then you can be on hand when the discussion begins. If you're interested in participating, please sign up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/US/AAM The two times are: *Tuesday, May 1st: 18:30-19:45 UTC / 1:30-2:45pm CST* → Virtual Session, anticipating high level of participation on #glamwiki *Wednesday, May 2nd: 14:00-15:15 UTC / 9:00-10:15am CST* → On-site Session, will encourage posting questions to #glamwiki Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you ahead of time for helping us to share our great work with this captive audience of museum professionals! Best, Lori -- Lori Phillips Web Content Specialist | Wikipedian in Residence The Children's Museum of Indianapolis US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation 703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/

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Re: [glam] [cultural-partners] Why I/my GLAM should donate content to Wikipedia/Commons?
by Lori Phillips 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

And to add to the "why's", my interview with the Library of Congress finally came out today (two months in coming!) While it's rather long (the LOC encouraged it to be, which was weird for me as a blogger) -- it does include a good many details and shout outs to our various projects, though admittedly focusing on GLAM-Wiki US. QRpedia gets a nod of course, for instance, as well as the OCLC cooperation and the work going on in Bulgaria. There is a portion in which I explicitly explain the why: *JB*: There are a number of trends, such as open-access scholarly >> communication, linked-open data (LOD-LAM), and the “commons” approach to >> sharing digital assets, in which Wikipedia can and does play a central >> role. How have you seen — or how do you foresee — GLAMs making use of >> Wikipedia to engage with the public, improve their collections, and >> contribute their unique knowledge and materials to a wider audience. > > >> *LP*: It has been interesting to follow along as trends in open-access >> have become increasingly relevant in cultural institutions, over the past >> few years especially. It’s finally starting to be more of an expectation >> rather than the exception. For years Wikipedia has been the quintessential >> example of open, freely available knowledge sharing, but only recently have >> cultural institutions started to seriously consider Wikipedia as a platform >> for sharing content. > > >> Wikipedia is absolutely an ideal tool for all that you suggest: it allows >> for cost-efficient distribution of a collection’s images and metadata on a >> global scale, addressing the mission-driven need for broad access to >> cultural heritage; it provides a means for cultural professionals to >> contribute their expertise by vetting articles and sharing resources that >> have been buried in filing cabinets; and, when cultural organizations >> engage behind the scenes with the vibrant Wikipedia community, it can serve >> as a platform for the facilitation of dialogue between various points of >> view. On top of this, Wikipedia’s multilingual infrastructure has huge >> potential for broadening accessibility to our audiences. There is so much >> potential for cultural organizations to utilize Wikipedia to address many >> facets of their mission, often it just takes pointing it out. > > Full post here > http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/04/galleries-libraries-archiv… Thanks all, Lori On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Lennart Guldbrandsson < l_guldbrandsson(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Good thread, everyone. > > Liam did a presentation<http://www.slideshare.net/Fotosekretariatet/liam-wyatt>about two years ago in Stockholm, where he said (page 6): "We're doing the > same thing, for the same reason, for the same people, in the same medium. > Let's do it together." > > I think that is still the best short explanation that I have seen. > > Also, as many of you know, I am working on a handbook (that I would like > to present at Wikimania, > http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_GLAM_handbook), > where this kind of why discussions fit in very nicely. > > By the way, have any of you seen http://opendatahandbook.org/en/ which > has a section on "why"? > > > > Best wishes, > > Lennart > > > Lennart Guldbrandsson, > Tfn: 031 - 12 50 48 Mobil: 070 - 207 80 05 > Epost: l_guldbrandsson(a)hotmail.com / lennart(a)wikimedia.se > Användarsida: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anv%C3%A4ndare:Hannibal > Blogg: http://mrchapel.wordpress.com/ > Wikimedia Sverige http://wikimedia.se > http://www.1av3.se > > > ------------------------------ > From: lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org > Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:14:11 +0200 > > To: cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch > Subject: Re: [cultural-partners] Why I/my GLAM should donate content to > Wikipedia/Commons? > > Hi all, > > Thanks for the helpful input (esp. Abbas' list looks good)! I realize that > we have explained these reasons many times - and I think it would be really > great if you could help by writing a short overview page with these > arguments that can be directly copypasted etc. > > Lodewijk > > El 17 de abril de 2012 11:58, Iolanda Pensa <iolanda(a)pensa.it> escribió: > > great list. > I would like to add that for us it was very important in contacting GLAMs > to ask the very simple question "why not?". > if you turn around this way the question, many institutions suddenly > understand that they don't loose anything in doing it but they gain a lot. > iolanda > > Il giorno 16/apr/2012, alle ore 18:05, Abbas Mahmood ha scritto: > > Why should a cultural institution donate/partner with Wikimedia: > > >  It fits in closely with the core mission of the cultural institution of > preserving heritage and history.**** > >  It step jumps the GLAM institution’s reach by increasing potential > audiences.**** > >  Footfalls to the GLAM institution are likely to increase through greater > awareness of the institute’s collection and knowledge.**** > >  It will provide a well-tested platform for the digitisation efforts of > the GLAM institution. Staff will find it satisfying given its global reach > and impact.**** >  There is a strong likelihood of higher public relations coverage of the > GLAM institute because of the Wikipedia’s goodwill. **** > > Hope that helps > --Abbas. > > > ------------------------------ > From: lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org > Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:56:04 +0200 > To: cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch > Subject: Re: [cultural-partners] Why I/my GLAM should donate content to > Wikipedia/Commons? > > Hey Andrea, > > I tried to find it too, but I'm sorry - I cannot locate it easily, which > is indeed disappointing. You would expect it to show up easily. I found the > question in a Q&A on > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM_getting_started but the > answer is not about the question at all - it is simply caveats and how-to. > Also I expected it on > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Contribute but it mainly > focuses on the How rather than the Why. > > There *is* a short answer on > http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ_For_Librarians , > http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Get_started (both found through > google, not through our own websites) but it doesnt go much beyong 'we're > cool, believe in the same mission and have a huge reach'. > > Anyway, I'm pretty sure it did get documented well somewhere, just not at > the places I'd expect it apparently :) > > Lodewijk > > El 14 de abril de 2012 13:15, Andrea Zanni <zanni.andrea84(a)gmail.com> > escribió: > > Dear all, > a quick and silly question. > Is there somewhere a smart answer to the question "Why I/my GLAM should > donate content to Wikipedia/Commons?" > I'm searching it in outreach wiki, not finding anything suitable. > Thanks, anyway > > Aubrey > > > _______________________________________________ > cultural-partners mailing list > cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch > http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners > > > > _______________________________________________ cultural-partners mailing > list cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch > http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners > _______________________________________________ > cultural-partners mailing list > cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch > http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners > > > > _______________________________________________ > cultural-partners mailing list > cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch > http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners > > > > _______________________________________________ cultural-partners mailing > list cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch > http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners > > _______________________________________________ > cultural-partners mailing list > cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch > http://lists.wikimedia.ch/listinfo/cultural-partners > -- Lori Phillips Web Content Specialist | Wikipedian in Residence The Children's Museum of Indianapolis US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation 703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/

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How eBay could help Wikimedia Commons get more open-licensed images
by Andy Mabbett 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

I've just blogged: "How eBay could help Wikimedia Commons get more open-licensed images" http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/ebay-could-help-wikimedia-commons-open-licensed… -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Diary: GLAMwiki Friday 14 - Saturday 15 September 2012 in London
by Fae 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

Remember to put aside the date in your diary for our global GLAM conference! We will be taking over the conference center in the British Library which is next to Paddington International train station. Registration is not yet open, but if you have ideas for presentations or would like to help with supporting the event, please see <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2012> for details and contacts. Cheers, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:Fae http://enwp.org/user:Fae/events Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags

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museum-l is now glam - list has been renamed
by Daniel Zahn 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Hello museum-l subscribers, per Bugzilla (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35490) and RT (http://rt.wikimedia.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=2802) i have "renamed" the list from museum-l to just "glam". ("renamed" in quotes because unfortunately it is not simply renaming but creating a new list and importing / redirecting). All settings, subscriptions, users and passwords have been imported. I then just changed the list name, description and subject prefix. So you have automatically been subscribed and don't need to change anything, _besides_ your local mail filters for the subject line. The new address is glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org The new listinfo page is: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam The old email address and listinfo URL have been redirected via this gerrit change: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#change,4693 so old links and mails to the old address should be forwarded nevertheless. I am testing this by sending this announcement to the old address and replying to it on the new address. !NEW! !! If you mail to this list there are PUBLIC ARCHIVES now! (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/glam/) Regarding archives: I did not have anything to import or merge because the old list did not have archiving activated. The ticket asks to make archives public but there weren't any. I just enabled PUBLIC ARCHIVING. Please do not reply via list if you did not want archiving as requested on Bugzilla. Please reply to 2802(a)rt.wikimedia.org if there are any issues. Best regards, -- -- Daniel Zahn <dzahn(a)wikimedia.org> Operations Engineer

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