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Hi all,
In case it is of interest, I just wanted to point to a relatively in-depth twelve-month project report for the Wikimedian in Residence programme at the National Library of Scotland, available on Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NLS_Wikimedian_in_Residence_12_mont…) or as an editable doc in Google Drive (link in Commons talk page).
The report covers outcomes, reflections, and recommendations as well as a couple of case studies. Comments/discussion welcome.
Cheers,
Ally
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Hi,
Browsing through the Europeana apps, I've reached this page:
http://store.carare.eu/landing-page-ha.php?id=iid:2482589&eid=HA:AB-II-a-A-…
and I have a few questions about it:
1. I know Carare is/was a research project that brought some content
to Europeana. What is store.carare.eu? Is it some kind of content
delivery system/constant URL provider for institutions that don't have
such an infrastructure?
2. I see no navigation capabilities. How can I find other similar
entries? Do I have to go through Europeana for that?
3. I see the rights section says "CCO 1.0 Universal Public Domain
Dedication for metadata describing this monument" - does that include
all the fields in that page?
4. Looking at the associated media, I see no additional metadata or
rights. Is this intended?
Thanks,
Strainu
Please post the following:
First State Heritage Park announces the opening of the following casual/seasonal year-round position
Historical Interpreter
Salary: $11.25 per hour
SUMMARY: Creative, motivated person needed to work year round as an historical interpreter at First State Heritage Park in Dover. This is a part-time/year-round position which may vary from 15-30 hours per week. Saturday work may be necessary as well as occasional evenings & holidays.
The State of Delaware is AA/EOE.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
* Strong interest in history required. Some background or college coursework in American history preferred.
* Excellent customer service skills in welcoming visitors of all ages to the park.
* Ability to present accurate historical material in an engaging way.
* Ability and willingness to learn a significant amount of historical material essential.
* Public speaking experience and ability to communicate effectively to all age groups necessary.
* A willingness to develop acting skills required; some theatrical experience helpful.
* Valid driver's license required.
* Ability to lift 40 lbs. is necessary.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
* Conduct tours of Delaware's capitol building - Legislative Hall.
* Conduct a variety of historical walking tours in period clothing.
* Provide historical interpretation at the John Bell House on The Green.
* Conduct school tours and programs for kindergarten through college-age groups.
* Participate in historical theater presentations and evening lantern tours.
* Assist with various tasks to enhance and promote the park.
* Willing to work Saturdays, occasional evenings & some holidays.
BENEFITS: This is a seasonal position without traditional benefits. Direct Deposit of paychecks will be required as a condition of employment for new employees.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
Please send cover letter, resume, 3 work references and a completed state seasonal application to:
Sarah Zimmerman
First State Heritage Park
102 S. State Street
Dover DE 19901
sarah.zimmerman(a)state.de.us<mailto:sarah.zimmerman@state.de.us>
Note: Applications can be obtained on-line at: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/parks/Home/Documents/Application_Seasonal.pdf
Incomplete applications will not be accepted. No telephone calls please.
Thank you,
Sarah
Hi Jonathan,
Thanks so much for this explanation it really is helpful and yes of course i would very much like your advice on how to persuade an institution to go for a compatible license with us moreover I would like to concur with Daria on limited contractual time frames for these kinds of projects which turn to be not enough because there will be surfacing issues that one would need to deal with before moving forward. There is certainly a lot i would like to find out really from your side e.g. issues of oral citations, freedom of panorama with regards to buildings that are of historical and heritage significance e.t.c .Unfortunately i was not granted a scholarship to come to Wikimania otherwise my skype name is Bobby.shabangu i would be glad if you can invite me
Kind regards
Bobby Shabangu
Wikimediaza
On Wednesday, July 2, 2014 1:26 PM, Jonathan Cardy <jonathan.cardy(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Dear Bobby,
Non-commercial (NC) means it doesn't belong on Wikimedia Commons. For more detail on Commons licensing read this page.
Non Commercial use is one of the sticking points when talking to potential GLAM partners. Some people have decided on Non-Commercial use because they are a non-commercial organisation and don't see a need to having anything to do with anything commercial, others are happy to release material under a non-commercial license in the expectation of getting commercial revenue from anyone they can argue is commercial. As far as the Wikimedia projects are concerned a decision was taken to standardise on not accepting NC licensed files in the early days of the project, and that decision is highly unlikely to change. So this is one of the things to resolve when negotiating a residency, and if an organisation is committed to Non-Commercial use then we need to focus on other things. That doesn't mean we can't have a residency with an organisation that is committed to NC licensing of images. But it would need to focus on other things such as access to archives and
training of their volunteers. Of course persuading an organisation to move from NC licensing to a license compatible with Wikimedia Commons can also be a big part of a residency, but there is no point digitising and or sorting out metadata for images until you are confident that they will be licensed sufficiently to go to Commons.
Hope that helps. Happy to talk on Skype or maybe at Wikimania if you want advice as to how to persuade an institution to go for a compatible license with us.
Regards
Jonathan Cardy
GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser/Trefnydd GLAM (Galeriau, Llyfrgelloedd, Archifdai a llawer Mwy!)
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On 1 July 2014 18:51, BOBBY SHABANGU <bobbyshabangu(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi all ,
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>Thank you so much for this posting. I'm also the first ever WiR in the South African Chapter [[WikimediaZA]] and this information is so much helpful to me especially when it comes to reporting and what roles i can play to improve my work with the host institution. This is my 3rd week working with the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation. I'm working on a 4 months contract and though i try by all means to digitize as much documents and pictures as i can however I don't see myself finishing all the work after the 4 months because with each file I open there is a lot of untapped history most of which is not even on the internet otherwise to cut a long story short , one of the hurdles that I've faced is the licensing issue. The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation have chosen to release their material into commons under this license Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 which according to my understanding
it's not free. I'm interested in knowing under which license are the institutions you've been working with releasing their material under ?
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>Kind regards
>Bobby Shabangu
>WikimediaZA
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> Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
>What does "Attribute this work" mean? The page you came from contained embedded licensing metadata, including how the creator wishes to be attributed for re-use.
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>On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 6:45 PM, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
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>On 1 July 2014 15:03, Daria Cybulska <daria.cybulska(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
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>> I would like to get the report printed for Wikimania - if
>> you have any comments that would require changes
>> of content do let me know by Friday 4th July.
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>The report states:
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> 'As a chapter then we have run the Wikimedian
> in Residence programme since May 2012, when
> Andrew Gray started his residency at the British
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>As pointed out previously, this was not the first residency run by the
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Hi All,
Over the last couple of months I've been working on reviewing the
Wikimedian in Residence programme run by Wikimedia UK. Part of which was
informed by the Community survey, which some of you would have participated
in. I will be promoting the report more widely later in July, but it would
be great to hear your early thoughts. Please see the report *here*
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedian_in_Residence_2014_review>. One
possible space for comments could be here
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Cultural_partnerships/2014_WIR_community_cons…>
.
I would like to get the report printed for Wikimania - if you have any
comments that would require changes of content do let me know by Friday 4th
July.
Otherwise, any broader comments, or further discussion about the programme
itself, would be very welcome.
Kind regards,
Daria
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