Dear all,
Apologies for cross-posting:
The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision and the Dutch public
broadcaster VPRO have joined forces in the initiative “Mind of the
Universe: open video commons
<http://www.vpro.nl/programmas/the-mind-of-the-universe/english.html The
Mind of the Universe>” is a unique international open source project based
on the rapid evolution of our knowledge. The ten-part television series
from Dutch public broadcaster, VPRO will show tomorrow's world through the
eyes of the greatest thinkers and scientists of our time. The “open video
commons”-component will (1) make a content donation of high-quality
broadcast content (2) actively encourage the use of this material by the
Wikipedia community and (3) highlight potential and provide practical
support for setting up collaborations between public broadcasters and the
Wikipedia community. In order to make this possible a Wikimedia
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PE…>Projects
and Event Grant
<[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Requests#Open_submissions> has
been requested. Your support for this groundbreaking initiative would be
much appreciated. You can read the full proposal and give your endorsement
on the PEG Grant Application Page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Mind_of_the_Universe:_open_video…>.
Many thanks!
Kind regards, Jesse
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*Jesse de Vos*
Researcher Interactive and New Media
*T* 035 - 677 39 37
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Hello everyone!
The Wikimedia Brazilian Group of Education and Research[1] will host on October 13th and 14th in Rio de Janeiro the "1st Brazilian Wikipedia Science Conference"
This event aims to bring together students, teachers and researchers with projects and publications about Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects and their dynamics.
We are almost done and soon we will announce our official website and call for papers. Articles and poster will be accepted.
The Wikimedia Foundation has validated our logo [2] and the use of the Wikipedia brand in the event name.
We are using as inspiration the events organized by Wikimedia UK[3] and OpenSym[4].
We are trying to bring to Brazil some important keynotes from our movement. If someone from this list is interested in coming to visit us, let's keep in touch!
That event is under organization in a very organic and experimental way, with no funding from WMF to see the impact and interest from the local academic community. Based on the results and impacts we will try to do something bigger in 2017.
All the content produced during the event will be published in CC licenses (photos, videos, interviews, publications).
Soon we will have more news! You can check our planning page here[5]
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/BR-ER
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Science_Conference
[3] https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikipedia_Science_Conference
[4] http://www.opensym.org/os2016/
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/BR-ER/Events/Congresso_Científico_Brasileir…
Best regards
Rodrigo Padula
Coordenador de Projetos
Grupo Wikimedia Brasileiro de Educação e Pesquisa
http://www.wikimedia.org.br
21 99326-0558
Does your country have historic ties with the Netherlands?
Project Netherlands and the world
Over the centuries, the Netherlands have developed close ties with many
countries through trade and colonialism. Shared cultural heritage has
evolved in the Netherlands and in these countries.. Many collections in
GLAM institutions in the Netherlands and these countries show this shared
past and the way cultures influenced each other. Recent donations in the
Netherlands from GLAM institutions show the content available in Dutch
collections:
-
African Studies Center
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika-Studiecentrum,_Leiden>, Leiden
University, donated 756 images made by Roel Coutinho
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Guinea-Bissau_and_Senegal_1973-1…>,
a Dutch MD working in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal between 1973 and 1974. The
images show aspects of daily life such as food preparation, festivities and
school and hospital buildings, among other things.
-
The Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Institute_of_Southeast_Asia…>
and Leiden University Library
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden_University_Library> donated 3114
images <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:KITLV_donation_2016>to
Wikimedia Commons as a follow-up to an earlier donation containing 2400+
images <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:KITLV_donation_2015>.
The new donation contains photos, lithos, drawings, watercolours showing
people, landscapes, plantations, plants and butterflies from countries such
as Suriname, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and Singapore.
-
The National Museum of World Cultures
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17153751> donated a collection of 720
images
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_the_Nationaal_Museum…>
to Wikimedia Commons. This donation consists of photos of objects from the
museum's collection, and of photos taken during Dutch scientific and
military expeditions in Suriname and the Dutch East Indies.
With the project “The Netherlands and the world” Wikimedia Nederland wants
to increase free access to knowledge about such shared cultural heritage.
And we want to stimulate active participation of GLAM partners and the
Wikmedia community, both in the Netherlands and in other countries. We want
to develop partnerships and activities, with Wikipedians and Wikimedians
worldwide and with institututions that want to share and connect relevant
collections.
The project is in the start-up phase. We are open to all ideas about
activities , about how the project should be designed or which contacts/
partners are indispensable for this project. If you, your organisation,
your chapter, thematic organisation or user group is interested in taking
part, please let us know.
There is a project page
<https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Netherlands_and_the_world> on the Wiki
of Wikimedia Nederland.
For more information about the project: contact project coordinator
Elisabeth Wiessner wiessner(a)wikimedia.nl
Or talk to me or my colleague Arne Wossink at Wikimania!
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Met vriendelijke groeten,
Elisabeth Wiessner
Wikimedia Nederland
Projectleider Culturele Samenwerking
06-15290297
wiessner(a)wikimedia.nl
[x-posted announcement]
Hello,
The next online office hour session of the Wikimedia Language team is
scheduled for next Wednesday, June 15th, 2016 at 13:00 UTC. This session is
going to be an online discussion over Google Hangouts/Youtube with a
simultaneous IRC conversation. Due to the limitation of Google Hangouts,
only a limited number of participation slots are available. Hence, do
please let us know (on the event page
<https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cd1bfs8111cbd4lmegqthma65c8>) if you
would like to join in the Hangout. The IRC channel #wikimedia-office and
the Q&A channel for the youtube broadcast will be open for interactions
during the session.
Our last online round-table session was held in March 2016. You can watch
the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FrowkpBEnQ
I would also like to mention that our team is currently inviting feedback
for Content Translation via a community consultation
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation/Community_Consultation_J…>
which will conclude on June 22nd, 2016. We will make a note of any related
feedback received during this session and review it along with the other
comments received on-wiki.
Please read below for the event details, including local time and do let us
know if you have any questions.
Thank you
Runa
== Details ==
# Event: Wikimedia Language team's office hour session
# When: June 15, 2016 (Wednesday) at 13:00 UTC (check local time
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160615T1300)
# Where: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cd1bfs8111cbd4lmegqthma65c8 and
on IRC #wikimedia-office (Freenode)
# Agenda:
- Updates from the Language team and Q & A.
- Content Translation community consultation:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation/Community_Consultation_J…
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Language Engineering Manager
Outreach and QA Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation
Hello all,
After some months of discussions and meetings we started this month our first GLAM Project in Brasil.
Finally we added Brazil to the GLAM map [1]. Since it's our first pilot project, we are learning the best way to upload content and organize all info regarding the uploaded files.
Our partner, Immigration Museum of the state of São Paulo[2] is receiving support from Creative Commons Brazil and from our team to adopt CC licenses and publish open content.
That first pilot project[3] will cover a new exhibition that will be launched soon by the museum. During the next months we will discuss regarding massive uploads regarding other exhibitions and internal museum's archives and collections.
Since it's our first project, we will need additional guidance and support. During the last days we received some contradictory information from Commons admins/contributors.
The museum sent created an OTRS ticket to provide info regard the ownership and licenses of the uploaded content and contents that will be added by the museum during the near future[4].
Here[5] you can see the pilot project. All guidance and tips and tricks are welcome ;-)
Best regards
Rodrigo Padula
Coordenador de Projetos
Grupo Wikimedia Brasileiro de Educação e Pesquisa
http://www.wikimedia.org.br
21 99326-0558
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Projects
[2] museudaimigracao.org.br
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_Brazilian_Group_of_Educ…
[4] https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&Ticke…
[5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_contributed_by_the_Immigr…
Forwarding to GLAM lists.
Pine
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From: "Ivan Martínez" <galaver(a)gmail.com>
Date: Jun 3, 2016 15:43
Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] 72 hours with Rodin editathon in Mexico
City
To: <WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
Hi everyone.
This June, Wikimedia Mexico will run the editathon* 72 hours with Rodin* a
huge journey from June 9 to 12 at Museo Soumaya[1]. This time we're trying
to break our previous record (60 continuous hours), this time we're trying
to achieve an even greater marathon: more than 70 continuous hours editing
Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and Wikisource. We are celebrating
the arrival to the museum of one of Auguste Rodin's masterpieces: ''The
Gates of Hell'', so, we will have a celebration about art and free
knowledge which will include talks, theater pieces, guided tours, workshops
and fun time activities as karaoke nights. You saw it at Wikimania,
Wikimedia Mexico volunteers love fun also :) The museum will be open also
to public during that 72 hours.
The editathon will focus on Auguste Rodin works and the Museo Soumaya
collections, but beyond that we have higher goals like completing the full
list of museums in Mexico and at least 50 biographies on importan women in
art and feminism as part of our permanent and transversal Gender Gap
Reduction Strategy. In this list (in Spanish)[2] you can find more about
the event and the list of articles. As in other editathons at Museo
Soumaya[3], we are inviting all Wikimedia chapters and affiliates to join
this effort and support us translating articles to more languages. As you
can see in the list, this time we are doing a detailed logistic which
involves pairing Wikimedia Mexico volunteers with museum staff (researchers
and/or curators), aiming to increase experience of the museum’s staff on
Wikipedia.
*72 hours with Rodin* will pursuit to set a new record and it’s an event
prepared since January, escalating in intensity since two months ago with
the coordination by Andrés Cruz y Corro (User:Andycyca), head of volunteers
in Wikimania 2015. As a matter of fact, 60% of the Wikimania 2015 Yellow
Army will be present on the event.
We will love to have support from Wikimedia community in the translation of
the articles produced in the editathon to more languages of the globe.
Please don’t hesitate if you want to join the editathon!
Best,
Iván Martínez
President
Wikimedia Mexico
[1]
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiproyecto:Museo_Soumaya/Editat%C3%B3n_72_H…
[2]
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiproyecto:Museo_Soumaya/Editat%C3%B3n_72_H…
[3]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/05/50-hours-of-art-the-museo-soumaya-edi…
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Hey All,
The New Media Consoritium just put out their technologies and Museums
report. Its definitely worth a read, I hope you get a chance:
http://www.nmc.org/publication/nmc-horizon-report-2016-mus
<http://www.nmc.org/publication/nmc-horizon-report-2016-museum-edition/>
eum-edition/
<http://www.nmc.org/publication/nmc-horizon-report-2016-museum-edition/>
A handful of highlights stand out to me in the GLAM-Wiki context:
- One of their "important policy" changes, is the *growing importance of
Networks, Consortia, and Alliances* to help museums solve technological
problems beyond individual organization capacity. This seems to have a lot
of oppportunity for our work: Alex Hinojo has been leading a lot of success
Catalonia, with the Catalan Public Library network:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/Catalonia%27s_Network…
is the close thing to a consortia . Similarly, the York Museum Trust w/ Pat
Hadley, had a lot of scaling impact. Similarly. I have seen reports from
both WMDE and WMSV that suggest focusing on networks to create impact.
Instead of having a single organization buy in to our outreach, it might be
worth focusing more time and energy on strategically focused networks whose
main goal is expanding the capacity of oragnizations within the networks.
- *Digital humanities* -- one of the emerging technologies they focus on
is the analysis and interactive projects being developed by the cluster of
research called "digitial humanities". These projects are pushing a lot of
cultural heritage sharing with the public onto the internet in interactive
ways, with considerable integration with works being done by students. This
appears like an opportunity for us to think more about how we hybrize the
Wikimedia Education program and GLAM-Wiki with a focus on the humanities --
unlike the sciences where STEM outreach and the current version of the
Education Program have been very successful, there hasn't been much success
in expert engagement from the humanities in project like Wikidata and
Wikipedias. Also, this seems to be important for the diversity gaps that
Art+Feminism and other projects largely located in GLAMs would be well
suited to work on.
- *Social media* -- throughout the report, there is increased interest
in social media and external engagement with patrons/audiences. Making sure
that we maintain a social media presence, spreading the word of GLAM-Wiki
as part of OpenGLAM (rather than just a predecessor), seems to be a way to
join the conversation and improve the impact of our work. Distributed
projects like #colorourcollection seem to have a similar level of
enthusiasm as our #1lib1ref campaign -- we ought to examine how our
engagement with other cultural heritage can also be part of these changing
opportunities.
- *Interactive and VR media* - VR seems like a major gap in our current
infrastructure -- we don't even have much in the way of immersive panaromic
support, much less the range of other media types. Spending energy finding
partners in this space might help us be a destination for GLAMs to store
workproduct in this psace (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133526 )
- *Visualization + Open Data* -- increasingly data analysts and data
visualizations are being used within Museums and on their website with the
growing power of Wikidata, its going to be worth having our visualization
tools in your backpocket -- (check out Zika research from WikiCite :
https://twitter.com/wikicite16/status/735845122903027712 or John's
recent work on the Bioreserve material http://www.wikilovesearth.bio/ )
. I am also beginning conversations with the Maps and Graphs team at WMF
about the GLAM-Wiki use cases for their tools, especially if they could be
embedded externally like Commons media.
These are all my initial thoughts -- please poke holes in them, ask
questions, or propose any thoughts/challenges you might notice.
I am going to be hosting a session at Wikimania about the future of
GLAM-Wiki, where we can think through what some of the opportunities are in
this space -- please bring ideas, think about what ways you want to see
GLAM-Wiki grow and change:
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discussions/Glam
Cheers,
Alex Stinson
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Alex Stinson
GLAM-Wiki Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation
Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads
Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM