GLAM December 2017

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Structured Commons newsletter, December 13, 2017
by Sandra Fauconnier 13 Dec '17

13 Dec '17

Hi all! Here's a fresh newsletter about Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons. Enjoy! ... *Community updates* - There was a IRC Office Hour about Structured Commons on November 21. You can read the log here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2017-11-21> . - Our dedicated IRC channel: wikimedia-commons-sd webchat <https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-commons-sd> *Things to do / input and feedback requests* <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved> - *NEW:* Participate in a survey <http://www.allourideas.org/commonswdtools> that helps us prioritize which tools are important for the Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata communities. The survey runs until December 22. Here's some background <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Too…> . - *NEW:* Help the team decide on better names for 'captions' and 'descriptions' <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Fee…'captions'_and_'descriptions'>. You can provide input until January 3, 2018. - *NEW:* Help collect interesting Commons files <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured%20data/Get%20involved…>, to prepare for the data modelling challenges ahead! Continuous input is welcome. - Join the community focus group <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Com…> ! - Do you want to translate messages and information about Structured Data on Commons from English to your own language? Sign up on the translators page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Structured%20Data%20on%20Commons/Newsletter…> . *Presentations / Press / Events* <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/About/Press_and_…> - Sandra <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SandraF%20(WMF)> presented the plans for Structured Commons during WikidataCon in Berlin, on October 29. The presentation focused on collaboration between the Wikidata and Commons communities. You can see the full video here. <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikidataCon_2017_-_Structured_Commo…> *Partners and allies* - We are still welcoming (more) staff from GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) to become part of our long-term focus group <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/GLA…> (phabricator task T174134 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174134>). You will be kept in the loop of the project, and receive regular small surveys and requests for feedback. Get in touch with Sandra <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SandraF%20(WMF)> if you're interested - your input in helping to shape this project is highly valued! *Research* - Research findings from interviews and surveys of GLAM project participants are being published to the research page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Supporting_Commons_contribution_by…>. Check back over the next few weeks as additional details (notes, quotes, charts, blog posts, and slide decks) will be added to or linked from that page. *Development* <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Development> - The Structured Commons team has written and submitted a report about the first nine months of work on the project to its funders, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The 53-page report, published on November 1, is available on Wikimedia Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Structured_Data_on_Commons_Nov._201…> . - The team has started working on designs for changes to the upload wizard (T182019 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T182019>). - We started preliminary work to prototype changes for file info pages. - Work on the MediaInfo extension is ongoing (T176012 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176012>). - The team is continuing its work on baseline metrics on Commons, in order to be able to measure the effectiveness of structured data on Commons. (T174519 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T174519>) - Upcoming: in the first half of 2018, the first prototypes and design sketches for file pages, the UploadWizard, and for search will be published for discussion and feedback! *Stay up to date!* - Follow the Structured Data on Commons project on *Phabricator*: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/34/ - Subscribe to this *newsletter* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global%20message%20delivery/Targets/Structu…> to receive it on a talk page of your own choice. - Join the next *IRC office hour <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC%20office%20hours#Upcoming_office_hours>* and ask questions to the team! It takes place on *Tuesday, February 13, 18.00 UTC* in wikimedia-office webchat <https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-office>. -- Sandra Fauconnier Community Liaison for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data>, Wikimedia Foundation sfauconnier(a)wikimedia.org *Subscribe to the Structured Commons newsletter!* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Structured_…>

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FAST Interest Survey
by Proffitt,Merrilee 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

Colleagues - Five Research Libraries - Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard and Yale - along with OCLC colleagues have created a survey to gauge interest in the current features of OCLC's FAST<http://www.oclc.org/research/themes/data-science/fast.html> (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) and potential enhancements. We'd like as many responses as possible--even from those who are not using FAST! Please share this link with anyone you know who applies subject terminology to metadata. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Next_Steps_for_FAST We've beta-tested the survey, and it takes 5-15 minutes to complete. You will likely see the survey on other lists that you subscribe to. Kate Harcourt at Columbia has volunteered to serve as coordinator for the survey, so please direct any questions about it to her at harcourt(a)columbia.edu<mailto:harcourt@columbia.edu> The deadline for responses is 15 December 2017. Thank you Posted on behalf of: Kate Harcourt Marty Kurth Jim LeBlanc Boaz Nadav Manes Scott Wicks -- Merrilee Proffitt OCLC * Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research 155 Bovet Rd, Suite 500, San Mateo, CA 94402 T +1-650-287-2136 [OCLC]<http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_logo> OCLC.org<http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_link> * Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/OCLC/20530435726> * Twitter<http://twitter.com/oclc> * YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/OCLCvideo>

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GLAM enquiry for India chapter sadsadas
by Sandipan Banerjee 09 Dec '17

09 Dec '17

Hello Wikipedians, I am Sandipan Banerjee from Kolkata, India. I was following Glamwiki mail list for last few months, and I wanted to contribute to the GLAMwiki, but I need more info regarding this, such as who is the person I should contact for more help? or what are the necessary guidelines I should follow etc? Thank you in advance Sandipan Banerjee

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This Month in GLAM: November 2017
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 08 Dec '17

08 Dec '17

*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue XI, Volume VII – November 2017* ------------------------------ Australia and New Zealand report: GLAM Peak digital collections workshops http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/A… Brazil report: Can you hear this GLAM?; Glam activities at I IWSC and 3D reconstruction project http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/B… Côte d'Ivoire report: Training 10 librarians, partnering with APSID-CI http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/C…'Ivoire_report Czech Republic report: Edit-a-thon in Regional museum in Slaný 2017 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/C… Estonia report: Digital Humanities Conference held as Part of Estonian Presidency of Council of the EU http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/E… France report: Edit-a-thons in Saint-Brieuc and Montpellier http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/F… Germany report: A new archive building is born and more GLAM on Tour Stations http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/G… Ireland report: Digital Preservation Community Workshop http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/I… Macedonia report: Edit-a-thon related to WWII; Wiki Loves Food 2017 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/M… Netherlands report: Photographs of Africa & KB-Wiki partnership http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/N… Serbia report: Two Wikipedians in residence and one edit-a-thon http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/S… Spain report: Working with libraries http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/S… Sweden report: Nordiska museet; Internetmuseum; Statens maritima museer; Nationalmuseum; Swedish Performing Arts Agency workshop http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/S… Tunisia report: Upload Book http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/T… UK report: Libraries gave us power http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/U… Ukraine report: Volunteers cooperate with GLAMers http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/U… USA report: remember November http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/U… Special story: Out of This World! http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/S… Wikidata report: Onwards and Upwards http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/W… WMF GLAM report: Conferences, case studies, Structured Commons, #1lib1ref http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/W… Calendar: December's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents/E… ------------------------------ About *This Month in GLAM* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/About Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Add your story / Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom -- The *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter

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Reminder to Vote in 2017 Community Wishlist Survey
by Alex Stinson 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

Hi all, I wanted to call your attention to the Community Wishlist, which has opened voting on potential projects until December 10. The full list of 215 proposals can be found on the main survey page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey Below my signature, I have listed a number of proposals that I think are directly relevant to various GLAM organization and activity workflows. If you spot other proposals/wishes that are relevant to folks on this list, please share as well! I encourage you to browse through and vote for any projects you would like to see be considered by the Community Tech team in future. Cheers, Alex Stinson GLAM WikiSource Related: * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Wikisource#I… Wikidata related: * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Wikidata#Qr_… * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Wikidata#Int… Commons related: * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Multimedia_a… * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Multimedia_a… * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Multimedia_a… * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Multimedia_a… * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Multimedia_a… * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Multimedia_a… -- 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: http://glamwiki.org

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What happened in GLAM in November?
by Romaine Wiki 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

Hello all! What happened with GLAM in November? Let us know and write a (short) report about it for the newsletter 'This Month in GLAM' so that the worldwide and local Wikimedia community can read what happened in your area. Also this will encourage others to participate and donate material. You can start writing here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom If your country/area isn't mentioned on the page, you can always add it to: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2017/Contents Please mention also the coming GLAM activities on our calendar on: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Calendar/December_2017 Deadline: 7 December If anyone needs help/explanation about the newsletter, please ask! Thanks & greetings! Romaine --- http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Romaine

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