Hi GLAM-Wiki programs leaders and community,

I am really excited to share with you that the foundation has received the below grant for Structured Data on Commons. I have been supporting this development, because as many of you know, GLAM-Wiki collaborations are deeply connected to how we handle metadata, esp. integrating content donations into Commons.

A major component of the grant, will be collaborating with our GLAM partners, especially with institutions that have robust technical expertise about structured data who can give feedback on the roadmap and features of the Structured Commons project. If there is someone who should be kept informed, please let me know: in the short term, I will be helping connect the development team with some initial outside expertise and with partners who have done mass-uploads before.

As we get deeper into the project we will want to also work with organizations willing to interact with the technology. If any of your partners or volunteer GLAM leaders would like to help us understand their use of Commons please let me know.

Also, I wanted to give a special thank you to community leaders, like User:Jarekt, User:Husky, User:Spinster, User:Multichill, User:Jane023, User:Magnus Manske, User:TheDJ, User:Wittyllama, User:Aubrey, User:Pigsonthewing, and the many others who for the last few years, have been experimenting with connecting GLAM collections with our structured data ecosystem on both Commons and through Wikidata. When both communicating the need for Structured data on Commons within the Foundation and supporting the development of the grant, the examples and case studies you have provided along with all that I have learned about structured data from you, helped greatly in putting this together.