Hey Sara, yes, it was quite a process. I guess getting the actual consent for releasing the stuff under CC-ZERO was the easy part, mapping the (very detailed) XML dumps from their catalogue system to the less extended format on Commons was a lot of work.
-- Hay
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Sara Thomas sa.thomas@live.com wrote:
Fantastic! I'm trying to get a similar donation here... do you know if it took a long time to secure the donation?
Thanks! Sara
From: Olaf.Janssen@KB.nl To: glam@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 08:57:47 +0000 Subject: Re: [GLAM] 2.500 pictures donated by Museum Catharijneconvent
Yes, this is an excellent donation indeed! I was particularly impressed not only by the hires tiffs, but also by the extended (Dutch) description of each object!
Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards
Olaf Janssen
Wikipedia & open data coordinator
Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands olaf.janssen@kb.nl
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