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

+31 (0)70 3140 388
@ookgezellig

www.slideshare.net/OlafJanssenNL

 

 


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