Hi all - apologies for cross posting.
I was wondering if I could ask any GLAMs who have uploaded content to Commons, or
Wikimedians who have worked with GLAMs to upload content to Commons, if they had any
details they could share regarding the forms of use that different types of content
receive?
For context: at the National Library of Scotland, questions have been raised about the
resolution of the images we've released thus far, and whether such a 'large'
size is necessary (currently 2500px images). We hope to prove that this resolution (and
perhaps higher) is not only justified but required for the types of usage that the content
is likely to meet with on Commons - research, online dissemination, etc - and would like
to have some use studies that we can provide to support this. Different examples for
different types of content (i.e. maps vs images vs texts) would also be useful.
Side note: this is information that I think might prove of interest to other GLAM
organisations debating the possibility of releasing content to Commons or other Wikimedia
projects. It might be worthwhile to generate some sort of infosheet or booklet etc. based
off of any information that could be gathered, which could then be distributed to GLAMs
working with Wikimedia or considering a collaboration. If you could include any details
that would therefore be appreciated. If you'd prefer not to swamp the lists, you could
leave a note on my talk page -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:ACrockford
Thanks!
Ally
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