Hey everyone,
This was just posted to Wikimedia-l and for I thought it would be worth sharing
here as well:
The GLAMwikiToolset (project homepage
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAMToolset_project> , mediawiki
extension <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GWToolset> , user manual
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:GWToolset> ) has been in
development for several years now at Europeana. It is a joint funding
initiative with several European chapters to develop a standard method for GLAMs
(or anyone else for that matter) to mass-upload to Wikimedia Commons on their
own terms, without the need to operate bots or be dependent on the subset of
volunteers who can to do it for them. While we acknowledge that the system still
has bugs and still requires some technical ability (e.g. creating a flat XML
file), this is a significant step forward.
The tool has been quietly operational now for a while and has been used for an
interesting variety of uploads
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GWToolset_users> , with more coming
each week. We hope that with increased usage the system will start to become a
standard part of the GLAMwiki repertoire of activities and over time will become
easier to use and help draw attention to other related engineering work that
needs attention - like multimedia statistics and metadata export.
For those coming to Wikimania who who would like to know more, there will be two
presentations on the Sunday
<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme#Sunday.2C_August_10>
dedicated to the tool and also a hackathon session - please sign up here:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon#GWToolset
The toolkit also has its own mailing list here:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools
If you're at a library with an archive or any other collection of public domain
materials, your contributions would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Derric Atzrott
Computer Specialist
Alizee Pathology