Dear all,
Within the framework of the project Decolonising Knowledge in Switzerland, tomorrow at 10:00 am CEST, we will have a presentation of the exhibition “Roots”, currently in Bali and originally organised in Basel. The curators are providing a series of content for Wikimedia Commons and the Wikimedia projects.
It is quite extraordinary how contacting exhibitions has worked very efficiently to collect open content (it seems from this project that contacts with exhibitions are more effective than contacts with institutions); and the exhibitions we have been working with are really interesting for their approach and research.
You're more than welcome to join the presentation. In any case, the presentation will be recorded and released under the open license CC BY 4.0.
regards
iolanda / iopensa
Project Decolonising Knowledge in Switzerland https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Decolonising_knowledge
Online room of the presentation https://cvs5133.ergonet.host/b/iol-gdq-fbx-tst
Tuesday 20 May 2025
Online <https://cvs5133.ergonet.host/b/iol-gdq-fbx-tst> , 10:00 CET, English
"Roots", KBH.G / Arma Museum Ubud a presentation by curator Michael Schindhelm of the exhibition originally organised in Basel at the Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger, from its new installation at the Arma Museum Ubud in Bali.
Call for Proposals – Deadline Extended to 29 May 2025
** Apologies for cross posting **
*Joint Open Session of the IFLA Art Libraries and Bibliography Sections at
IFLA WLIC 2025*
Session Theme:* “Art and Bibliography in Digital Dialogue”*
*Introduction*
The IFLA Art Libraries Section <https://www.ifla.org/units/art-libraries/>
and Bibliography Section
<https://www.ifla.org/units/bibliography/committee/> invite proposals for
presentations for their joint session at the IFLA World Library and
Information Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan, 18-22 August 2025.
In the evolving landscape of Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
(GLAM), digital technologies are redefining the relationship between art
and its associated bibliographic information, opening new avenues for
description, discovery and user engagement. This transformation is driven
by bibliographic practices—including cataloguing, subject and genre
descriptions, and linked data combined with cutting-edge technologies—which
shape the description, access, and digital connection of art collections.
The session aims to explore the intersection of art and bibliography in the
digital age, specifically within digital GLAM collections, with a focus on
art libraries. Under this theme will be explored how new technologies (AI
and Linked Data) are transforming practices to enhance description, access,
presentation, connection, and discovery of art, from the cultural heritage
collections to the modern and born-digital photography and documentary
resources. Crucially, the session aims to highlight how art and
bibliography digital dialogue is connecting users with the rich resources
of art and its bibliography, ultimately reshaping the art experience.
We invite proposals that showcase practical projects, emerging technology
use cases, or strategies shaping the future of cultural heritage,
contemporary, or born-digital collections, with a focus on connecting users
with art in new and meaningful ways.
*Suggested topics*
Topics include but are not limited to:
- Linked data and AI trends in art bibliographic description, access and
discovery
- Technology impact on digital collections in GLAM institutions
- Art metadata and art-specific vocabularies for collections description
- AI-driven metadata enrichment and generation for art
- Digital preservation strategies for art bibliographic data and
collections in the age of AI
- Ethical and copyright implications of AI in art and cultural heritage
- AI-powered art discovery and presentation
- Innovative interfaces and virtual exhibitions for art collections
- User experience and engagement in digital art platforms
Case studies are also welcome, particularly those focused on:
- Interoperability and data sharing cross domains: case studies from art
libraries, GLAM, and digital humanities
- Collaboration and knowledge sharing among art librarians,
bibliographers, cataloguers, art historians, and GLAM professionals, in
cross cultural projects
- Art librarians’ training and capacity building to work with metadata
and new technologies to enhance art description, sharing and discovery
For submission details, *please visit the official **Call for Proposals
page* <https://2025.ifla.org/art-libraries-and-bibliography-sections/>.
Kind regards,
*ISABEL AYRESInformation Coordinator - IFLA Bibliography Section
<https://www.ifla.org/units/bibliography/>*
Library Science Professor
CRB 8/5981 - Lattes <http://lattes.cnpq.br/8625163952217823> / Linkedin
<http://linkedin.com/in/isabel-ayres-59919928> / Orcid
<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8861-7421> - www.fespsp.org.br
Hello 🙂
(Sorry for cross-posting!)
We’re thrilled to announce that submissions are now open for both the GLAM
Wiki Conference 2025 Scholarship Applications and the Call for Program
Proposals!
This milestone is the result of dedicated work by both the Scholarship and
Program Committees, as well as the Core Organizing Team — and we couldn’t
be happier to share this news with you today, on International Museums Day
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Museum_Day>.
This year’s conference theme is:
Resilience: Shaping the Future Through Community and Openness
This theme is grounded in three key aims: 1) Building the Future, 2)
Community Resilience, and 3) Digital Resilience.
We believe this is a timely and meaningful theme — one that resonates
deeply across the global open movement and within every part of the
Wikimedia community.
You can find full details, including scholarship criteria and program
tracks, on the Meta-Wiki event page.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2025
Deadlines:
- Scholarship Application: *7 June*
- Program Call-for-Proposals: *15 June*
Save the date!
The conference will take place 30 October – 1 November 2025, in Lisbon,
Portugal. Stay tuned for updates on registration, opening later in June
2025.
We can’t wait to welcome you to Lisbon — and we look forward to your ideas,
energy, and participation in shaping a resilient future together.
Kind regards,
The GLAM Wiki 2025 Organizing Team
Hello ������
(Sorry for cross-posting!)
We’re thrilled to announce that submissions are now open for both the GLAM
Wiki Conference 2025 Scholarship Applications and the Call for Program
Proposals!
This milestone is the result of dedicated work by both the Scholarship and
Program Committees, as well as the Core Organizing Team — and we couldn’t
be happier to share this news with you today, on International Museums Day
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Museum_Day>.
This year’s conference theme is:
Resilience: Shaping the Future Through Community and Openness
This theme is grounded in three key aims: 1) Building the Future, 2)
Community Resilience, and 3) Digital Resilience.
We believe this is a timely and meaningful theme — one that resonates
deeply across the global open movement and within every part of the
Wikimedia community.
You can find full details, including scholarship criteria and program
tracks, on the Meta-Wiki event page.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2025
Deadlines:
- Scholarship Application: *7 June*
- Program Call-for-Proposals: *15 June*
Save the date!
The conference will take place 30 October – 1 November 2025, in Lisbon,
Portugal. Stay tuned for updates on registration, opening later in June
2025.
We can’t wait to welcome you to Lisbon — and we look forward to your ideas,
energy, and participation in shaping a resilient future together.
Kind regards,
The GLAM Wiki 2025 Organizing Team
Dear All,
We hope this message finds you well.
We are researchers at King’s College London working on the MuseIT project<https://www.muse-it.eu>, a European initiative aimed at improving the accessibility of cultural heritage collections for people with disabilities. As part of this work, we are exploring how generative AI tools can help create alternative representations of cultural artefacts—such as image, music and 3D models —so that they can be experienced in multiple sensory formats.
To support this research, we kindly invite you to participate in a short survey:
Survey link: https://forms.gle/DNG2g8YTQTWzRDuE9
Estimated time: 15–20 minutes
Your feedback will be invaluable in helping us understand how these AI-generated multimodal representations are perceived, especially in terms of cultural relevance and accessibility. Whether you are a cultural data provider, practitioner, accessibility researcher, or open data user, your perspective will help guide the development of more inclusive AI tools.
This survey supports our development of CUBE-MT, an extension of the CUBE benchmark<https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.06863> [Kannen et al., 2024], which evaluates how well generative models represent cultural artefacts across modalities and geographies. You can read more about CUBE-MT and its goals in our recent paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570826824000337?via%3Di…
We would be grateful for your time and input. Your responses will directly inform research aimed at ensuring cultural experiences are more inclusive, accurate, and engaging for diverse communities—particularly those with sensory or communication challenges.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or thoughts—we would love to hear from you. And if you are able to share this invitation with colleagues or networks, we would appreciate it very much.
With sincere thanks and best wishes,
Nitisha
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Dr. Nitisha Jain
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Informatics, King's College London, The UK
Knowledge Graphs | Responsible AI | Explainable AI | Foundation Models
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/nitisha-jain