Hi all,<div><br></div><div>yesterday the Zedlerprize was awarded at the WikiAcademy in Berlin. We are happy that the community project Wiki loves monument was elected as winner  by the jury. Especially helpfull to the sucess of the project was the throgoughly change of attitude of the Federal Office of Heritage Austria (BDA). As Dr. Holzschuh-Hofer of the BDA expressed it: Thanks to Wiki loves Monument and the collaboration with the volunteers of Wikipedia, we have experienced that open acess gives the better result. Please read our <a href="http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/">blogpost </a>for further details.</div>
<div><br></div><div>thanks Barbara</div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Barbara Fischer</div><div>Kuratorin für Kulturpartnerschaften</div><div><br></div><div>Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | NEU: Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin</div>
<div>Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://wikimedia.de" target="_blank">http://wikimedia.de</a></div><div><br></div><div>Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.</div>
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