I think it's always likely there will be a bias toward the country in which Wikimania is being held. That said I'm certain the programme committee did not select so many UK GLAM things on purpose.

To my knowledge, the UK chapter is the most involved with GLAM out of the whole chapter ecosystem - this could be wrong, but WMUK certainly seems to lead the way in at least some definitions.

I will however say that it would have been perhaps better to have a more diverse programme committee in general. Most of us are from the US or the UK. Would have been ideal to have a wider range of voices judging submissions. Something for Mexico 2015 to think about perhaps.

Joe

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On 9 June 2014 11:53, Stuart Lawson <stuart.a.lawson@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for this Rupert, very interesting. Not sure what you mean by 'no success criteria when choosing entries' though; have you seen the Submissions review page? https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submission_review

There will be space throughout the conference for breakout sessions and self-organised sessions on any topics. I don't think the official programme is meant to define everything that is/should be talked about at Wikimania, and anyone is welcome to organise 'fringe' meetings on any topic of their choosing, and most welcome to use the Wikimania wiki to organise things like that if they like.


On 9 June 2014 10:28, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner@gmail.com> wrote:
hi,

fyi, a statistical analysis about the GLAM track and where the
presentations are from:

4 entries are US:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Open_Authority:_A_New_Way_to_Talk_to_GLAMs
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_Future_of_Libraries_and_Wikipedia
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wiki_Loves_Capitol_Hill
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/GLAM_Boot_Camp_%E2%80%94_A_New_Model_for_GLAM-Wiki_Skills-Building_for_Wikimedians

7 entries are UK:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Have_you_heard%3F_-_The_spoken_voices_of_notable_people
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_state_of_metrics_for_Galleries,_Libraries,_Archives_and_Museums_Projects
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_GLAM-Wiki_Revolution
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Using_the_Mass_upload_tool_to_copy_GLAM_collections_to_Commons
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Small_is_beautiful_-_GLAM_in_small_museums
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Direct,_sustainable_partnerships:_How_do_we_keep_GLAMs_and_editors_in_touch%3F
   medical/cancer research in the glam track:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Medical_information_online;_Wikipedia%27s_place_in_the_ecosystem

2 entries from WM deutschland:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/How_we_organized_a_hackathon_with_GLAM_institutions,_gave_open_culture_to_hackers_and_made_everyone_happy
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind_-_The_secrets_of_local_GLAM_outreach

2 entries from netherlands
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Insider/Outsiders_-_GLAM_case_studies_from_India_%26_Mexico
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/GLAMwiki_Toolset:_How_to_bring_the_cultural_sector_and_Wikimedia_together

1 india/mexico:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Four_Years_of_Contributing_and_Connecting_to_Wikipedia_from_Inside_the_Audio-visual_Archive

1 europeana:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/%22F%22_for_Fashion:_our_joint_GLAM-Wiki_efforts_in_collaboration_with_Europeana-Fashion_-_A_Panel

as a summary, 11 US/UK, 2 DE, 2 cooperation, 2 rest of the world. 2
persons give 2 presentations (both UK). there is no space for a "free"
GLAM discussion wished by many... and no success criteria when
choosing entries. congratulations, programme committee :)

rupert.

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