Nicole, I don't think there has been a crossover. the Boston Photog group would be a great one to engage. And we could start with university libraries and museums, which tend to be especially open to such things. Getting permission to take / relicense good photos of major library works would likely be possible as well.
--SJ
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Nicole Willson artisticaltruist@gmail.com wrote:
Don't know if you're aware of Dave Menninger or Wikipedia Loves Art, but I follow them on Facebook. Description from the page:
"Wikipedia Loves Art is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest among museums and cultural institutions worldwide, and aimed at illustrating Wikipedia articles."
More info can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=128326730243&h=oXcAL&u=vVo... . Looks like a lot of NYC museums are involved.
Do you know if any effort has been made to work with Boston museums? I know there's a big Boston Photography meetup. Also Boston MediaMakers has a lot of photographers and videographers willing to volunteer for the right projects. Maybe they'd be interested? Also, I have a library school friend who used to work at the MFA. She may be able to tell me who to contact about getting permission to take pictures for Wikipedia.
We organized 'Wikipedia Loves Art' centrally with Wikimedia NYC and the Brooklyn Museum, and reached out to other museums and local Wikimedia folks in different cities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art
I got in touch with Dave Menninger to coordinate the wiki side of working with the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, and I hope we can get Boston museums participating in the future.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks, Pharos
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Samuel Klein sj@laptop.org wrote:
Nicole, I don't think there has been a crossover. the Boston Photog group would be a great one to engage. And we could start with university libraries and museums, which tend to be especially open to such things. Getting permission to take / relicense good photos of major library works would likely be possible as well.
--SJ
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Nicole Willson artisticaltruist@gmail.com wrote:
Don't know if you're aware of Dave Menninger or Wikipedia Loves Art, but I follow them on Facebook. Description from the page:
"Wikipedia Loves Art is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest among museums and cultural institutions worldwide, and aimed at illustrating Wikipedia articles."
More info can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=128326730243&h=oXcAL&u=vVo... . Looks like a lot of NYC museums are involved.
Do you know if any effort has been made to work with Boston museums? I know there's a big Boston Photography meetup. Also Boston MediaMakers has a lot of photographers and videographers willing to volunteer for the right projects. Maybe they'd be interested? Also, I have a library school friend who used to work at the MFA. She may be able to tell me who to contact about getting permission to take pictures for Wikipedia.
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