In my opinion your are putting on the table an important question, dear
Barbara.
The question is how approaching the GLAM tools.
In every software there is a need, after there is a development, and after
there is an acceptance because who asked to have a tool may say that the
"functionalities" don't match the requirements.
The tool can be fantastic, multitasking, multifunctional, portable,
efficient, and so on BUT cannot do some basic functions required by a GLAM
project.
The main problem, for instance, is that it's hard to use, not friendly, it
requires a long training...
The problem is to have technicians designing softwares for technicians or
implementing softwares for technicians.
I think that it's fundamental that the requests and the acceptance MUST be
done by GLAM operators and that the tools must implement ONLY what is
required, nothing else.
I remember that some months ago there was a discussion here about the tools
required by GLAM projects... there were several emails and the request was
for the GLAMwiki tooolkit.
After some months it would be happy to know who is using it, which projects
are having benefits from it and how quantify the relation costs/benefits.
I think that the GLAM-coordinators must take their right position in this
process and must organize a "task force" to collect requirements and to
submit these requirements to the community of developers and to evaluate
the final results asking for corrections or re-engineering. If the GLAM
coordinators will not be bold, the risk is to have terabytes of unusable
software or tools.
This role is fundamental for a correct approach to this problem.
regards
On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Barbara Fischer <
barbara.fischer(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
Hi Liam and Eric,
collaborating with GLAMs in Germany I can only stress how important
technical support is to help GLAM to integrate their content to Wikimedia
projects. Actually it is a trias of consultancy, technical support and
seduce them with projects like coding da Vinci : the culture hackathon
<http://codingdavinci.de/>. We are planning to enhance this support by
more intense collaboration with EUROPEANA through the GLAM Wiki Tool kit -
hopefully with Liam -, by launching a "Lizenzhinweisgenerator
<https://github.com/wmde/Lizenzverweisgenerator>" helping users in an
easy way to quote and reuse legally correct the data files on Commons, and
thus ensuring GLAMs that "their" content will be widely spread but thread
to them. And triggering the discussion on license issues on all legal
levels. We would really appreciate it, if there would something like an
international "task force" making sure as one point that the different
tools are accessible in the different languages in different chapters and
adapting them to national law where it is required.
As far as I can see time is right to harvest - let`s provide the service
and tools to make it as easy and convenient as possible.
The meet up of GLAM-coordinators at the Wikimania would be a good starting
point. Lilli Illiev
<http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lilli_Iliev_(WMDE)>and Katja
Ullrich
<http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Katja_Ullrich_(WMDE)> will
attend the Wikimania to meet as many of You as possible and share the
knowledge.
Best regards
Barbara Fischer
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