As many of you know, the National Library and its Trove service include a
WP citation code in the "cite this" drop down in all search results (along
with permalink, and various standardised footnoting styles). At the
Library we are currently in the midst of a very broad tech and
database integration process - part of which is revisiting what kinds of
citations are useful where. I'm going to a meeting next week to discuss
where the WP citation sits within this and I'd really appreciate some
feedback:
1) What effect does the Visual Editor have on the provision of this kind of
code. Is it even useful anymore to provide pre-filled wiki markup?
2) Which kinds of results are useful to have this service provided, and
which are irrelevant? I believe the best use-case is for individual
newspaper articles within Trove. However, I believe that there is little/no
value in providing this service for individual book results in the NLA
catalogue
search (because WP just wants the ISBN, not the fact that it's in any
individual library's collection). However - what about manuscripts, music
scores, unpublished collections of personal papers, digitised maps.... Is
it useful to have this service provided in those circumstances?
-Liam / Wittylama
(In this case I'm asking from my professional capacity as employee of the
NLA)
--
wittylama.com
Peace, love & metadata
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From: Fiona Tweedie <fiona.c.tweedie(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:13 AM
Subject: [@OKFNau] HealthHack Melbourne
To: okfn-au(a)lists.okfn.org
Hello lovely Melbourne friends!
We've got an exciting event coming up at the end of October, a weekend
long hackathon bringing together medical researchers and people with
clever techy skills to tackle some real problems in health research.
Example problems include:
- I use multiple online data sets but I don't have a good way of
knowing when I have looked at all the available information. I'd like
an intuitive search panel that allows me to select exactly what I
need, and report back all the relevant results
- I generate vast quantities of data; I would like a visualisation
panel that lets me quickly and easily compare multiple data sets
against each other
- I regularly search for information about disease occurrence; I'd
like a tool that reports on aspects of previous research, e.g.
statistical significance, number of patients, number
Or you might just do an exploration of an interesting dataset without
a fixed goal. So if you are great at data visualisation, data
management or analytics (or have other great skills like data
journalism and can coax the story out of a dataset) we'd love to see
you there!
You can find some more details here:
http://au.okfn.org/2013/09/21/healthhack/, and register here:
http://healthhackmelb.eventbrite.com.
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Hi All,
For those of you who have been following the Pitch In! project on
Wikisource, a number of new works from the Maurice George Delpratt
collection of correspondence have been uploaded and are ready for
transcription.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Maurice_George_Delpratt_Correspondence
Delpratt was an Australian soldier from the first world war who was taken
prisoner by the Turks in 1915. His collection of correspondence to his
family after his capture provides a unique insight into the experiences of
POWs during the conflict, but also the impact that their capture had on
their families and friends back at home.
(On reflection, "The Maurice George Delpratt Correspondence" sounds like an
excellent name for an indie band, doesn't it?)
Cheers,
Craig Franklin
President - Wikimedia Australia
Hi All,
As you may be aware, Wikimedia Australia (WMAU) has been working for a
period of time now to improve the quality of coverage on Wikimedia projects
of Paralympic and disabled sports. A joint project between WMAU, the
Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) and the University of Queensland (UQ)
has recently been successful in attracting funding from the Australian
Research Council.
Our friends at UQ have issued a media release on behalf of those involved
in the project that gives a bit of background as to what it's all about and
what we hope to achieve:
http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=26747
At WMAU, we feel that apart from making more information available on
Wikimedia on this often neglected area, projects like this one have a role
in increasing diversity on our projects, in this case, encouraging more
disabled people to participate by providing outreach and editing workshops
focusing on a topic that is of interest to many of them.
Regards,
Craig Franklin
President - Wikimedia Australia
Do we want to try to start an Australian 'banned book' transcription project ?
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From: John Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com>
Date: 26 September 2013 09:53
Subject: Banned Books Week
To: "discussion list for Wikisource, the free library"
<wikisource-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
A Facebook post from the State Library of New South Wales alerted me
to this being Banned Books Week.
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bannedbooksweekhttps://twitter.com/search?q=%23bannedbooksweek
There is only two days left in the 'week'. What can we do to participate?
My idea for an international project is to set up a latin transcription of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Librorum_Prohibitorum
I havent looked carefully for an online text, but it isnt immediately
obvious that it has been transcribed already.
--
John Vandenberg
Forwarding a conversation thread (below) from Wikimedia-l, where I just
posted a comment that has specific relevance to Australian Wikimedians who
might wish to access subscription databases (e.g. JSTOR).
In short - if you get a free NLA library card you can get access to JSTOR
and much more for free, offsite access too.
-Liam
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From: Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt(a)gmail.com>
Date: 24 September 2013 13:06
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [WikiEN-l] access to journals
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Jake Orlowitz <jorlowitz(a)gmail.com>, English Wikipedia <
wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
With regards to getting access to closed journals...
I'm now working for the National Library of Australia and we offer free, at
home, access to JSTOR and MANY other restricted access databases to any
Australian, if they get a free library card.
[You can see the full list at the NLA eResources page: http://www.nla.gov.au
/app/eresources/ ]
Is this unique to Australia? I must admit that I didn't realise until
recently the extent of the restricted databases that were available for
free to library card holders in their own home. With all the discussion
over the years on the global Wikimedia mailing lists about trying to
special access for Wikimedians, I had just assumed it was a global issue.
But, at least for Australians, it's largely solved... Are other country's
major libraries offering journal access to the public for free? If not,
perhaps rather than trying to get special access for Wikimedians directly
from the Database companies, we should be working to get access via Library
subscriptions?
Liam / Wittylama.
[p.s. yes - I realise I'm promoting a service offered by my employer,
sorry. But I reckon it's relevant and important that people know though.
p.p.s. If you are Australian and want a free library card sent to you - go
here: http://www.nla.gov.au/getalibrarycard/ ]
wittylama.com
Peace, love & metadata
On 24 September 2013 12:48, Andrea Zanni <zanni.andrea84(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> It's probably worth mentioning (again) that
> we started a brand new wikimedia mailing list about Open Access:
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/openaccess
>
> If you are interested in the topic of access to scientific/academic
> literature, you should be there.
> Getting access to "closed" journals is definetely something that we like
> and must pursue,
> but changing the very system of is more important.
> We shouldn't have this issue at all :-)
>
> Aubrey
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Tom Morris <tom(a)tommorris.org> wrote:
>
> > If you've gone to university, it's well worth looking to see if your
> > university provide alumni access.
> >
> > My university, the University of London, provide alumni access to the
> > library for £220 a year, which includes an eight book borrowing limit,
> full
> > JSTOR access (which doesn't have the limitation that JPASS has), Oxford
> DNB
> > access and some other online resources.
> >
> > Some universities also charge the even better price of nothing.
> >
> > I've put up a page in project space on English Wikipedia so we can
> > document which institutions provide access:
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:JSTOR/Alumni_access
> >
> > --
> > Tom Morris
> > http://tommorris.org/
> >
> > On 24 September 2013 at 12:56:18, David Gerard (dgerard(a)gmail.com)
> wrote:
> >
> > fyi
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Kathleen McCook <klmccook(a)gmail.com>
> > Date: 24 September 2013 12:25
> > Subject: [WikiEN-l] access to journals
> > To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> >
> >
> > In an effort to enhance access options for people who aren’t
> > affiliated with universities, colleges, or high schools,
> > not-for-profit digital library JSTOR has launched JPASS, a new program
> > offering individual users access to 1,500 journals from JSTOR’s
> > archive collection. The move follows the March 2012 launch of JSTOR’s
> > Register & Readprogram, which allowed independent researchers to
> > register for a free MyJSTOR account, and receive free, online-only
> > access to three full-text articles every 14 days. That service has
> > since attracted almost one million users including independent
> > scholars, writers, business people, adjunct faculty, and others, and
> > JSTOR plans to continue offering the service in its current form.
> > However, in a recent survey, many of Register & Read users expressed
> > interest in an individual subscription model that would offer enhanced
> > access, encouraging JSTOR to move ahead with JPASS.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/09/digital-libraries/jstor-launches-jpa…
> > JSTOR Launches JPASS Access Accounts for Individual Researchers
> > [Library Journal]
> >
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Hi All,
With the onset of spring, there are lots of photo opportunities available
at the Botanic Gardens at Mt Coot-tha for those who enjoy taking pictures
of plants and other botanical specimens. I've done a lot of lunch break
photography of the City Gardens, but there's still a lot of ground that we
haven't covered at the bigger gardens up on the mountain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Brisbane_Botanic_Gardens_at_Mou…
Is anyone interested in going up on a Saturday before it gets too hot for a
mini-meetup and photo hunt?
Cheers,
Craig
FYI. I am one of the people funding the EU trademark opposition for the
Community Logo as described below.
John Vandenberg.
sent from Galaxy Note
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From: "Tomasz W. Kozlowski" <tomasz(a)twkozlowski.net>
Date: Sep 21, 2013 5:16 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] It's time to reclaim the community logo
To: <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
Hello community,
this is to inform you that in response to the trademarking of the Wikimedia
community logo[1], created in 2006 by Artur “WarX” Fijałkowski, which was
discussed on this mailing list[2] as well as on Meta[3] back in March, a
small group of community members—Artur, myself, Federico Leva (Nemo) and
John Vandenberg—have initiated a formal process of opposition against the
registration of the trademark by the Foundation in order to *reclaim the
logo* for unrestricted use by the community.
We appreciate the Foundation’s protection of the other trademarks they have
registered so far, including the logos of Wikipedia, Wikisource and some
other sister projects. In the case of the community logo, however, it is
our belief that the Foundation’s actions are exactly opposite to what the
community logo stands for and contradict the purpose behind its very
existence.
We would like to make it clear that it is not our intention to damage
anyone; our actions are a challenge against what we perceive as unilateral
declaration of ownership of an asset that has always belonged to the wider
community, and not to one or another organisation that is part of the
movement. By formally opposing the registration of the trademark we hope to
ensure the history of this logo is not disregarded, and we wish to protect
the community against unnecessary bureaucracy and, to use another quote,
let “groups who do not purport to represent the WMF”[4] to continue to be
able to freely associate with a logo that has been part of their identity
for so long.
We also want to note that this is in no way a legal action against the
Foundation, but a simple notice of opposition against the registration of
the logo in the European Union. If we assume good faith, we can only be
confident that the WMF, having now a formal occasion, will withdraw its
registration of the logo rather than continue using movement resources to
force the community into lengthy, expensive proceedings.
We invite all community members interested in this issue to express their
opinions at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Talk:Community_Logo/**Reclaim_the_Logo<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo/Reclaim_the_Logo>
If any of you would like to help us in any way (covering the costs of the
opposition, promoting the discussion, etc.), please feel free to contact us
off–list.
Artur Fijalkowski (WarX)
Tomasz Kozlowski (odder)
Federico Leva (Nemo)
John Vandenberg (jayvdb)
== References ==
* [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_**Logo.svg<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg>
* [2]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/**pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-**March/124715.html<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-March/124715.html>
* [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Talk:Community_Logo<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo>
* [4]
http://lists.wikimedia.org/**pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-**March/124730.html<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-March/124730.html>
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Hi,
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) Pitch In! project has three more
weeks to go.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_SLQ
New users and anons are still appearing whenever the SLQ promote the
project on social media. e.g.
https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChangesLinked&day…
SLQ has added an oral history to be transcribed, and after a bit of
fiddling we have the transcription project ready. It is a 1h20m
interview of Ian Charlton, a retired Queensland architect. SLQ has a
large collection of similar interviews of significant architects, and
hope this pilot will clear the way for more similar uploads.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Ian_Charlton.ogg
The Proofread Page software doesnt have any special support for ogg
files, however each page has a player preset to the desired starting
point for transcription. The player should jump forward without
needing to download the 80meg audio file. e.g.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Ian_Charlton.ogg/17
This transcription can then be 'incorporated' into the ogg file using
the new Timed Media Handler. I've done a quick demo here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/TimedText:Ian_Charlton.ogg.en.srt
This is new territory for Wikisource, and the Commons timedtext
feature is also fairly new to most of us. It would be great if a few
members of this list can play around with this ogg project a little
and report problems. Next week newbies will be asked to contribute to
this transcription.
There is a centralised discussion at
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium#Transcribing_audio
--
John Vandenberg
