Last week, a report by Andrea Wallace, 'A Culture of Copyright: A
scoping study on open access to digital cultural heritage collections
in the UK', was published, examining UK GLAMs' claims of copyright on
reproductions of 2D works of art whose copyright has expired.
It's really well researched and written, and makes points which align
well with the Wikimedia movement's views on such Public Domain works.
The report (openly licensed and so naturally free to read) is here:
https://zenodo.org/record/6242611
and there's a good blog post about it here:
https://simon-tanner.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-revolution-starts-here-open-a…
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
Dear all
I wrote to the Wikimedia UK membership on Saturday to outline some of the
activities that are taking place in relation to the terrible events in
Ukraine. In that email, I asked members to contact me if they are able to
offer accommodation for people seeking refuge from the war, and three
people have already been in touch. These offers are listed on this page
<https://uk.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4472720> and I've been in touch
with the Chair of Wikimedia Ukraine in case he is able to help connect us
to people.
Early on in the conflict, I signed CILIP's Statement of Solidarity
<https://www.cilip.org.uk/news/597028/Statement-of-solidarity-with-librarian…>
on behalf of Wikimedia UK in support of Librarian and Information
professionals across Ukraine. The Ukrainian Library Association responded
immediately, saying that “the support of the CILIP community, Government
and people of the UK is highly appreciated in Ukraine.”
As you will probably already know, the wider Wikimedia community has
self-organised extremely quickly to ensure that information related to the
conflict on Wikipedia is as accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive as
possible. In my email to the membership I highlighted the main meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine> about
Wikimedia's response to the invasion, as well as the meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Saving_Ukrainian_Cultural_Heritage_Online>
outlining ways to get involved with the campaign to save Ukrainian’s
cultural heritage.
Thank you to everyone who is continuing to stand in solidarity with
Ukraine. If you have any suggestions for other things that Wikimedia UK
could be doing (within the bounds of our charitable remit), please do let
me know.
With warm wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her)
Chief Executive
Dear all
We are currently recruiting for a part time (two days a week) Volunteer
Coordinator to join the Programmes and Evaluation team at Wikimedia UK. The
role has a particular focus on underrepresented groups, but will also
provide more general support to the UK volunteer community.
The post is fixed-term for a year, although we hope to raise funds to
extend the post beyond this timeframe.
The details are on wiki here
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_Coordinator> and the closing date
is Wednesday 30th March. Please do share this with your networks or with
anyone you think might be interested and suitable!
With many thanks and best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her)
Chief Executive
Would it be possible for WMUK to join the government's sponsorship
scheme as a registered UK charity and provide organizational and
practical help and probably a very modest amount of funding for
someone fleeing the war in the Ukraine to stay in London? It's likely
that funding will be available from several sources if requested, so
WMUK may not need to directly fund anything apart from some
coordination time from an employee and of course interested
volunteers.
Talking to others that have sponsored political refugees in the past,
such as religious groups, there is an expectation that you have a
connection to the sponsored refugee, and it would seem appropriate to
seek to sponsor an academic or librarian, or even a past Wikipedia
volunteer who is unable to use the other routes as they don't have
existing close family living in the UK.
Could the trustees have a discussion about whether this is reasonable
and allowable under the "libraries" and open knowledge scope of the
charity and the agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation? If it's not
reasonable to take direct action, the trustees may have other ideas of
how WMUK can be seen to help.
Reference: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-sponsorship-scheme-for-ukraine
Thanks,
Lane
Dear all
I'm sure many of you will have seen this elsewhere but I just thought I'd
share the link to vote on the Universal Code of Conduct:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_guide…
As a chapter Wikimedia UK gave feedback that there should be a ratification
process for the enforcement guidelines - so I'm keen that people
participate! I think this is especially important if you have strong views
one way or another.
All best
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her)
Chief Executive
Dear all
With rather poignant timing, Wikimedia Ukraine - in cooperation with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute - last week
launched the second edition of the writing challenge Ukraine's Cultural
Diplomacy Month, which runs until 17th March:
http://ucdm.wikimedia.org.ua/
The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music,
literature, architecture, design and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that
made a contribution to world culture. The most active contestants will
receive prizes, and you can contribute in any language. I'm sharing this on
behalf of Wikimedia Ukraine, for those who are on the UK list but not the
international Wikimedia list.
With best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her)
Chief Executive
Hey there folks,
I've just clicked send on the 2022 Community Leaders survey; if you've
volunteered with us (eg as a trainer), or are a staff member at a partner
organisation and have worked with us in the last 12 months and haven't
received the email, please let me know (off-list preferably, to save
everyone's inboxes...)
Thanks,
Sara
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Dr Sara Thomas
Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
07803 505 172
https://wikimedia.org.uk/home/scotland/
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland>
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/>
*I work part time and am not in the office on Mondays. *
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<https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>.
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.
Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The
Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
Dear all
Wikimedia UK is recruiting for a Finance and Operations Co-ordinator to
join the staff team in a broad ranging support role. We are ideally looking
for someone with experience of using Sage 50 accounting software, but
training can be given in this and other areas of the job role.
Details of the role, including how to apply, are online here:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Finance_and_Operations_Coordinator
Please do share this amongst your networks, and/or forward to anyone you
think might be interested.
In the meantime, I wish you all a good weekend!
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her)
Chief Executive
Hello everyone,
Apologies if you have already seen this ad somewhere else, but I would be very grateful if you could share the invitation below with your networks of Wikipedians, especially newly trained editors' groups.
The study involves trainers and active editors, so you are also welcome to join our group of trainers through the sign-up link provided below.
Many thanks,
Abd
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· Are you a newly trained Wikipedian (Joined after Wikipedia training or an Edit-a-thon during the last three months); or
· Wikipedia Trainer, or Active editor (approximately 5 edits per month for the six months)
In collaboration with The IDEA Network at the University of St Andrews and Wikimedia UK, you are invited to participate in a series of online group discussions to help us better understand how to support collaborative editing in Wikipedia training.
These events will take place online using Microsoft Teams during February and March; we will do our best to find dates to fit everyone's schedule. Your participation in any of these 1.5-2 hours sessions is voluntary and will be compensated with £15 worth of gift voucher as a thank-you for your time. There is also the option to donate the voucher to a charity of your choice.
This is part of a PhD research project. The link below has the Participant Information Sheet, which contains additional information about the discussion groups and what type of data we are going to collect during these sessions.
https://standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/CP/File.php?F=F_3NMSU60HanRTNHM
If you are interested in signing up, please click on the following link: https://standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b40ht5tXrUHum3k
You will then be sent the link to the consent form and, from there, the pre-event survey.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me or any of the researchers. Their details are below:
Contact Details
Researchers:
* Abd Alsattar Ardati (aaa8(a)st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:aaa8@st-andrews.ac.uk>)
* Dr Sara Thomas (sara.thomas(a)wikimedia.org.uk<mailto:sara.thomas@wikimedia.org.uk>)
* Dr Richard Nevell (richard.nevell(a)wikimedia.org.uk<mailto:richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk>)
* Dr Kirsty Ross (ksrh1(a)st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:ksrh1@st-andrews.ac.uk> )
Supervisors:
* Prof Ian Gent (ian.gent(a)st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:ian.gent@st-andrews.ac.uk>)
* Dr Alexander Voss (alex.voss(a)st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:alex.voss@st-andrews.ac.uk>)
* Dr Uta Hinrichs (Uta uhinrich(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:uhinrich@ed.ac.uk>)
* Dr Angela Miguel (arm14(a)st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:arm14@st-andrews.ac.uk>)
School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews, Jack Cole Building, North Haugh St Andrews, KY16 9SX
+44 1334 46 3262
Kind Regards,
Abd
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Abd Alsattar Ardati
PhD Student
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