An impressive number of reputable organisations have signed The Hague
Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age:
http://thehaguedeclaration.com/the-hague-declaration-on-knowledge-discovery…
I think that WMUK should, too. It aligns closely with existing WMUK
polices and the Wikimedia community's ethos.
(I've made the same suggestion to the WMF)
Note that indivduals can also sign it; as I have done.
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Date: 6 May 2015 at 14:39
Subject: [Open-education] Fwd: [EIFL-OA] Launch of The Hague Declaration on
Knowledge Discovery In The Digital Age
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FYI
There are now 55 organisations that have signed The Hague Declaration on
Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age, which calls for immediate changes
to intellectual property law and the removal of other barriers preventing
widened and more equal access to content/data and the ability to text/data
mine for new discoveries: http://thehaguedeclaration.com/
Organisations and individuals who wish to support the Declaration can add
their signature on the official website,www.thehaguedeclaration.com
<http://libereurope.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=08b067f65d561cfa7c49b…>.
In so doing, they will officially recognise the huge potential for
knowledge discovery whilst also acknowledging that steps need to be taken
to ensure that everyone can benefit from this potential.
*Declaration Calls For Changes To Intellectual
Property Law, Equal Access To Knowledge* *Over 50 organisations
have signed The Hague Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age
<http://libereurope.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08b067f65d561cfa7c49b7…>,
which calls for immediate changes to intellectual property (IP) law and the
removal of other barriers preventing widened and more equal access to
data. *
Improved treatments for diseases, answers to global issues such as climate
change and billions in government savings are among the potential benefits
to be gained, if the principles outlined in the Declaration are adopted by
governments, businesses and society.
The Declaration asserts that copyright was never designed to regulate the
sharing of facts, data and ideas ‒ nor should it. The right to receive
and impart information and ideas is guaranteed by the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights but the modern application of IP law often limits this
right, even when these most simple building blocks of knowledge are used.
*The rapidly changing digital environment, increased computing power and
the sheer quantity of data being produced makes it essential for
researchers and society to be able to use modern techniques and tools to
help them make new discoveries. Research practices could be revolutionised
and lives could literally be saved, if we can achieve better access to the
knowledge contained within Big Data, *said Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen,
President of LIBER
<http://libereurope.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=08b067f65d561cfa7c49b…>,
the Association of European Research Libraries, which has led work to
develop the Declaration.
A new approach to knowledge discovery is critical at a time when society is
facing a literal data deluge. The digital universe, or the data we create
and copy annually, is doubling in size every two years and is expected to
reach 44 trillion gigabytes by 2020.
In addition to clarity around the scope of IP law, a skills gap and a lack
of infrastructure must also be addressed if computers are to be better
employed to extract and recombine data in order to identify patterns and
trends. This process, known as Content Mining, is widely recognised as the
only way to deal effectively with Big Data.
*Given the need to make sense of the ever-expanding literature and derive
new insights, the Wellcome Trust strongly supports the right of researchers
to mine content to which they already have lawful access. The Hague
Declaration is an important step in demonstrating the common vision that
knowledge discovery and reuse should not be constrained by existing legal
frameworks and uncertainty. In particular, we are advocating for reform of
copyright law at European level to permit data and text mining for all
uses, both commercial and non-commercial, *said Will Greenacre, Policy
Officer at The Wellcome Trust
<http://libereurope.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08b067f65d561cfa7c49b7…>
.
Organisations and individuals who wish to support the Declaration can add
their signature on the official website,www.thehaguedeclaration.com
<http://libereurope.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=08b067f65d561cfa7c49b…>.
In so doing, they will officially recognise the huge potential for
knowledge discovery whilst also acknowledging that steps need to be taken
to ensure that everyone can benefit from this potential.
*Further Information:*
- See the Declaration website -www.thehaguedeclaration.com
<http://libereurope.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=08b067f65d561cfa7c49b…>
-
to read the full text of the Declaration and download an accompanying
infographic.
- Contact LIBER, the Association of European Research Libraries, which
has been leading the work to develop the Declaration: liber(a)kb.nl
<liber(a)kb.nl?subject=Press%20question%20about%20The%20Hague%20Declaration>
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Two individuals who work for WikimediaUK have mentioned in recent
days, in emails, that they have been made redundant. There may, I
suppose, be others.
I have seen no announcements from WMUK, to keep its members abreast of
these developments, or to explain their implications; have I missed
one?
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On 06/05/2015 13:01, wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
> I don't think so Andy. At the teleconference GLAM committee meeting on April 21st WMUK people apologised that they weren't able to talk about this as they had planned. They said to expect an announcement by the end of that week. But nothing yet,
John
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> Two individuals who work for WikimediaUK have mentioned in recent
> days, in emails, that they have been made redundant. There may, I
> suppose, be others.
>
> I have seen no announcements from WMUK, to keep its members abreast of
> these developments, or to explain their implications; have I missed
> one?
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Hello everyone,
Forwarding this in case it's of interest.
Regards,
Richard Nevell
> ---- Forwarded message from "Jason J. Evans" <jason.evans(a)llgc.org.uk> ---
>
> From: "Jason J. Evans" <jason.evans(a)llgc.org.uk>
> To: info(a)wikimedia.org.uk
> Subject: Wikidata Lindeddata project
> Date: 2015-04-24 16:02:48
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > The National Library of Wales is entering this years LODLAM Summit 2015
> > http://summit2015.lodlam.net/challenge/ with a concept for using
DBpedia and
> > Wikidata to discover and expose connections between concepts and images
published
> > on Wiki Commons from our own collections. With the aim of allowing our
users to
> > search and browse our collections based on crowd sourced concepts not
present in
> > our native metadata.
> >
> > More details here:
> > http://summit2015.lodlam.net/2015/04/21/challenge-entry-axel-lod/
> >
> > Its a great original idea but we need votes.....By next Wednesday. Any
help would
> > be great, Thanks.
> >
> > Jason
> > --
> > Jason Evans
> > Wicipediwr Preswyl / Wikipedian in Residence
> > Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales
> > jason.evans(a)llgc.org.uk
> > Ffon/Tel: +44 (0)1970 632405
> >
> >
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SOAS just got a multimillion pound donation for a language preservation
project. Sounds like something that should have a Wikipedian in Residence.
I saw something about it in the Evening Standard last night, I think this
is it:
*http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/ <http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/>*
*Edward Saperia*
email <edsaperia(a)gmail.com> • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> •
twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572
133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG
I have supported many editathons and advised many academics on COI.
Most academics are keen to edit openly, using their real identity,
some have expressed the view that this is how to behave ethically on
the internet. If they are likely to be a long term contributor, I
strongly advise them to be pragmatic and use an anonymous account. If
they make early blunders, or have a long break from editing, they can
even throw away the account and have a clean start. This leaves them
free to be frankly judged for NPOV as any other editor, without
colouring their contributions by a preemptive COI statement.
Academics are always going to want to edit in their field of research
and contribute to articles about their projects, past projects and
colleagues. Though we want expert editors[1] there is always a risk
that they will be pestered by a wiki-gnome for adding a reference to a
work they were part of editing, or contributed a paper to. I have seen
articles languish as drafts for months because an expert in this
situation was worried about being publicly challenged by COI claims,
and so asked for others independently to review and make the go-live
decision.
A well run workshop will emphasize what COI is, and how difficult it
is to write neutrally. Given that, I have almost always been impressed
by how academics wanting to "tart up" their topic on Wikipedia are
able to perfectly well stick to sources and write in a neutral style
(I cannot say the same for undergrads!).
* Key tip: Wikipedia is not academia.net or similar, so
university/college profiles are almost never suitable to be "cut &
paste" as stub biography articles. It is worth walking through
creating a stub BLP as an early example in any academic editathon.
Links
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Expert_editors
P.S. the date this email is posted to wikimediauk-l may be several
days after being sent.
On 16 April 2015 at 09:58, Charles Matthews
<charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
> As has been implied, the COI guideline is nuanced, and so the best advice is
> to keep on the safe side. The terms of use of the site in respect of paid
> editing are, on the other hand, clear cut. The former relates to intention,
> the latter to factual matters that are easier to discuss.
>
> I would approach the topic from the direction of paid editing, making the
> point however that COI need not arise from a financial interest.
>
> Charles
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Hi all,
If you are one of those people who like to stay up on election night
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2015>as all
the results come in, you might like to consider joining us in the General
Election 2015 Editathon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/General_Election_2015_Ed…>
So far we have started off booking the basement at Development House, where
Wikimedia is based, but it would be great to hear of other initiatives by
Wikimedians getting together to help update hundreds of pages, and indeed
we there will also be new pages to create.
Of course others might like to participate from the comfort of their own
homes.
With 650 constituencies producing results, new MPs elected and a need for
new infographic images there is a large amount of work to do. Wouldn't it
be great if we could make sure that when people google about the results on
the morning of 8th May, they get up-to-date verified information.
If we are to get anywhere near this goal, a certain amount of preparation
is needed, identifying pages likely to need updating, and working out how
to avoid edit conflicts etc.
Look at the 2010 election map
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010UKElectionMap.svg> and how it
changed during the night!
Anyway, nominations closed at the end of last week, so now is the best time
to start co-ordinating how we can cover this election.
Please add comments to the talk page here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Meetups/UK/General_Election_20…>
.
all the best
Fabian Tompsett,
Volunteer Support Organiser,
Wikimedia UK,
Address: 56-64 Leonard St,
Shoreditch,
London EC2A 4LT
Phone:020 7065 0990
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United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
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Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
Dear All,
We have an invitation for you from the National Maritime Museum in
Greenwich. They are hosting an editathon on Wednesday the 15th April
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/National_Maritime_Museum…>
and would like to have some experienced Wikipedians join them.
The main focus of the editathon will be the board of Longitude - the
eighteenth century scientific endeavour to find accurate ways to navigate
the world.
Our hosts are supplying lunch and experts.
We do hope a number of you can join us.
Regards
Jonathan Cardy
GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser
Wikimedia UK
020 7065 0921
(I'm normally in the office Tuesday's, Wednesdays and Fridays - Emails on
Mondays and Thursdays wont usually be seen till the next day)
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
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United Kingdom. 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
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