Hi all,
It would definitely be good to see more local outreach; what we've been doing so far
in the UK isn't really sustainable (myself and other board members can only spend so
much time traveling to meet other organisations. ;-) ). What Martin's started writing
looks great to me, and I really hope that a Bristol community can develop out of it that
is regularly interacting with all of the appropriate local organisations in Bristol.
With a private workspace: we have a Wikimedia UK 'internal' wiki, which we used to
organise GLAM-WIKI. I can't foresee any problems with giving 'trusted
wikimedians' access to this as a private workspace for GLAM, or anything else
Wikimedia and UK related. Would this be suitable? If not, it's trivial for us to set
up a new wiki if you want.
I've now got experience from a number of meetings with museums around the UK, without
as detailed a plan of the meeting as the new page sets out - so if there are questions
that you think might be raised that would be difficult to answer, let me know and I'll
explain what response I would give.
Thanks,
Mike
On 20 Jan 2011, at 20:12, steve virgin wrote:
Roger
We have approached the Bristol Museum (about a year ago) in an attempt to get them
involved in Britain Loves Wikipedia. Although there was goodwill and interest, there was a
lack of commitment at the top and this led nowhere back then. All of the museums FIVE of
them, are owned by the City Council. They sponsored Jimmy Wales’ talk in Bristol &
gave us a live webcast of the event for free. Therefore, I think the ‘ice’ at the top of
the Council organisation is beginning to ‘thaw’ & that the Wikimedia team down here in
Bristol has to go back in & speak to the people behind the museum. This is likely to
be a direct outcome of Jimmy’s visit.
There is added impetus as well. There is a new museum being built in Bristol that may be
opening later this year (don’t know for sure). If I am right the council/museum organisers
are going to be looking at ways to promote the new collection so the next couple of months
might be perfect to go back in.
Therefore, I for one, am very interested in what you are doing in Derby. Please keep me
posted. Maybe we can share the lessons if we get the five Bristol Museums back onside
Steve
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ideas for local engagement
Martin,
Looks good. (Flattered to see you included the bit about the increased traffic on A
History of the World in 100 Objects.) and the large increase in traffic. As you note the
museums have the suff but we have the 400,000,000 visitors per month. Mike Peel took a
photo at the BM amnd 3.8 million people saw it.
I'm keen to see the UK initiatives to be seen as competing and co-operative. Is there
opportunity to link up Bristol Museum with the project announced in Derby? I have
suggested elsewhere that we have people learning from the collaboration day that happens
before them and carrying the good points to the next. I have been after another museum
outside London and yours seem close to being approached.
I'm sad I didnt make it to Bristol but I will be there for the wikimedia meeting
later this year
cheers
Roger
aka Victuallers
Link here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Derby
Press release
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/First_GLAMWIKI_outside_Capital
On 20 January 2011 16:03, Martin Poulter <M.L.Poulter(a)bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi all,
we had a small meetup in Bristol after Jimmy's talk, where we
discussed potential partners such as museums, libraries and societies
and how we can make use of meetings with them. I've written up some
ideas here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Bristol/Local_outre…
Clearly some fantastic work is already going on with the GLAM sector
nationally, and locally Steve Virgin has been up to an enormous amount
of local networking that this would build on. It would be great to get
together a list of contacts and where we are with them. The above page
could be used to list partners we're engaging with, and perhaps there
should be a private page somewhere for sharing contact names, phone
numbers and finding dates when we and the contacts are available.
It may seem odd to put it in Wikiproject Bristol, and it's not ideal,
but frankly I'm a bit confused by all the different places where
WP/WM outreach material is supposed to go, and most importantly there
are local Wikipedians who are crucial to the success of this effort, who
can't be assumed to be watching the other sites (until we get interwiki
watchlists).
Any input welcome,
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