On 3 February 2011 17:59, Tom Morris <
tom@tommorris.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 23:39, geni <
geniice@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think offering to replace it with wikipedia based text along the
>> lines of say [[User:Geni/museum_sign]] would fall within 7-8 of:
>>
>>
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Business_Plan#Mission_and_Objectives
>>
>> I don't know how much doing such a replacement would cost but I would
>> be surprised if it passed the limit of our micro grant program.
>> Wikimedia-UK would need to be involved to cover use of the logo and
>> the like.
>>
>
> One thing we* could potentially do for the GLAM sector that could be
> quite helpful is to have a very simple service where they could log in
> to a website with a nice shortish URL (the sort of length that could
> be posted on Twitter or printed onto museum signs). They could
> basically then have some information on the page - a short
> description, a photo (which would get uploaded on to Commons) etc.
> They would be encouraged to put up a description that is the same as
> it is on the physical sign and optionally a photo. They would be
> strongly encouraged to make both the text CC-BY-SA and to get a photo
> up it would have to go on Commons.
>
> Imagine it as a sort of 'Open Museum Signs' site. Providing it as a
> free service would mean that smaller museums could document their
> stuff online, and it could do QR codes and maybe someone could build a
> smartphone app (so you could wander around the museum looking at
> objects and then sharing them with your friends or whatnot).
>
> I sketched something very crappily in Adobe Ideas:
>
>
http://i.imgur.com/wo4d7.png
>
> Something like that is all there would be on the page. You scan the QR
> code, you see the object, and you can choose to read more on
> Wikipedia.
>
> The point about it is that it would be a nice simple thing the GLAM
> institutions could control, but the rights for the text would be
> assigned in such a way that it could be reused on Wikimedia projects
> and any photos they upload would be put onto Commons. And because
> there is a link from the object to the article(s) on WP, as they start
> doing more and more signs, they have a motivation to keep an eye on
> the articles. For smaller museums, it would be a way for them to start
> producing structured data (which publicly funded bodies are trying to
> do more and more) but also be a feeder for Wikipedia.
>
> Providing free tools for museums and other GLAMs might be a good way
> of getting initial buy-in to the whole collaborating-with-Wikimedia
> thing during a recession.
>
> * And by 'we', I mean 'hopefully not me'. Well, not yet anyway. I'm
> off to the Dev8D conference soon and some museum people go to that, so
> I may be able to find some people to get the ball rolling. I've also
> thought of a domain, which I won't share or register if there isn't
> any interest.
>
> --
> Tom Morris
> <
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