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
From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Roger Bamkin
Sent: 20 January 2011 19:27
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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@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_outreach
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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