Thank you Fae for sharing this post (and for uploading those Photocrom images! People who want to see more or use them in WP articles can find them on Commons at Category:Photocrom prints collection https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photochrom_prints_collection)

The GLAMwikiToolset (project homepage https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAMToolset_project, mediawiki extension https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GWToolset, user manual https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:GWToolset) has been in development for several years now at *Europeana. *It is a joint funding initiative with several European chapters to develop a standard method for GLAMs (or anyone else for that matter) to mass-upload to Wikimedia Commons on their own terms, without the need to operate bots or be dependent on the subset of volunteers who can to do it for them. While we acknowledge that the system still has bugs and still requires some technical ability (e.g. creating a flat XML file), this is a significant step forward.

The tool has been quietly operational now for a while and has been used for an interesting variety of uploads https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GWToolset_users, with more coming each week. We hope that with increased usage the system will start to become a standard part of the GLAMwiki repertoire of activities and over time will become easier to use and help draw attention to other related engineering work that needs attention - like multimedia statistics and metadata export.

For those coming to Wikimania who who would like to know more, there will be two presentations on the Sunday https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme#Sunday.2C_August_10 dedicated to the tool and also a hackathon session - please sign up here: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon#GWToolset

For any questions feel free to contact me offlist or join the dedicated mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools if you wish. Sincerely, - Liam / Wittylama Europeana GLAM-Wiki Coordinator

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On 23 July 2014 02:08, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:

Re: http://pro.europeana.eu/pro-blog/-/blogs/sharing-multimedia-on-wikipedia-now...

Liam has just published this Europeana blog post about the first big projects using the new GLAMwiki Toolset uploader (GWT). The main image is one of the unusual "photochrom" prints from the 1890s that I uploaded as a Wikimedia UK sponsored project - these hand coloured prints feature locations from around the world and were incredibly popular to send as gifts in that period, a time when colour photography was still experimental; this high quality chromolithographic process was to virtually vanish within a few years.

We are hoping that there will be a lot of interest in new GWT projects at Wikimania (and the hackerthon beforehand) both from GLAM professionals and keen volunteers. It's certainly worth browsing some of the projects delivered so far that the tool has made possible, especially if you think you might reuse some of the images. Those of us who helped create the tool are looking forward to this transforming Wikimedia Commons into a standard home on the internet for the public to find high quality GLAM materials.

Fae

faewik@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae

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