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it has to move and adapt to the larger Open and free scene, involving
people albeit on a temporary basis and expanding. Monopolizing Wikipedia as
a city, state or indic language space is only going to create a highly
concentrated yet a very niche community)

   -

   (Question asked to me) 52 cultural partnerships listed on GLAM request
   page, why not India?

Frankly, I had no answers why. My hunch is that since traditionally science
and technology oriented courses and vocations have been encouraged, few lay
people really know their culture or feel as passionately about
conservation. On the other hand, placement of government officials to
unrelated departments (museums) included leaves them little motivation to
go beyond their regular duties. On the other hand, there is also a large
communication and visibility problem since Wikimeetups aren=92t really a
matter of common knowledge even to journalists. Wikimedia India really
needs to carve out a place and get involved in academic and art spaces,
have people just talk about their experiences, present smaller individual
pilots (Sumanna)

   -

   Why no Indian participation in =91This month in GLAM=92?

Because there is really no =91Indian=92 GLAM or =91Indian=92 community. As
wonderful as the Indic language efforts are, it would be great if there
were biannual national meet-ups, regional meets  and more frequent local
meets. Identify at least 4-5 cities that can act as pivotal regional
meeting and resource points. This will also help generate smaller goals and
activities and we can have our own newsletter as well as TMIG updates.

   -

   How do we identify, regulate and strengthen local community based
   interactions?

Most important: Every chapter must have a national outreach coordinator.
Have mandatory sections in agenda: Gender gap, Indic, English, GLAM, tools,
updates, outreach. Invite guest speakers or professors who can give a talk
or attend and that way get to see the internal workings of the local
community. Try and concretize a press team, media releases, word of mouth,
social networking channel so that every time news passes by, we have a
loyal reader, enthusiast base.

   -

   What tools are used to digitize artifacts?

Proposed GLAMtoolset, more on etherpad, apart from this proposal to move
GLAM to a different portal from Outreach redirect. More on etherpad

   -

   Do people really know who a Wikipedian is, what Wikimedia projects are
   about?

Andy Mabbett, Fae from UK chapter spoke about their fund raising and
outreach activities, also on how to recruit new editors and how to recruit
new Wikimedians

Important task is to categorically do outreach and editor involvement
together.

   -

   Who all do you invite in a wikimeetup?

Go to institutions and say how can we help you

Go with groups to cultural institutions and get volunteers so that  you get
focused group

Organize a fb group and event

Is there a monthly update?

Need for a cultural outreach coordinator position

Need for a monthly newsletter that binds all indic and English community
members

Need to look at GLAMs more seriously because women=92s outreach and GLAM ar=
e
intricately connected.

Need to move to more friendly UIs and keep discussions going. Of course,
mailing lists exist and they can be for people specifically involved in a
community but for the novices and to attract more people, there is a need
to get FB groups going, have more Wiki academies.

These are a few salient questions. I will appreciate your suggestions,
advice, comments and questions. Let us try and be civil about criticism,
like mature, secure adults :) Look forward to your responses!

Warmly

Noopur

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Noopur Raval
Student
Arts and Aesthetics
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Ph: 9650567690

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Dear all,<div>These are my insights from GLAMcamp Amsterda=
m. I have put them in form of some key questions. For me it was a brilliant=
 learning experience. So, most of these answers are not mine, rather they h=
ave been generated as collaborative responses by various people from differ=
ent chapters. I am grateful to WMF, WM-NL and WM-UK for their special inter=
est in helping encourage GLAM participation in India.=A0</div>
<div>This is the link to the programs:=A0<a href=3D"http://meta.wikimedia.o=
rg/wiki/GLAMcamp_Amsterdam#Schedule">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMcam=
p_Amsterdam#Schedule</a>=A0and in each session you will find an etherpad li=
nk to the live discussion!</div>
<div><div style=3D"background-color:transparent"><=
span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size:21px;white-space:pre-wra=
p"> 
=
<span style=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgrou=
nd-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal=
;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Why GLA=
Mwiki is becoming all the more important?
Flickr: popular mass upload tool but is no=
 longer available; it has pending requests and flickr commons has no money =
to support more file sharing. Wikimedia Commons allows almost the same func=
tions and metadata sharing, open licensing with a bonus Wikipedia link (som=
ething that institutions go by). Since most institutions don=92t really kno=
w what Wikimedia or commons is, the Wikipedia name leverages partnerships a=
nd allows them similar archiving benefits. For us, it is also outreach. </s=
pan>
 
<span s=
tyle=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-colo=
r:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-d=
ecoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Common questio=
ns by GLAM institutions in other countries: 
<ul style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;font-size:medium"><li st=
yle=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,=
0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;tex=
t-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgr=
ound-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:norm=
al;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Why W=
ikipedia, why not our own website?
</li></ul>Because of the abysmal disparity=
 in web-view. Simply, Wikipedia is the 5th most visited, gives far more visibility in web traffic as compared to=
 your own website. However, integrating wikis and providing links is not ha=
rd either. So, it doesn=92t have to be mutually exclusive. 
<ul style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;font-size:medium"><li st=
yle=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,=
0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;tex=
t-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgr=
ound-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:norm=
al;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This =
is complicated, is there an easier way to collaborate?
</li></ul>Advice to GLAM and cultural/outr=
each people: Carry presentations (PPT), simple statistics, don=92t go into =
metrics jargon, show in simple numbers, percentage, fractions how people ca=
n make a difference or vice versa. Use things like color coding, emphasize =
on the importance and seriousness of =91free knowledge=92, larger things th=
at Wikipedia is also in service of. This helps people connect at different =
levels. Most importantly, break your hierarchies and trash your rule books =
(or make simpler ones that use less jargon). If you are concerned about qua=
lity editing there are two solutions (get content specific editathons and o=
rganize a Wiki academy EVERY week). 
 
<span s=
tyle=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-colo=
r:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-d=
ecoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What happens o=
nce partnership is over? How to sustain?
This is why a GLAM coordinator is not simp=
ly a GLAM person. S/he is also someone who does massive outreach: Wikipedia=
 takes your city; Wiki loves monuments, wikiacademies, PR and network build=
ing with local, regional and national resource persons outside the communit=
y. While in capacity as a fellow, the idea is also to do value addition, tr=
ain employees (at least train in minor edits, article making, image uploadi=
ng). Source one contact through another.
(My take: As I see it, there has to be a c=
rucial change in orientation. From exhaustive internal debates, discussions=
 and tool building exercises, it has to move and adapt to the larger Open a=
nd free scene, involving people albeit on a temporary basis and expanding. =
Monopolizing Wikipedia as a city, state or indic language space is only goi=
ng to create a highly concentrated yet a very niche community)
<ul style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;font-size:medium"><li st=
yle=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,=
0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;tex=
t-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgr=
ound-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:norm=
al;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Ques=
tion asked to me) 52 cultural partnerships listed on GLAM request page, why=
 not India?
</li></ul>Frankly, I had no answers why. M=
y hunch is that since traditionally science and technology oriented courses=
 and vocations have been encouraged, few lay people really know their cultu=
re or feel as passionately about conservation. On the other hand, placement=
 of government officials to unrelated departments (museums) included leaves=
 them little motivation to go beyond their regular duties. On the other han=
d, there is also a large communication and visibility problem since Wikimee=
tups aren=92t really a matter of common knowledge even to journalists. Wiki=
media India really needs to carve out a place and get involved in academic =
and art spaces, have people just talk about their experiences, present smal=
ler individual pilots (Sumanna)
<ul style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;font-size:medium"><li st=
yle=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,=
0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;tex=
t-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgr=
ound-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:norm=
al;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Why n=
o Indian participation in =91This month in GLAM=92?
</li></ul>Because there is really no =91In=
dian=92 GLAM or =91Indian=92 community. As wonderful as the Indic language =
efforts are, it would be great if there were biannual national meet-ups, re=
gional meets =A0and more frequent local meets. Identify at least 4-5 cities=
 that can act as pivotal regional meeting and resource points. This will al=
so help generate smaller goals and activities and we can have our own newsl=
etter as well as TMIG updates.
<ul style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;font-size:medium"><li st=
yle=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,=
0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;tex=
t-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgr=
ound-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:norm=
al;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How d=
o we identify, regulate and strengthen local community based interactions?<=
/span>
</li></ul>Most important: Every chapter mu=
st have a national outreach coordinator. Have mandatory sections in agenda:=
 Gender gap, Indic, English, GLAM, tools, updates, outreach. Invite guest s=
peakers or professors who can give a talk or attend and that way get to see=
 the internal workings of the local community. Try and concretize a press t=
eam, media releases, word of mouth, social networking channel so that every=
 time news passes by, we have a loyal reader, enthusiast base. 
<ul style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;font-size:medium"><li st=
yle=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,=
0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;tex=
t-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgr=
ound-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:norm=
al;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What =
tools are used to digitize artifacts?
</li></ul>Proposed GLAMtoolset, more on et=
herpad, apart from this proposal to move GLAM to a different portal from Ou=
treach redirect. More on etherpad
<ul style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;font-size:medium"><li st=
yle=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,=
0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;tex=
t-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgr=
ound-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:norm=
al;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Do pe=
ople really know who a Wikipedian is, what Wikimedia projects are about?</s=
pan>
</li></ul>Andy Mabbett, Fae from UK chapte=
r spoke about their fund raising and outreach activities, also on how to re=
cruit new editors and how to recruit new Wikimedians 
Important task is to categorically do outr=
each and editor involvement together.
<ul style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;font-size:medium"><li st=
yle=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,=
0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;tex=
t-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style=3D"font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgr=
ound-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:norm=
al;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Who a=
ll do you invite in a wikimeetup?
</li></ul>Go to institutions and say how c=
an we help you
Go with groups to cultural institutions an=
d get volunteers so that =A0you get focused group
Organize a fb group and event
Is there a monthly update? 
Need for a cultural outreach coordinator p=
osition
Need for a monthly newsletter that binds a=
ll indic and English community members
Need to look at GLAMs more seriously becau=
se women=92s outreach and GLAM are intricately connected. 
Need to move to more friendly UIs and keep=
 discussions going. Of course, mailing lists exist and they can be for peop=
le specifically involved in a community but for the novices and to attract =
more people, there is a need to get FB groups going, have more Wiki academi=
es.
 =

These are a few salient q=
uestions. I will appreciate your suggestions, advice, comments and question=
s. Let us try and be civil about criticism, like mature, secure adults :) L=
ook forward to your responses!
Warmly</=
p>
Noopur<=
/div><div> </div>-- Noopur Raval Student<div>Arts and Aesthetics<=
/div><div>
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi</div><div>Ph: 9650567690</div> 
</div></div>

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