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Wikipedia & the Museum

Qatar Museum AuthorityMuseum of Islamic Art

20 November 2011

Liam Wyatt@wittylama#glamwiki

GLAMWIKI.org

Why you need to know.

“If Wikipedia is becoming the family encyclopedia for the twenty-first century, historians probably have a professional obligation to make it as good as possible.”Roy Rosenzweig, The Journal of American History, Volume 93, Number 1 (June 2006) 117-46

1. Wikipedia is the fastest way to reach your audience

2. We are a global Community

280+Number of Wikipedia language editions

(Each has its own, self-governing community)

D

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Reykjavik, Iceland

Tabriz, Iran

Jakarta, Indonesia

You?

3. We are big (and small)

5thRank of Wikimedia sites, globally

0Amount spent on advertising ourselves.Number of advertisements we show.

(We’re 100% funded by donations)

≈80Number of employees

≈900kNumber of active editors

4. We are Free.

“Free”

• the freedom to use the work and enjoy the benefits of using it • the freedom to study the work and to apply knowledge acquired

from it • the freedom to make and redistribute copies, in whole or in part,

of the information or expression • the freedom to make changes and improvements, and to

distribute derivative works

http://freedomdefined.org/

Free x 2• 100% FLOSS, 100% open standards, 100% copyleft

• charitable foundation, volunteers, no advertising, no royalties, no permissions, available to use and re-use.

1. GRATIS 2. LIBRE

Reuse!

• Freedom of Panorama

• Cultural rights

• Donor restrictions

• Photography policy

• International copyright terms

• Terms of use

• Commercial license

• Attribution

• TPMs/DRMs

• Fair Use

• Copyright in scans

Control of Museum Art Images: The Reach and Limits of Copyright and Licensing

Melissa Brown, Kenneth Crews - Columbia Universityhttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1542070

If there is ONE thing I can recommend, it is to make

content that you own/control “free” by default.

(images, documentation, educational material...)

Free x 3SPEECH

Wikipedia is not censored and provides the same access to all readers, in all countries, in all languages.

‘Wikipedian in Residence’

British Museum

Bringing Wikipedia in-house to find ways of building a proactive relationship, of mutual benefit, without undermining

the principles of either.

Backstage Pass

One-on-One Collaborations

Feature Article PrizeRoyal Gold Cup

in English

Epifania de Miquel Àngel in Catalan

Tabula Rosettana in Latin

Hoxne Challenge

Qualitative improvement

Residencies in 2011• Chateau de Versailles - 24h challenge

• Children’s Museum of Indianapolis - apprentices

• Derby Museum & Gallery - QRpedia codes

• US National Archives - document of the day

• Museu Picasso, Smithsonian, MoMA, Israel Museum, Berlin State...

gLAm

(3 example projects)

Bibliotheque National de FranceTranscription where OCR won’t do

British Library“edit-a-thon” events focusing on unique resources

National Library of AustraliaEasy referencing of digitised newspapers

How many cultural organisations have a volunteer team?

...a e-volunteer team?

Wikipedia is your e-volunteer program, you’re just not affiliated with it yet.

GLAMWIKI.org

Peace, Love & Metadataliamwyatt@gmail.com

[[user:witty lama]]@wittylama

www.wittylama.com/blog

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