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This is a two-part presentation made at the Museum & Gallery Services (Queensland) Networking event in December 2009. The first part outlines the rationale for the Queensland Museum contributing a small selection of high quality, copyright free social history photographs to Wikimedia as a first step towards developing a digitisation strategy. This is the first contribution made to Wikimedia by any Australian cultural heritage organisation with many mutual benefits arising. The second part demonstrates the use of NING as a social media platform for museum professionals to engage with and to share ideas.
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2009 Queensland Museum Strategic Learning
M&GSQ Networking Event
David MilneManager Strategic Learning
4th December 2009
Wikimedia Commons Social History Photo Initiative
Museums Australia Education Network ‘NING’ site
&
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GLAM/Wikimedia Commons Initiative
First steps taken to upload a selection of plate glass negative digitised photographs.
Photos depict life in Ipswich Queensland at the beginning of the 20th century.
QM has over 1000 photos in its collection taken by Bert Roberts.
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How do I find this social history photograph resource?
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Google ‘Bert Roberts Wikimedia Commons’
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Museums Australia BLOG
Wikimedia Commons Site
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Quick ‘Wikimedia’ Facts
Wikimedia is the largest, most consulted and most accessible information sources available on the internet. Wikipedia has thirteen-million articles accessible and is now the biggest world-wide encyclopaedia. Wikimedia is a not-for-profit, non-hierarchical organisation which is dependent on skilled volunteer writers and editors to disseminate world knowledge. There are only 28 full-time employees world-wide.There is a global writing community of over 100,000 contributorsWikimedia Commons is a repository of nearly 5 million useable media files with free to use Creative Commons licensesEnglish is the main language medium for the encyclopaedia but there are articles in 200 other languagesArticles can only be published if they meet ‘notability’ criteria, are ‘unbiased’ and cite ‘authoritative published articles’. No original research can be published.
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Additional Genealogical Research by Wikimedia
Researchers
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The Photos are:
High resolution images (3-4 MB)
Suitable for repurposing
Primarily to support student projects
Promote historical inquiry skills
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Five Women on Queenslander
Steps
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Historical Inquiry Questions
Study the clothes the five women are wearing.
Use the Wikimedia magnifying glass to highlight the dress designs and motifs.
Why do you think this photograph was taken?
Where do you think the women might be going?
During what era do you think this photograph was taken?
Who do you think these women might be?
What rules about dress and fashion do you think these women followed?
Why do you think the girl is wearing a short dress, while the women are wearing longer dresses?
Make a list of the similarities and differences between the clothes worn today and those in the photograph
Describe the hairstyles of the four older women.
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Wikimedia View
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Ipswich Photo Society
What clues help to inform you of the time period when this photo was taken?Look closely. What season do you think this is? How many people are wearing hats?What reasons would hats be worn other than protection from the sun?Did men and women have different or similar hobbies during this period?List as many differences as you can between the cameras in this photo and modern day digital cameras.Can identify the model of early motor-car in the background.Can you spot Bert Roberts?
Historical Inquiry Questions
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Feedback
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Comment by Liam Wyatt on November 17, 2009 at 2:09pm Thanks for this and I can say that from the Wikipedia
perspective we're very happy to have these images to be available as this represents Australia's first cultural content donation to Wikimedia.
I personally announced this collaboration to the Wikimedia Multimedia Usability meeting in Paris last week and requests such as better reporting metrics (on usage, click-throughs etc.) is definitely on the agenda.Once again, thanks!
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Your GLAM Institution Can
Add photographic content to Wikimedia Commons (objects, artefacts, artwork etc)
Learn about Copyright and Creative Commons licensing
Take small steps towards digitising your collections
Improve public accessibility
Extend curatorial knowledge about collection items
Use social media to share your initiative and gather feedback
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Museums Australia
‘NING’ site
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What’s Ning all about?
Ning is a social media tool that enables ‘communities of interest’ or ‘ special interest groups’ to interact, share ideas, highlight events and discuss emerging issues on-line.
Think of a ‘Professional Facebook’
Museums Australia have adopted Ning as their new communication platform
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So what does the Museums Australia (MANEXUS) site look like?
http://manexus.ning.com/
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Help to get started
Forum: topic of the day
Write your own BlogInvite your
friends to join
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MA Members
Object of the week
Spruik your event
Topical Blog Posts
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Museums Australia Groups
MA Education National Network
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Join Today!
News about the Australian National
Curriculum
News about the 2010 MA Conference
Coming soon
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Museums Australia (Education National Network) Link
http://manexus.ning.com/group/maeducationnationalnetwork
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Contact and Web Resource Link David Milne 38429425
QM Web Based Learning Resources
http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/education/learningresources.asp