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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.
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