[OpenGLAM] OpenGLAM Benchmark Survey - Join the project now!

Wed Jan 22 09:52:34 UTC 2014

Dear all,

On January 9, the project "OpenGLAM Benchmark Survey" was officially kicked-off. So far, the survey is expected to be carried out in 11 countries<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/OpenGLAM_Benchmark_Survey/Participating_countries>.

The OpenGLAM Benchmark Survey is an online survey that will be conducted among heritage institutions throughout the world during 2014. It is carried out in a collaborative effort of national chapters of the Open Knowledge Foundation, by Wikimedia chapters, NGOs, heritage institutions, and research institutions. It is inspired by a pilot survey<http://www.wirtschaft.bfh.ch/uploads/tx_frppublikationen/Estermann_2013_Swiss_Heritage_Institutions_in_the_Internet_Era.pdf> carried out among Swiss heritage institutions by the Bern University of Applied Sciences in fall 2012.

The main purposes of the survey are to:

 *   Measure the state of advancement of OpenGLAM (digitization, inter-organisational cooperation involving the exchange of metadata, open data, crowdsourcing, linked data) in the participating countries and to identify the main challenges and obstacles with regard to the promotion of OpenGLAM and free access to knowledge.
 *   Inform the GLAM community about the latest developments in the area of OpenGLAM and relate them to the state of advancement of OpenGLAM in their country.
 *   Identify potential partners for open data and/or crowdsourcing projects (R&D projects, GLAM-Wiki cooperations, open cultural data hackathons, consulting mandates, etc.)
 *   Use the study report as a communication instrument to promote OpenGLAM within the local GLAM community and related sectors.
 *   Use the study report as an instrument for lobbying activities in favour of OpenGLAM and the advancement of free knowledge.
For more information, please visit: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/OpenGLAM_Benchmark_Survey

Presently, the local teams are building up, and the international team is concretizing the project plan. So now is the ideal moment to join if you are interested in contributing to the survey in some way or the other.

Your questions and comments are welcome!

Beat Estermann

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Beat Estermann
Research Associate
Berne University of Applied Sciences
E-Government Institute
Morgartenstrasse 2a
Postfach 305
CH-3000 Bern 22
beat.estermann at bfh.ch<mailto:beat.estermann at bfh.ch>
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Phone +41 31 848 34 30
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