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

Tue Jan 28 23:43:17 UTC 2014

Hi Beat, Mathias, Daniel,

if still possible, I would like to join the german team!
Thanks!
Helene

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Am 22.01.2014 10:52, schrieb Estermann Beat:
>
> 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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