[Openglam_members] Open Collections call

Tue Nov 25 18:32:11 UTC 2014

Thank you Dorota for the notes! I really appreciate that. I'll take a look
at them.

I'm a case study fanatic. As one of the few Wikimedians (or, American
Wikimedians) who actually writes them. I have been lucky to use the
OpenGLAM blog as a platform to share them, specifically the Walters Art
Museum case study. I'm excited to say I'm working on updating it with
Walters staff, so we can explore things further.[1]

Those of us involved in the GLAM-Wiki community have done our best to make
the GLAM-Wiki portal somewhat digestible for non-Wiki people, but it's
challenging given the limitations in the platform for design. You can see
the case studies developed (even though the majority aren't complete or
"proper" case studies) here:

https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies

I desperately want to see more case studies and find ways to surface this
information and weed out the "faux case studies" and incomplete efforts. I
wish there was a case study toolbox, where we could provide institutions
and those involved in their programs the tools and tips on how to develop a
case study. But, I can only do so much :) (But, this is why I want to plan
a GLAMcamp for 2015 so we can all hack out these things..)

More accessibility = more buy-in! :)

Sarah

[1] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/Walters_Art_Museum

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Dorota Laura Kawęcka <laura.cof at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Sarah,
>
> you will find notes from today's call here:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yCJUVrTsbnSenuQA0tGQ0rugEwitlyiwATJbIrJpQEs/edit?usp=drive_web
>
> I agree that it's hard to find something if you don't know where to look
> (not sure how wiki commons rank in google results). From our research
> project on openness in culture sector we also know that people don't know
> about wiki commons or creative commons case studies sites and this is why a
> neat, simple presentation of open collections is something we need. As an
> open glam advocate in Poland I would find it very very useful.
>
> best,
>
> Dorota
>
> 2014-11-25 19:11 GMT+01:00 Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi all -
>>
>> It was 6 AM my time when the call happened, so alas, I had to miss out.
>>
>> Regardless, yes! These collections absolutely fall under the Open
>> Collections and it would be great to see them featured someplace other than
>> Commons - as many of us know, content usually gets buried in the wasteland
>> of searching and wikiness on Commons and are rarely seen outside their wild
>> Commons habitat.
>>
>> So any way to expose those collections would be great!
>>
>> -Sarah
>>
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>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Estermann Beat <beat.estermann at bfh.ch>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
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>>>
>>> Regarding today’s discussion about Wikimedia Commons.
>>>
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>>>
>>> Here is a list of content partnerships:
>>>
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Partnerships
>>>
>>> These collections would probably all qualify for inclusion on the Open
>>> Collections Page, right?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> And here is the list of (partly upcoming) uploads to Commons using the
>>> GLAM-Wiki Toolset:
>>>
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GWToolset_users
>>>
>>> Once they are uploaded, these collections would probably also qualify
>>> for inclusion on the Open Collections Page.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As mentioned during our call, I think we should keep track which of the
>>> Open Collections on display on the OpenGLAM Open Collections Page have
>>> already been uploaded to Commons (and probably also vice versa).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Beat
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>>> *From:* openglam_members [mailto:openglam_members-bounces at lists.okfn.org]
>>> *On Behalf Of *Joris Pekel
>>> *Sent:* Dienstag, 25. November 2014 15:27
>>> *To:* Sarah Stierch
>>> *Cc:* OpenGLAM Ambassador List
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Openglam_members] Open Collections call
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is the link. Speak to you in a sec.
>>>
>>> https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/g6why7onjohmzlvk2kd6vlrbuma
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Joris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-11-24 16:37 GMT+01:00 Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Sadly I will still be sleeping! Ah well.
>>>
>>> Sarah
>>>
>>> On Nov 24, 2014 12:30 AM, "Joris Pekel" <jpekel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for filling in the Doodle.
>>>
>>> Tomorrow at 15:00 CET seems to work for most people. Is that still the
>>> case?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If so, looking forward speaking to you tomorrow about the Open
>>> Collections! I'll send around the hangout link 5 minutes beforehand.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Joris
>>>
>>>
>>>
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