[Openglam_members] Open Collections call

Tue Nov 25 20:02:32 UTC 2014

Gah..just realizing the first GLAMcamp was in 2011. So not quite five years
yet.

I still want to do a camp though :)

-Sar

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes! Just a basic non-formal survey shows this too on my end - I don't get
> buy-in from Executive Directors, board members (here in the US non-profits
> are basically ran by the board) and tough-to-persuade
> curators/archivists/etc without formal evaluations. And yes, it's not an
> open collection list - we just need to think of how we can persuade people
> to do it and make it easy for them.. .
>
> I'll park it in the parking lot for something to work on in the future.
> GLAMcamp would celebrate the 5th anniversary of the first GLAMcamp in NYC.
> I'd love to have it in the USA (despite how much I love visiting ya'll in
> Europe) as the USA desperately needs more events and programs, and it would
> bring together the original crew and a mix of newish folks (like you) to
> talk, hack, celebrate and share amongst ourselves and the public. The first
> GLAMcamp changed my life :)
>
> I need to start brainstorming that... it would be in late spring early
> summer.
>
> -Sarah
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Dorota Laura Kawęcka <
> laura.cof at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would love to get (or give) a case study toolbox! Our research shows
>> (do I already sound like an American scientist?) that glams really crave
>> for case studies more than for manuals. But this is of course something
>> else than open collections list (I think).
>> GLAMcamp sounds great!
>>
>> D.
>>
>> 2014-11-25 19:32 GMT+01:00 Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Estermann Beat <beat.estermann at bfh.ch
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regarding today’s discussion about Wikimedia Commons.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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>>>>> Sarah Stierch
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