[Openglam_members] Open Collections call
Marieke Guy
marieke.guy at okfn.org
Wed Nov 26 09:33:24 UTC 2014
Enjoyed the discussion - lots to take on board. One thing I'm picking up
is that there is a real need to surface open collections and related
case studies beyond Wikicommons.
I'll note this as +1 for the OpenGLAM open collections area. I'll share
my Omeka progress with you soon.
Thanks
Marieke
On 25/11/2014 20:02, Sarah Stierch wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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 Kawe;cka
> <laura.cof at gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto: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 Kawe;cka
> <laura.cof at gmail.com <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
>
> *From:*openglam_members
> [mailto:openglam_members-bounces at lists.okfn.org <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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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