GLAM June 2017

11 participants
14 discussions

Introducing the Wikimedia Resource Center
by Maria Cruz 29 Jul '17

29 Jul '17

Hi all, As we have stated in our annual plan [1], “currently, community members must search many pages and places to stay informed about Foundation activities and resources.” We have worked in the past two quarters to create a single point of entry. We call it the Wikimedia Resource Center, and its alpha version is now live on Meta Wikimedia: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Resource_Center As the movement expands to include more affiliates and more programmatic activities every year, newer Wikimedians are faced with lack of experience in the movement and its various channels for requesting support. In order to expand Wikimedia communities’ efforts, we want to provide easy access to resources that support their very important work. The [[m:Wikimedia Resource Center]] is a hub designed in response to this issue: it is intended to evolve into a single point of entry for Wikimedians all over the world to the variety of resources and types of staff support they may need to develop new initiatives or also expand existing ones. This version of the Resource Center is only the beginning. For phase two of the project, we will enable volunteer Wikimedians to add resources developed by other individuals or organizations to the Wikimedia Resource Center, and in phase three, the Wikimedia Resource Center will include features to better connect Wikimedians to other Wikimedians that can support them. We want to hear what you think about this prototype and our plans for it! If you have comments about the Wikimedia Resource Center, you can submit your feedback publicly, on the Talk Page, or privately, via a survey hosted by a third party, that shouldn’t take you more than 4 minutes to complete. A feedback button is on the top right corner on every page of the hub. Looking forward to more collaborations! Best, María [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2016-2017/… -- María Cruz Communications and Outreach Project Manager, Community Engagement

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CLs are hiring...
by Erica Litrenta 04 Jul '17

04 Jul '17

Hey everyone, apologies for the cross-posting, we're just too excited: we're looking for a new member for our team [0], who'll dive right away in the promising Structured Data project. [1] Is our future colleague hiding among the tech ambassadors, translators, GLAM people, community members we usually work with? We look forward to finding out soon. So please, check the full job description [2], apply, or tell/recommend anyone who you think may be a good fit. For any questions, please contact me personally (not here). Thanks! Elitre (WMF) Senior Community Liaison, Technical Collaboration [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Liaisons [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data [2] https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/610643?gh_src=o3gjf21#.WMGV0Rih…

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[x-post] [Reminder] WMF Language team office hour and online meeting on June 27, 2017 (Tuesday) at 1300 UTC
by Runa Bhattacharjee 27 Jun '17

27 Jun '17

[x-posted announcement] Hello, This is a reminder that the Wikimedia Language team's office hour is happening later today (details at the end). Please note, our agenda has been updated and today we will have a guest speaker from the Tamil Wikipedia - Ravishankar A <https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D…>, who will talk about a campaign <https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95…> (page written in Tamil) that is currently underway to create new articles of high quality using Content Translation. The Tamil community also has a help page and a video <https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF:%E0%AE%8…> (page written in Tamil) to help new users learn the tool. Do let me know if you would like to join in the discussion via our hangout. You can also ask questions over IRC (check the details below) or over email. Thanks Runa == Details == # Event: Wikimedia Language team's office hour session # When: June 27, 2017 (Tuesday) at 13:00 UTC (check local time http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20170627T1300) # Where: IRC #wikimedia-office (Freenode) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Euhu4Q7HF4 # Agenda: - Ravishankar A from Tamil Wikipedia talks about a state-wide translation campaign using Content Translation. - Updates from the Language team and Q & A. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Runa Bhattacharjee <rbhattacharjee(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 12:58 PM Subject: WMF Language team office hour and online meeting on June 27, 2017 (Tuesday) at 1300 UTC To: MediaWiki internationalisation <mediawiki-i18n(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org> [x-posted announcement] Hello, The next online office hour session of the Wikimedia Language team is scheduled for Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 at 13:00 UTC. This will be an open session to talk about Wikimedia Language projects. This session is going to be an online discussion over Google Hangouts/Youtube with a simultaneous IRC conversation. Due to the limitation of Google Hangouts, only a limited number of participation slots are available. Hence, do please let us know in advance if you would like to join in the Hangout. The IRC channel will be open for interactions during the session. Our last online round-table session was held in March 2017. You can watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DWXTRl5ZEk Please read below for the event details, including local time, youtube session links and do let us know if you have any questions. Thank you Runa == Details == # Event: Wikimedia Language team's office hour session # When: June 27, 2017 (Tuesday) at 13:00 UTC (check local time http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20170627T1300) # Where: IRC #wikimedia-office (Freenode) and https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=8Euhu4Q7HF4 # Agenda: Updates from the Language team and Q & A. -- Language Engineering Manager Wikimedia Foundation -- Language Engineering Manager Wikimedia Foundation

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WMF Language team office hour and online meeting on June 27, 2017 (Tuesday) at 1300 UTC
by Runa Bhattacharjee 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

[x-posted announcement] Hello, The next online office hour session of the Wikimedia Language team is scheduled for Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 at 13:00 UTC. This will be an open session to talk about Wikimedia Language projects. This session is going to be an online discussion over Google Hangouts/Youtube with a simultaneous IRC conversation. Due to the limitation of Google Hangouts, only a limited number of participation slots are available. Hence, do please let us know in advance if you would like to join in the Hangout. The IRC channel will be open for interactions during the session. Our last online round-table session was held in March 2017. You can watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DWXTRl5ZEk Please read below for the event details, including local time, youtube session links and do let us know if you have any questions. Thank you Runa == Details == # Event: Wikimedia Language team's office hour session # When: June 27, 2017 (Tuesday) at 13:00 UTC (check local time http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20170627T1300) # Where: IRC #wikimedia-office (Freenode) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Euhu4Q7HF4 # Agenda: Updates from the Language team and Q & A. -- Language Engineering Manager Wikimedia Foundation

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Re: [GLAM] GLAM Digest, Vol 71, Issue 7
by Olaf Janssen 21 Jun '17

21 Jun '17

Hi Arne, I'm currently preparing a big upload of medieval manuscripts for he KB (using the glamwiki toolset), I'm using the Book and Artwork templates for that. Let's have a call or a visit about how to optimize the possibilities of these templates, I'm looking to improve as well. I'm away next week, but in the week after my agenda is pretty open. In the meantime you could check out "Digitised version of the Beyeren Armorial" and "Trivulzio" (not sure of the exact category names, pls search on Commons) to get an idea of how I used the templates so far. On Dutch Wikipedia, I already created an {{Manuscript}} infobox template Best regards, Olaf Janssen KB ________________________________________ From: GLAM [glam-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] on behalf of glam-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org [glam-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 2:00 PM To: glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: GLAM Digest, Vol 71, Issue 7 Send GLAM mailing list submissions to glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to glam-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at glam-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of GLAM digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Metadata of digitized manuscripts (Arne Wossink) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:57:05 +0200 From: Arne Wossink <wossink(a)wikimedia.nl> To: commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination - closed list <cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch> Subject: [GLAM] Metadata of digitized manuscripts Message-ID: <CAKrE8mVDjJUG-fUisLP3i2Oh01JVe8M0spWovHAju8tHsOzuOQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hey all, I'm helping out with an upload of digitized manuscripts. We were discussing the metadata that come with those, and there were some issues that weren't covered by any of the existing useful templates (book or artwork). However, I would still prefer to use an existing template instead of building something from different fields. Does anyone have experience with uploading manuscripts and associated metadata to Commons, and can point me to some examples of how specific problems were solved? Best, Arne Wossink Projectleider / Project Manager Wikimedia Nederland *(Werkdagen: maandag, dinsdag, donderdag / Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)* Tel. +31 (0)6 11000505 E-mail: wossink(a)wikimedia.nl *Postadres*: * Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht

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Books & Bytes – Issue 22, April – May 2017
by UY Scuti 21 Jun '17

21 Jun '17

Books & Bytes is the bi-monthly newsletter of The Wikipedia Library, focusing on recent, ongoing and upcoming activities and events in TWL and relevant topic areas. Read our previous newsletters here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter> and subscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Recipients>! _Books & Bytes – Issue 22, April – May 2017_ Highlights: * New and expanded research accounts * Global branches update * Spotlight: OCLC Partnership * Bytes in brief Read the full newsletter at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/April-May2… <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Ja…> For more updates, follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikilibrary>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/TheWikiLibrary/> and join the Facebook group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikiLibrary/> The Wikipedia Library Team http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library

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Metadata of digitized manuscripts
by Arne Wossink 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Hey all, I'm helping out with an upload of digitized manuscripts. We were discussing the metadata that come with those, and there were some issues that weren't covered by any of the existing useful templates (book or artwork). However, I would still prefer to use an existing template instead of building something from different fields. Does anyone have experience with uploading manuscripts and associated metadata to Commons, and can point me to some examples of how specific problems were solved? Best, Arne Wossink Projectleider / Project Manager Wikimedia Nederland *(Werkdagen: maandag, dinsdag, donderdag / Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)* Tel. +31 (0)6 11000505 E-mail: wossink(a)wikimedia.nl *Postadres*: * Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht

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Blog post: "The Role of Librarians in Wikidata and WikiCite"
by Pine W 13 Jun '17

13 Jun '17

Forwarding from the Wikidata Weekly Summary: https://ndsrbhl.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/the-role-of-librarians-in-wikidata… Quoting from the blog post: "As WikiCite continues to grow, it will be interesting to follow how (hopefully not whether!) the community integrates GLAM metadata. Generating Linked Open Data citations has the potential to connect objects and concepts with information resources to create context for more accurate and interesting digital representations of knowledge and cultural heritage. And more complete and complex graphs are better at supporting deeper investigations, queries, and visualizations of these data across repositories, collections, and knowledge bases." Pine

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This Month in GLAM: May 2017
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

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Creative Commons Open GLAM Platform
by scann 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Hello everyone, As part of the new strategy of Creative Commons (which you can read about here: https://creativecommons.org/2017/01/24/cc-community-releases-movement-strat…), CC is now opening the discussion over "platforms", which are defined areas of work where people can join to collaborate and work together. This is an ongoing discussion and platforms are supposed to be approved by next year, when the new governance structure takes place. I've been conducting the discussion regarding the need (or not) of CC having an Open GLAM platform, and some of you have been commenting on the document that outlines the main ideas (the doc. is still open for comments): https://docs.google.com/document/d/19hFvtDFPZU-FHWmnXaLX5TP9eR7h_Iou-6Cc4Wl… We have now opened a mailing list, in case you want to join us on the discussion: https://creativecommons.email/mailman/listinfo/openglam Please, feel free to comment on the document and share the mailing list widely! Thanks, Evelin / Scann

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