The GLAM partnership between Wikimédia France and Toulouse

The partnership between Wikimédia France and the city of Toulouse Jean-Frédéric Berthelot jean-frederic.berthelot@wikimedia.fr Bastien Guerry bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr GLAM-WIKI:UK London, Nov. 27 2010 http://glamwiki.org http://www.wikimedia.fr

Overview of the partnership● Help Toulouse cultural institutions release free cultural content for Wikimedia projects● Already two ongoing projects : ● Museum of Toulouse (“Phoebus”) [1000 pictures] ● Archives of Toulouse (Eugène Trutat) [200 pictures]● Its about (scientific) quality, not quantity● Future projects have already been suggested...

From there... to here.April 2009 - Archeodontosaurus October 2010 - Signature of the partnership

With two active projectsMuseum of Toulouse (1000 pics) Eugène Trutat (Archives – 200 pics)

“Wikipedia cannot work in theory, it can only work in practice.”

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What was the first Wikipédia?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lascaux,_horse.JPG

The WMFR/Toulouse timeline (1)● Apr. 2009 : emails between “Archeodontosaurus” (DD) and Serein (AA), head of WMFR. Project forwarded to WMFRs board● Jun. 2009 : IRL meeting AA/DD in Toulouse● Feb. 2010 : Bastien (BG) joins WMFR staff and meet IRL with AA, DD and Daniel Borderies (DB), Toulouse mayors adviser.● Feb. 2010 : BG sends documents to Toulouse : about previous GLAM partnerships, Commons and CC● Mar. 2010 : meeting at the Museum of Toulouse (BG, DD, Museum, head of culture from Toulouse City Council, etc.)● May. 2010 : meeting at Toulouses town hall: settlement of the Museum project, launch of the Archives project.● Jun. 2010 : a personal appeal from BG towards WMFR volunteers

The WMFR/Toulouse timeline (2)● April 2010 : First uploads by DD (Téviec skull, FP).● May 2010 : Bug : WMFR schedule vs. Museum ones.● Jun. 2010 : the Museum opens the doors of the collection to photographers from WMFR and Commons● Jul. 2010 : BG drafts agreements (with the Museum, the Archives and the City of Toulouse) and submit them to WMFRs board and institutions● Jul. 2010 : Contact with the Archives for Trutats collection● Aug. 2010 : BG sets up a flickr account for internal purpose (adding metadata) and share it with photographers, who start uploading there● Aug. 2010 : WMFR receives data from the Archives.● Sep. 2010 : Museum pics uploaded on Commons. JF processes Eugène Trutat collections metadata.● Sep. 2010 : Last minute bug : Trutats pictures are public domain... Validation of the three agreements (City, Museum, Archives)● Oct. 2010 : Signature of the partnership (during the Novela festival)

Museum of Toulouse - metadata

Museum of Toulouse - outcomes ● 299 images uploaded so far ● 7 featured pictures ● 37 quality images ● 9 valued images ● 810 distinct usages ● 396,120 hits in June 2010

Trutat (Archives) - metadata

Novela festival – Trutat Exhibition

Lessons learned● “Its okay to fail...”● “... just keep moving forward” – God, personal communication● Have a champion through the whole process● Understand the GLAM institutions (internal procedures, hierarchical/political environment)● Involve the community early in the process● Build upon GLAMs communication/exhibition● This couldnt have been done without a chapter

GLAM partnerships energy graph “Internal” discussions Work on agreements Uploads Outside communication

The “GLAM machine”“Hey, can I uploadsome videos I madefor the Museum?” “Sure !” (Museum) “Sure !” (WMFR)

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The GLAM partnership between Wikimédia France and Toulouse

by Bastien Guerry on Nov 29, 2010

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