Wikipedia & Museums - Qatar Presentation

Wikipedia & the Museum Qatar Museum Authority Museum of Islamic Art 20 November 2011 Liam Wyatt @wittylama #glamwiki

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Why you need to know.

1. Wikipedia is the fastest way to reach your audience“If Wikipedia is becoming the family encyclopedia forthe twenty-ﬁrst century, historians probably have aprofessional obligation to make it as good as possible.”Roy Rosenzweig, The Journal of American History, Volume 93, Number 1 (June 2006) 117-46

2. We are a global Community

280+ Number of Wikipedia language editions(Each has its own, self-governing community)

DDhaka, Bangladesh

Reykjavik, Iceland

Tabriz, Iran

Jakarta, Indonesia

3. We are big (and small)

5thRank of Wikimedia sites, globally

0Amount spent on advertising ourselves. Number of advertisements we show. (We’re 100% funded by donations)

≈900kNumber of active editors ≈80 Number of employees

4. We are Free.

“Free”•the freedom to use the work and enjoy the beneﬁts of using it•the freedom to study the work and to apply knowledge acquired from it•the freedom to make and redistribute copies, in whole or in part, of the information or expression•the freedom to make changes and improvements, and to distribute derivative works http://freedomdeﬁned.org/

Free x 2• 100% FLOSS, 100% open standards, 100% copyleft• charitable foundation, volunteers, no advertising, no royalties, no permissions, available to use and re-use. 1. GRATIS 2. LIBRE

Reuse!

• Freedom of Panorama • Terms of use• Cultural rights • Commercial license• Donor restrictions • Attribution• Photography policy • TPMs/DRMs• International • Fair Use copyright terms • Copyright in scans Control of Museum Art Images: The Reach and Limits of Copyright and Licensing Melissa Brown, Kenneth Crews - Columbia University http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1542070

If there is ONE thing I can recommend, it is to make content that you own/ control “free” by default. (images, documentation, educational material...)

Free x 3 SPEECH Wikipedia is not censored and provides the sameaccess to all readers, in all countries, in all languages.

‘Wikipedianin Residence’ British Museum

Bringing Wikipedia in-house to ﬁnd ways of building a proactive relationship, of mutual beneﬁt, without undermining the principles of either.

Backstage Pass

One-on-One Collaborations

Feature Article Prize Royal Gold Cup in EnglishTabula Rosettana in Latin Epifania de Miquel Àngel in Catalan

Hoxne Challenge

Qualitative improvement

Residencies in 2011• Chateau de Versailles - 24h challenge• Children’s Museum of Indianapolis - apprentices• Derby Museum & Gallery - QRpedia codes• US National Archives - document of the day• Museu Picasso, Smithsonian, MoMA, Israel Museum, Berlin State...

gLAm(3 example projects)

Bibliotheque National de France Transcription where OCR won’t do

British Library“edit-a-thon” events focusing on unique resources

National Library of Australia Easy referencing of digitised newspapers

How many cultural organisations have a volunteer team? ...a e-volunteer team?

Wikipedia is your e-volunteer program, you’re just not afﬁliated with it yet.

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Peace, Love & Metadata liamwyatt@gmail.com [[user:witty lama]] @wittylama www.wittylama.com/blog

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