The document summarizes a partnership agreement between Wikimedia Deutschland and the German Federal Archives to make 100,000 archival images available under a Creative Commons license. Key points: - After 12 months of negotiations, the parties agreed to make images available under CC-BY-SA with a size restriction of 800 pixels on the longest side. - Within 5 months, 59,073 archive records were matched to information from other sources. - Website traffic to Wikipedia pages containing these images increased steadily each month after the agreement. - The partnership was very successful but also caused a 200% increase in requests to the Archives, which struggled without additional staff.

1. Worldwide cultural partnerships with Wikimedia –German Federal ArchivesMathias Schindler,Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.Paris December 3, 2010

2. IntroMathias SchindlerJoined Wikipedia in 2003Co-Founderof Wikimedia Germany in 2004Working atthe German National Library in 2008Full time employeeat Wikimedia since 2009 asprojectmanager (contentpartnerships)

3. German Federal ArchivesState agencyoperatingunder legal mandateLegal depositforstateowned/created material after beingnolongeractivelyused in adminstration~10 millionimages, a smallerpartbeingalreadyavailable in digital formHadstarted www.bild.bundesarchiv.de in 2007, whichpromptedus (=Wikimedia Germany) toinitiatecontact

4. NegotiationNegotiationstookabout 12 monthsCritical pointswerelicensingandimagesizeRequirements: Free License, allowinganyonetouseanddistributeandmodifythecontentIncludingcommercialusageWithout time orspacerestriction

5. The AgreementPartnership in making 100.000 images available under Creative Commons cc-by-saImages were reduced to 800pixel on their larger side (we practically negotiated for every single pixel)Building a structure to match authority file records from the Archive, the German National Library and WikipediaReporting of corrections being found

6. Authority File Matching

7. 59.073 records in 5 months

8. Image examples – politics (1963)Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-P106816 / CC-BY-SA / http://bit.ly/gDfZNH

9. Image examples – East GermayBundesarchiv, Bild 183-1988-0108-059 / Mittelstädt, Rainer / CC-BY-SA / http://bit.ly/i74qTC

10. Application all overtheplacehttp://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%AAt_sur_gage

11. Description matters

14. Directimpact

15. 90 839 613

16. 90 839 613 Pages at Wikipedia visited in October 2010 that contained images from the German Federal Archives.

17. 83 771 718August 201090 034 115September 201090 839 613 October 2010http://toolserver.org/~magnus/baglama.php

18. VictimofitssuccessRequeststothe Federal Archive increased 200%No additional staffforhandlingtherequestsattheinstitutionAdditional revenuehadtobegivento TreasuryLots and lots ofimageusagewithout proper compliancetothetermsofthe Creative Commons license (outside Wikimedia Commons)

19. PolicyrecommendationImages createdbypublicinstitutions /administrationshouldbereleasedwithnoorlittlerestrictions, wefavourthe PD-GOV conceptIn themeantime, cc-by-salicensingtermsareacceptable, imagesizerestrictionshouldbeavoidedA specialfocusshouldbegivento meta-data in all formats

20. Thankyou!mathias.schindler@wikimedia.de