“GLAM-WIKI and the future of heritage”
Liam Wyatt / @Wittylama / 20 June
1. History
2. Examples
3. The Future of Heritage
GLAM-WIKI
Preston Stone (CC-By-SA) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GLAM_logo,_square,_transparent.png
We are doing the same thing, for the same reason, for the same
people, in the same medium. Let’s do it together.
Which led to…
Dilif (CC-By-SA) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Museum_Great_Court,_London,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg
Why are we more alike than different?
“All studious and curious persons”
- 1759
“Free access to the sum of human knowledge”
-  2001
Internet, wiki, encyclopedia
(…both on January 15!)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_GLAM-Wiki_Revolution.webm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlNT16gqHyo
Global growth
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence
An array of GLAMWIKI activities
Feature Article challenge
1-to-1 collaboration
Backstage pass tour
Editathons
Article creation challenge
QRpedia
People are STILL updating the project:
BabelStone (CC-0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
File:British_Museum_Royal_Gold_Cup.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Wikipedia:GLAM/
British_Museum
1. History
2. Examples
3. The Future of Heritage
GLAM-WIKI
Editathon – “The Hoxne Challenge”
Editathons (continued)
ProtoplasmaKid (CC-By-SA) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
File:Segundo_Editat%C3%B3n_Soumaya_Abierto_16.JPG
Behind the scenes tours
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_Van_Camp_with_D%C3%BCrer_block.jpg
QRpedia
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:QRpedia-code-Sofia-Zoo-3.JPG
Direct value for the GLAM
Better quality online, leads to…
Direct value for the GLAM
Better quality online, leads to…
More distribution, which leads to…
Direct value for the GLAM
Better quality online, leads to…
More distribution, which leads to…
More engagement, which leads to…
Direct value for the GLAM
Better quality online, leads to…
More distribution, which leads to…
More engagement, which leads to…
More inbound links, which leads to…
Direct value for the GLAM
Better quality online, leads to…
More distribution, which leads to…
More engagement, which leads to…
More inbound links, which leads to…
More inbound clicks, which leads to…
Direct value for the GLAM
Better quality online, leads to…
More distribution, which leads to…
More engagement, which leads to…
More inbound links, which leads to…
More inbound clicks, which leads to…
More awareness, which leads to…
Direct value for the GLAM
Better quality online, leads to…
More distribution, which leads to…
More engagement, which leads to…
More inbound links, which leads to…
More inbound clicks, which leads to…
More awareness, which leads to…
Larger quantity of customers.
Direct value for the GLAM
Better quality online, leads to…
More distribution, which leads to…
More engagement, which leads to…
More inbound links, which leads to…
More inbound clicks, which leads to…
More awareness, which leads to…
Larger quantity of customers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/British_Museum
Direct value for the GLAM
If experts make sure that the answers
to common questions are answered on
Wikipedia, it will save staff time.
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter
1. History
2. Examples (Mashtots Matenadaran)
3. The Future of Heritage
GLAM-WIKI
Are you familiar with this?
Time – Every document is a creature of its time
Place – The place of its creation is a key attribute of its importance
People – The social and cultural context of its creation
Subject/Theme – The subject matter may represent particular historical or intellectual developments
Form/Style – The item may…be a key exemplar of a type of presentation, custom or medium
Social/Community significance – The document must have an emotional hold on people who are alive today
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/flagship-project-activities/memory-of-
the-world/register/full-list-of-registered-heritage/registered-heritage-page-5/mashtots-matenadaran-
ancient-manuscripts-collection/
“…The Matenadaran houses a collection of medieval
manuscripts containing patristic and other Armenian
translations (5th century) from Greek or Syriac, the
originals of which have disappeared: they include Six
hundred questions and answers about the Book of
Genesis by Philo of Alexandria, works by Hermes
Trismegistos or Basil of Cesarea and even the
Chronicon by Eusebius of Cesarea which is a vital
source for the history of the first three centuries of
Christianity…”
Assessment Criteria: Influence
Թվայնացված ձեռագրեր
(digitised manuscripts)
http://www.matenadaran.am/?id=81&lng=3
http://abcd.am/books/bookview_v2_4.php?p_id_text=6020&p_filter=
Հեթում Բ Արքայի Ճաշոցը
http://abcd.am/books/bookview_v2_4.php?p_id_text=5881&p_filter=
ՈւԹ ՄԱՆՐԱՆԿԱՐԻՉՆԵՐԻ ԱՎԵՏԱՐԱՆ
How can we connect this collection to
Wikipedia?
•  Activities
•  Wikicamp
•  Editathons
•  Tours
•  Wikipedian in
Residence
•  Policies
•  Copyright
•  Watermark
•  Download
•  Donate
•  Metadata
1. History
2. Examples
3. The future of Heritage
GLAM-WIKI
Time – Every document is a creature of its time
Place – The place of its creation is a key attribute of its importance
People – The social and cultural context of its creation
Subject/Theme – The subject matter may represent particular historical or intellectual developments
Form/Style – The item may…be a key exemplar of a type of presentation, custom or medium
Social/Community significance – The document must have an emotional hold on people who are alive today
“
The vision of the Memory of the World Programme is that the world's
documentary heritage belongs to all, should be fully preserved and protected for
all and, with due recognition of cultural mores and practicalities, should be
permanently accessible to all without hindrance.
”
~~~
“
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of
all knowledge.
”
“
The documentary heritage nominated must be finite and precisely defined; broad,
general or open-ended nominations will not be accepted…Once added to the Memory
of the World Register, the document group cannot be varied or redefined over time.
”
But….
Re-use is the culture of the internet.
What does heritage mean for culture if it must stay fixed?
 
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