Wikipedia:GLAM/MGS/14th Month Report
< Wikipedia:GLAM | MGS
| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museums Galleries Scotland | Sara Thomas | 1 March - 31 March 2016 | 31 March 2016 |
Projects delivered in the past month
[edit]Wiki events
[edit]| Event Name | Date | Location | Attendees | New Users | Gender breakdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art + Feminism - Modern Scottish Women #2 | 5 March 2016 | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | 6 | 1 | 83% female |
| 21 Revolutions Editathon | 30 March 2016 | Glasgow Women's Library | 4 | 4 | 100% female |
Conferences & seminars
[edit]| Event Name | Date | Location / Organiser | Attendees (approx) | Title | Slides |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playing with method, planning for impact | 22 March 2016 | National Museum of Scotland / Digital Cultural Heritage Research Network | 30 | A year in Wikimedia: Open Knowledge & Scotland's Museums | 
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| SLIC Digital Champions Meeting | 29 March 2016 | Mitchell Library, Glasgow / Scottish Library and Information Council | 40 | The Library & Wikimedia | 
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Statistics
[edit]| Event | Date | New accounts created | Articles created | Articles improved | Images added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art + Feminism - Modern Scottish Women #2 | 5 March 2016 | n/a | |||
| 21 Revolutions Editathon | 30 March 2016 |
Objectives & outcomes
[edit]| WMUK | Museums Galleries Scotland |
|---|---|
| G1: Develop Open Knowledge | G1.1 help Scottish museums increase the quality of the existing open knowledge surrounding their collections. G1.2 assist museums to make more open knowledge available through various channels and projects, G1.3 work specifically with the Recognised Collections to make more open knowledge and images available through Wikipedia and their own websites licence free. |
| G2a: Develop, involve & engage WMUK volunteers | G2a.1 encourage and assist museum curators to become competent WMUK volunteers. G2a.2 assist museum curators to help share their expert collections knowledge with other WMUK volunteers. G2a.3 Work with other Scottish voluntary organisations to involve them where relevant in open data projects taking place in Scottish museums and galleries. |
| G3: Reduce barriers to accessing open knowledge | G3.1 we will improve awareness of the benefits of open knowledge through education within the Scottish museum sector. G3.2 we will actively work with a range of partners including the Scottish Government to help inform, develop and deliver a strategic action plan for responsible use of open data in Scottish museums. |
| G5: Develop, support and engage with other Wikimedia & Open Knowledge Communities | G5.1 participate and encourage membership to the Scottish DigitaI Transformation Network. G5.2 encourage partnership projects between Scottish museums to release their metadata licence free through API or other sources. |
Developing Open Knowledge
- The resident met with the George Bain curator of the Groam House Museum about developing a more substantial piece of work with the museum toward the end of the project. The resident has agreed a date to meet with the museum board to advocate for the use of open knowledge in a museums context. The George Bain collection is a Recognised Collection of National Significance to Scotland and would be a great addition to the Commons.
- The resident met with staff at the Glasgow Women's Library (also a holder of a Recognised Collection) in advance of the editathon on 30 March to discuss options for image uploads and future work.
- The resident met with a member of staff from the Glasgow School of Art, (also a holder of a Recognised Collection) in advance of the editathon on 25 May.
- The resident continued to provide support to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders' regimental museum intern on developing their project around their collection.
Develop, involve and engage WMUK volunteers
- An editathon was held at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery on Saturday 5 March. Of the artists whose work is displayed as part of Modern Scottish Women, and as a direct result of this set of editathons, there is only 1 artist not now represented on Wikipedia.
- An editathon was held at the Glasgow Women's Library on Wednesday 30 March. Numbers were slightly lower than expected but this allowed for in depth and tailored training.
- The resident is working with WMUK office staff to develop an ask for more volunteers in Scotland.
Reducing barriers to accessing open knowledge
- The resident spoke at the Digital Cultural Heritage Research Network on 22 March, discussing what had been achieved in the first 12 months of the residency, and expounding the value of the skills / infrastructure / attitude model for success in digital & open knowledge projects in cultural organisations. One follow up meeting has been scheduled.
- The resident provided information to two organisations about setting up their own Wikimedian in Residence project.
- The 12 month report, including data from a number of organisations who had been involved in the first 12 months, was finished and circulated.
Developing, supporting & engaging with other Wikimedia & Open Knowledge communities
- The resident spoke at the Scottish Libraries and Information Council Digital Champions meeting on 29 March, discussing The Library and Wikimedia.
- The resident volunteered to assist in the production of a leaflet to send to GLAMs interested in open knowledge.
- The MGS & University of Edinburgh residents, as well as Gill from NLS discussed work to be taken on in the future.
Projects in Development
[edit]- Work continues with Groam House Museum
- Editathon planned for after the end of the project with Glasgow Women's Library
- Art+Feminism Editathon with Glasgow School of Art
- Speaking at University of Glasgow's Learning & Teaching conference / Digital on a shoestring / #OER16