wikipedia & libraries: ideas to enrich content through collaboration
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Keynote presentation given at EIFL General Assembly, 26 June 2011, Minsk.TRANSCRIPT
Wikipedia: Ideas to enrich content through collaboration
EIFL - General AssemblyNational Library of Belarus
Minsk
Liam Wyatt@wittylama#glamwiki
GLAMWIKI.org
Why you need to know.
“If Wikipedia is becoming the family encyclopedia for the twenty-first century, historians probably have a professional obligation to make it as good as possible.”Roy Rosenzweig, The Journal of American History, Volume 93, Number 1 (June 2006) 117-46
1. Wikipedia is the fastest way to reach your audience
1. We are a global Community
280+Number of Wikipedia language editions
(Each has its own, self-governing community)
D
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Reykjavik, Iceland
Tabriz, Iran
Jakarta, Indonesia
2. 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)
≈50Number of employees
≈100kNumber of active editors
3. 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 cases from Prezi - GoogleMaps, OLPC,
Reuse!
Free x 3SPEECH
Wikipedia is not censored and provides the same access to all readers, in all countries, in all languages.
Working with libraries
(3 example projects)
Bibliotheque National de FranceTranscription where OCR won’t do
British Library“edit-a-thon” events focusing on unique resources
National Library of AustraliaEasy referencing of digitised newspapers
‘Wikipedian in Residence’
British Museum
Backstage Pass
One-on-One Collaborations
Feature Article PrizeRoyal Gold Cup
in English
Epifania de Miquel Àngel in Catalan
Tabula Rosettana in Latin
Hoxne Challenge
School translations
Residencies in 2011
• Chateau de Versailles - 24h challenge
• Children’s Museum of Indianapolis - apprentices
• Derby Museum & Gallery - QR codes
• US National Archives - document of the day
• Museu Picasso, Smithsonian, MoMA, Berlin State...
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.
GLAMWIKI.org
Peace, Love & [email protected]
[[user:witty lama]]@wittylama
www.wittylama.com/blog
•Tonight, 6pm - ‘Wikimeetup’ with Minsk Wikipedians
•Tuesday 3, 11am - ‘Everything you wanted to know about Wikipedia but were too afraid to ask’