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An Introduction to
-Wiki Projects
Digital Heritage Conference, 2012
Shani Evenstein
National GLAM Projects Coordinator
Wikimedia Israel
Part 1 –
An Intro to Wiki Projects Around the World
Wikipedia’s Mission
“to provide a free, high quality encyclopedia
to every single person on the planet in their own language”
Jimmy Wales, Jan 2011
Our Rules
Set Knowledge Free
By the People, For the People
• Created by the public, worldwide
• Maintained by the public, worldwide
• Supported by the public, worldwide
Giving Back and Reaching Out:
Wiki projects
1 - Strengthen the weak: Outreach Projects
2 – Make the strong even stronger: Wiki in the Academia & GLAM
Outreach Wiki Projects –1
The most general goal:
to encourage the expansion of smaller language Wikipedias through advice, encouragement,
and general assistance.
• Empowering the “global south” via access to free
knowledge.
• Preserving cultural knowledge on the verge of extinction.
Wiki in the Academia & GLAM –2
Quantity & Quality
“content improves with more people involved. There are now 10.000 very active
editors. Many eyes checking and editing loads of information. System mistakes are fixed by
the community.
So, we want universities, research centers, professionals and specialists from different
areas to become part of the community, sharing their experience. This will automaticly improve the quality”.
Kul Wadhwa (UOC, Open University of Catalonia, 2010)
Wikimedia Head of Bussiness Developement
Collaborations with Educational institutions
• “Campus Ambassador” projects
• More “expert” writers
• Writing articles as an academic assignment:
education the next generation
-2 Part
What’s , anyway?
• GALLERIES
• LIBRARIES
• ARCHIVES
• MUSEUMS
To begin with..
Could it ever work..?
GLAMs
© Texts and images Academicism Paid work Scientific Rigour Original research Vulnerable contributions Transmitting information Closed & reserved world
WIKIPEDIA
Free and reusable texts Populism Volunteer work Questionable reliability Referenced sources Erasing promotional contents Is considered advertising Open and shared world
What’s in it for GLAMs?
• It’s affordable (and usually free)
• E-volunteers from around the world
• More traffic back to your site
• A new platform to share your resources; which often falls in line with your mission
• New energy to an often stale work in environment
• Challenges traditional GLAM practices
And.. the future is here, baby!
WIKIPEDIA
- Free encyclopedia - Most consulted in the world - +250 active editions
MUSEUMS - Expertise content - All knowledge areas
Comitted to collaborate
Spreading knowledge reaching the maximum audience
with the highest quality
Ways to Collaborate
• Creating a “Wikipedian-in-Residence” program
• Image & Media donation to Commons
• Coordinating GLAM outreach events
• Updating your Institution’s articles
• Using Wikipedia QR codes
• Sharing historical footage
• Allowing Wikimedians to digitally restore images
• Adding a Wikipedia citation template to your database
• Improving and using Wikipedia articles for an exhibition
• Improving the quality of OCR
Success Stories: Museums & Galleries
Smithsonian
MOMA
Museu Picasso, Barcelona
The Children’s Museum, Indianapolis
? ?
Success Stories: Libraries
Australia
UK
France
Success Stories: Archives
Bundesarchiv
NARA
Regional Archive, Norway
Archives of American Art
Success Stories: More
Public Art in Milwaukee
Federal
government of the
United States
This is a worldwide movement;
And Israel has joined the party!
Part 3 -
Israel Joins the Global Effort
• 09/2011 – “GLAM: Israel Museum, Jerusalem” Project • 12/2011 – “GLAM: National Library of Israel” Project
• 08/2012 – “GLAM: Library of Haifa University” Project
• 09/2012 – “GLAM: Wiki Loves Monuments” Contest
• Other / future collaborators – - Bezalel Academy of Art and Desigh, - Israel State Archives - Museum of Jewish Diaspora - The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra - ?
GLAM in Israel: Some Challenges
• Increasing “GLAM awareness” –
– within the Hebrew Wikipedia community
– within the general public: new editors
• Collaborating with more GLAMs & Academic world
• Smaller editing community
• Technical tools
• Lack of infrastructure [WLM, Public Art]
Thanks you for Listening!
An Introduction to
-Wiki Projects
Digital Heritage Conference, 2012
Shani Evenstein National GLAM Projects Coordinator
Wikimedia Israel