Nice work - and amazing resolution! Well done! Mike
On 7 Nov 2009, at 13:03, Gnangarra wrote: > A collection that is now being added to commons, > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Craig Franklin <[email protected]> > Date: 2009/11/6 > Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] The A E "Bert" Roberts photograph collection > To: Wikimedia-au <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > > > Hi All, > > > I’m pleased to announce that based on some contacts that I made at > the GLAM-WIKI conference back in August, and some onsite work that > the Brisbane Wikimedia community has been doing at the Queensland > Museum (QM), the Museum has commenced uploading digitized images > from their “A E (Bert) Roberts” photograph collection to Commons. > Bert Roberts was a coachbuilder from Ipswich in the early 1900s , > but also enjoyed photography and took photographs of a wide variety > of subjects, chiefly scenes of everyday life in Queensland from the > time. While not famous for his photography during his lifetime, > after his death his collection of images came to be recognised as > providing a unique view into the society of the time. His > photographs are the subject of a Queensland Museum exhibition, > which chiefly resides at their Toowoomba campus (the Cobb & Co > Museum), but which presently has travelled to Ipswich for a limited > time. > > > So far, 21 images have been uploaded to Commons, but there are over > a thousand glass plate negatives in total that the Museum has. You > can see what’s been uploaded so far here: > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:A_E_%22Bert% > 22_Roberts_plate_glass_photo_collection > > > My request to all of you, basically, is to: > > > · Categorise, enhance, and basically edit the file pages as > much as possible. > > · Look for appropriate pages on Wikipedia and other places > where this content can be used, and use it. > > · Spread the word that GLAM institutions are seeing the > benefits of making their collections available through Commons and > other free media repositories! > > · Watch out and make sure the pages aren’t vandalised, and > any problems that crop up are dealt with quickly so that QM can > concentrate on providing us with free content, and not learning > arcane points of Wiki-law. > > > Many of the original plate glass negatives held by the museum have > not been digitised yet, but if there is anyone who would be > interested in volunteering some of their time to learn how to do, > and then actually *do* the digitisation, there may be an > opportunity to get in and do that. If you’re interested (and > preferably have some “serious” photography experience), let me know > and I’ll pass your details on. > > > It’s my hope that this will be but the first of many successful > collaborations between WMAU people and GLAM institutions throughout > the country. I already have a couple of other collaborations > cooking away here in Queensland that will hopefully result in a win > not only for the WM projects, but also open access to cultural and > heritage material in general. > > > If anyone has any questions regarding these particular images, > please feel free to ask me! > > > Cheers, > > Craig Franklin > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > > > > -- > GN. > http://gnangarra.redbubble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
