vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...@qvqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqvga On 11/7/09, Gnangarra <[email protected]> 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/ >
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