Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Queensland State Archives images
Well done, Toby! Thanks for doing this! Kerry _ From: Toby Hudson [mailto:tob...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, 7 April 2013 2:35 PM To: Kerry Raymond; Wikimedia Australia Chapter Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Queensland State Archives images Hi Kerry and all (esp Queenslanders), I've now done a batch upload of everything marked as copyright expired (~4600 images). The Commons category is here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographic_material_from_the_Q ueensland_State_Archives I'd appreciate any help in categorization. Toby On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Toby Hudson tob...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Kerry, The full image collection looks consistently formatted, so might be easy enough to import as a batch upload: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Batch_uploading (checking for copyright expiry each time). Let me know if anyone wants to pursue this. Toby On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Kerry Raymond kerry.raym...@gmail.com wrote: Queensland State Archives are putting some of their image collection on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/queenslandstatearchives/ The good news for us is that many of the older ones are CC-BY (newer ones are All rights reserved). And there is a much larger image (and other digitised documents) collection on the QSA's website: http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/ImageBasicSearch.aspx where it seems the older photos are labelled Copyright expired without any requirement for attribution being mentioned. Not sure why there would be this difference, but I guess it doesn't matter too much either way for loading onto Commons. Tip for the novice on the QSA website, there are 2 types of searches: one on the catalogue and one on the digital collection. Make sure you are using the image search (digital collection) and not the archive search (paper collection), unfortunately the way they do the linking between pages can sometimes switch you back into archive search mode and you wonder why you can't find something you found earlier. Kerry ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Queensland State Archives images
Hi Kerry and all (esp Queenslanders), I've now done a batch upload of everything marked as copyright expired (~4600 images). The Commons category is here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographic_material_from_the_Queensland_State_Archives I'd appreciate any help in categorization. Toby On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Toby Hudson tob...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Kerry, The full image collection looks consistently formatted, so might be easy enough to import as a batch upload: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Batch_uploading (checking for copyright expiry each time). Let me know if anyone wants to pursue this. Toby On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Kerry Raymond kerry.raym...@gmail.comwrote: Queensland State Archives are putting some of their image collection on Flickr: ** ** http://www.flickr.com/photos/queenslandstatearchives/ ** ** The good news for us is that many of the older ones are CC-BY (newer ones are “All rights reserved”). ** ** And there is a much larger image (and other digitised documents) collection on the QSA’s website: ** ** http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/ImageBasicSearch.aspx ** ** where it seems the older photos are labelled “Copyright expired” without any requirement for attribution being mentioned. Not sure why there would be this difference, but I guess it doesn’t matter too much either way for loading onto Commons. ** ** Tip for the novice on the QSA website, there are 2 types of searches: one on the catalogue and one on the digital collection. Make sure you are using the “image search” (digital collection) and not the “archive search” (paper collection), unfortunately the way they do the linking between pages can sometimes switch you back into “archive search” mode and you wonder why you can’t find something you found earlier. ** ** Kerry ** ** ** ** ** ** ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Queensland State Archives images
Thanks Kerry, The full image collection looks consistently formatted, so might be easy enough to import as a batch upload: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Batch_uploading (checking for copyright expiry each time). Let me know if anyone wants to pursue this. Toby On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Kerry Raymond kerry.raym...@gmail.comwrote: Queensland State Archives are putting some of their image collection on Flickr: ** ** http://www.flickr.com/photos/queenslandstatearchives/ ** ** The good news for us is that many of the older ones are CC-BY (newer ones are “All rights reserved”). ** ** And there is a much larger image (and other digitised documents) collection on the QSA’s website: ** ** http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/ImageBasicSearch.aspx ** ** where it seems the older photos are labelled “Copyright expired” without any requirement for attribution being mentioned. Not sure why there would be this difference, but I guess it doesn’t matter too much either way for loading onto Commons. ** ** Tip for the novice on the QSA website, there are 2 types of searches: one on the catalogue and one on the digital collection. Make sure you are using the “image search” (digital collection) and not the “archive search” (paper collection), unfortunately the way they do the linking between pages can sometimes switch you back into “archive search” mode and you wonder why you can’t find something you found earlier. ** ** Kerry ** ** ** ** ** ** ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Queensland State Archives images
Queensland State Archives are putting some of their image collection on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/queenslandstatearchives/ The good news for us is that many of the older ones are CC-BY (newer ones are All rights reserved). And there is a much larger image (and other digitised documents) collection on the QSA's website: http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/ImageBasicSearch.aspx where it seems the older photos are labelled Copyright expired without any requirement for attribution being mentioned. Not sure why there would be this difference, but I guess it doesn't matter too much either way for loading onto Commons. Tip for the novice on the QSA website, there are 2 types of searches: one on the catalogue and one on the digital collection. Make sure you are using the image search (digital collection) and not the archive search (paper collection), unfortunately the way they do the linking between pages can sometimes switch you back into archive search mode and you wonder why you can't find something you found earlier. Kerry ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
