I'm generally pessimistic about how successful petitions can be when
presented to the government. That said, perhaps an open letter signed by
various free-culture groups (including WMAU) delivered to Senators Lundy and
Conroy, Julia Gillard (in her role as Education Minister), and Peter Garrett
as Arts Minister, could gain some interest. At the moment, releasing stuff
under free licences isn't a macro-vote winner, so I don't see that we're
going to be able to have much influence yet (not withstanding Kate Lundy's
excellent work so far, for which we should be very appreciative), so I think
that the focus should be on convincing people that what we do is generally a
good idea - if we can get the public to come, the politicians will follow!
We should also look at influencing state governments as well - since they
themselves are great sponsors of GLAM bodies and the like. For instance,
the Queensland Museum is basically an agency of the QLD state government.
I'd imagine arrangements for state libraries, museums and the like are the
same in other states and territories.
Regards,
Craig
(who is sick at home from work, so if the above post makes no sense, I
apologise!)
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Hi Craig, Liam,
Just reading through your comments and links.
Two thing stuck out. The first is Catherine's comment;
But I also know that this would be a significant change for cultural
institutions
and that without a ministerial directive, it won't happen across the sector
any time soon.
http://catherinestyles.com/2009/10/15/glam-wiki-recommendations/
The second is Kate Lundy's this is the 'default position of the
government'.
This discussion is taking place in all publically funded institutions at
present; not just GLAMs.
The gov2 hackfest in Canberra last week was another step in this chipping
away at monoliths.
Can I make the suggestion that it might be time to offer a petition.
The committee down there is playing with trying to do this electronically,
I can't see how this may be attempted without a Single Sign On for all
Australian citizens. But that's almost there now.
This might be good opportunity to get the first step into the online world
for .gov.au institutions.
At least we can encourage the .gov to put their policy where their mouth is.
http://www.aph.gov.au/House/committee/petitions/index.htm
regards, simonfj
Wow Craig,
this is great and the work you've been doing with the QM is really important
outreach and local interaction. It's one think for the Wikimedia community
to say give us your photos but you actually getting out there and building
a personal relationship with the institution is incredibly valuable. Thank
you!
I would also like to point people to another recent post (more from the
Library angle) about interacting with Wikipedia:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6703519.html There's also this
personal response from the sector about the GLAM-WIKI recommendations:
And I know
that the National Library is working on a formal/institutional-level
response to the recommendations too.
All in all, there is a lot of work going on in the GLAM sector to find ways
of working with Wikimedia! There'll be a few announcements along these lines
in the near future and I know from talking with some European colleagues
that our work in Australia is being looked at as the best-practice. So,
Criag, keep up the good work and please tell us if you need any specific
assistance.
-Liam
[[Witty lama]]
VP Wikimedia Australia
wittylama.com/blog
Peace, love metadata
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Craig Franklin cr...@halo-17.net wrote:
?We certainly live in interesting (and rapidly changing) times. There is a
loud and significant clarion call from Commonwealth and State governments
to
digitise collections to enable free public access to our cultural assets.
As
Senator Kate Lundy stated in her address at the GLAM-Wiki conference in
Canberra in August, this is the 'default position of the government'.
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