Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya News Agency archive
Report to the Board: Digitization of the Kenya News Agency Archive Prepared by: Abbas MahmoodPrepared for: Wikimedia KenyaDate: August 2, 2012Background Context I was invited to join a digitization working group created by the Kenya News Agency the Kenya ICT Board that was aimed at laying a strategy for the digitization of KNA's content. Last week, the working group had our first meeting, and my main goals were to 1) talk about non-commercial use of content, 2) use the Aljazeera Creative Commons Repository as a case study, and 3) learn from other stakeholders that were involved. KNA has a repository of (mainly) photos (6,000+) related to Kenya’s history and culture dating back to the pre-colonial era. But due to budgetary constraints, the photos are stored in non-ideal conditions and their risk of damage or deterioration is therefore high. Moreover, their content is currently underutilised due the difficulty in retrieving the photos and lack of public awareness. The working group has around 20 members with folks coming from different backgrounds: studio producers, film makers, Kenya National Archives staff, AMREF Library staff, Bank of Africa staff, Creative Commons staff, freelance photojournalists, Ministry of Information Communication staff, Kenya ICT Board staff and myself. We had our first meeting last week in Limuru and my task was to talk about non-commercial use and to talk about the Aljazeera Creative Commons Repository. Summary It was agreed that one of the potential customers of this project will be Wikipedia; and that some of the content will be donated to Wikimedia under a free licence. (Note that the digitized repository will be used for commercial purposes, but we’ll get a small content donation for purposes of publicity and awareness). Also, some of the photos that KNA has are caption-less or lack the relevant metadata. It was suggested that we(the working group) explore the use of online collaboration (such as wikis or social media) to engage with the public and inquire about photos which don’t have known descriptions. We therefore expect citizen engagement to help us in identifying some of the photos. [We discussed lots of other issues which I have intentionally omitted since 1) the final report is not out yet; and 2) it’s not relevant to you guys.] Conclusion We are now creating a proposed roadmap on the way forward which will be presented, next week, to the Permanent Secretary of Information Communication, Dr. Bitange Ndemo, for final approval before we proceed with this project. ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya News Agency archive
Sorry, the earlier report had some minor corrections. Below is a rectified version. Thanks,Abbas. From: abbas...@hotmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 09:33:48 + Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya News Agency archive Report: Digitization of the Kenya News Agency Archive Prepared by: Abbas MahmoodPrepared for: Wikimedia KenyaDate: August 2, 2012Background Context I was invited to join a digitization working group created by the Kenya News Agency the Kenya ICT Board that was aimed at laying a strategy for the digitization of KNA's content. Last week, the working group had our first meeting, and my main goals were to 1) talk about non-commercial use of content, 2) use the Aljazeera Creative Commons Repository as a case study, and 3) learn from other stakeholders that were involved. KNA has a repository of (mainly) photos (6,000+) related to Kenya’s history and culture dating back to the pre-colonial era. But due to budgetary constraints, the photos are stored in non-ideal conditions and their risk of damage or deterioration is therefore high. Moreover, their content is currently underutilised due the difficulty in retrieving the photos and lack of public awareness. The working group has around 20 members with folks coming from different backgrounds: studio producers, film makers, Kenya National Archives staff, AMREF Library staff, Bank of Africa staff, Creative Commons staff, freelance photojournalists, Ministry of Information Communication staff, Kenya ICT Board staff and myself. Summary It was agreed that one of the potential customers of this project will be Wikipedia; and that some of the content will be donated to Wikimedia under a free licence. (Note that the digitized repository will be used for commercial purposes, but we’ll get a small content donation for purposes of publicity and awareness). Also, some of the photos that KNA has are caption-less or lack the relevant metadata. It was suggested that we(the working group) explore the use of online collaboration (such as wikis or social media) to engage with the public and inquire about photos which don’t have known descriptions. We therefore expect citizen engagement to help us in identifying some of the photos. [We discussed lots of other issues which I have intentionally omitted since 1) the final report is not out yet; and 2) it’s not relevant to you guys.] Conclusion We are now creating a proposed roadmap on the way forward which will be presented, next week, to the Permanent Secretary of Information Communication, Dr. Bitange Ndemo, for final approval before we proceed with this project. ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya News Agency archive
Thats tremendous progress Abbas! Some things we can do in return as Wikimedia volunteers: *Perform digital image restorations for free. *DYK's (Did You Knows) are also a good way on Wiki to tell the world of that unique piece of photo we have in Kenya. *Write articles around the media files /photos *Almost certain(since I can't speak on behalf) that the Foundation shall put up a blog entry highlighting the donations. *And the recent punchline by the US Archivist ,David Ferriero; : If Wikipedia is good enough for the Archivist of the United States, maybe it should be good enough for you. Twende mbele. //Stephen. On 8/2/12, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote: Sorry, the earlier report had some minor corrections. Below is a rectified version. Thanks,Abbas. From: abbas...@hotmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 09:33:48 + Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Kenya News Agency archive Report: Digitization of the Kenya News Agency Archive Prepared by: Abbas MahmoodPrepared for: Wikimedia KenyaDate: August 2, 2012Background Context I was invited to join a digitization working group created by the Kenya News Agency the Kenya ICT Board that was aimed at laying a strategy for the digitization of KNA's content. Last week, the working group had our first meeting, and my main goals were to 1) talk about non-commercial use of content, 2) use the Aljazeera Creative Commons Repository as a case study, and 3) learn from other stakeholders that were involved. KNA has a repository of (mainly) photos (6,000+) related to Kenya’s history and culture dating back to the pre-colonial era. But due to budgetary constraints, the photos are stored in non-ideal conditions and their risk of damage or deterioration is therefore high. Moreover, their content is currently underutilised due the difficulty in retrieving the photos and lack of public awareness. The working group has around 20 members with folks coming from different backgrounds: studio producers, film makers, Kenya National Archives staff, AMREF Library staff, Bank of Africa staff, Creative Commons staff, freelance photojournalists, Ministry of Information Communication staff, Kenya ICT Board staff and myself. Summary It was agreed that one of the potential customers of this project will be Wikipedia; and that some of the content will be donated to Wikimedia under a free licence. (Note that the digitized repository will be used for commercial purposes, but we’ll get a small content donation for purposes of publicity and awareness). Also, some of the photos that KNA has are caption-less or lack the relevant metadata. It was suggested that we(the working group) explore the use of online collaboration (such as wikis or social media) to engage with the public and inquire about photos which don’t have known descriptions. We therefore expect citizen engagement to help us in identifying some of the photos. [We discussed lots of other issues which I have intentionally omitted since 1) the final report is not out yet; and 2) it’s not relevant to you guys.] Conclusion We are now creating a proposed roadmap on the way forward which will be presented, next week, to the Permanent Secretary of Information Communication, Dr. Bitange Ndemo, for final approval before we proceed with this project. ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake -- *Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better* Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Donate to Wikimedia https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
