Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

2016-02-26 Thread Charles Matthews
> > On 26 February 2016 at 09:50 Fæ wrote: > > > I would make the flyer generic, it can then be used by other English > speaking organizations and shared on the Outreach wiki rather than > hidden away on the chapter wiki and appearing like proprietary >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

2016-02-26 Thread Gordon Joly
On 25/02/16 17:31, Edward Saperia wrote: > > At the risk of sounding negative, I also don't think this seems like a > very productive thing for the charity to spend time on. Lots of > materials already exist that explain the benefits of open knowledge - > and without a clear audience or channel

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

2016-02-26 Thread Gordon Joly
On 26/02/16 10:59, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > Not really Gordo! Sorry if I wasn't clear. As Sara has offered to write > the text, I'll discuss the brief in more detail with her - although > happy for others to be involved, of course :) That's fine. I assumed you were limiting to "open

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

2016-02-26 Thread Lucy Crompton-Reid
Not really Gordo! Sorry if I wasn't clear. As Sara has offered to write the text, I'll discuss the brief in more detail with her - although happy for others to be involved, of course :) On 26 February 2016 at 10:55, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 26/02/16 10:14, Lucy

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

2016-02-26 Thread Gordon Joly
On 26/02/16 10:14, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > Thanks for all your comments and input into this. I can understand why > those working closely within the open knowledge sector might feel there > isn't a need for information about why this matters, but the audience > we're aiming this at are

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

2016-02-26 Thread Gordon Joly
On 26/02/16 00:27, Simon Knight wrote: > This isn't a great example, but the JISC open access resources are > targeted at HE orgs to help them overcome specific challenges, and > https://www.jisc.ac.uk/content/open-access much of which could be > adapted into internal business cases for a shift to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

2016-02-26 Thread Lucy Crompton-Reid
Dear all Thanks for all your comments and input into this. I can understand why those working closely within the open knowledge sector might feel there isn't a need for information about why this matters, but the audience we're aiming this at are people working in smaller organisations and

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

2016-02-26 Thread Sara Thomas
Hello hello. Existing WiR here (Museums Galleries Scotland), happy to collaborate on this. Have had contact with ~26 different GLAMs over the past year, of varying sizes. I'm at user:lirazelf. if someone wants to do the design, I'll do the text. S Sent from my iPhone > On 26 Feb 2016, at

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

2016-02-26 Thread Fæ
On 26 February 2016 at 09:41, Charles Matthews wrote: > On 25 February 2016 at 21:47 Michael Maggs wrote: > > And as a national charity that aspires to lead in this area we really ought > to have something that concisely answers the question

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

2016-02-26 Thread Charles Matthews
> On 25 February 2016 at 21:47 Michael Maggs wrote: > > And as a national charity that aspires to lead in this area we really > ought to have something that concisely answers the question "why should I > release my content?" > > A flyer, then. Starting from the