A disappointing update about this initiative: it sounds like FOBL is having second thoughts about this initiative. If they reconsidered, we'd still be interested in working with them.
Pine On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Jonathan Morgan <[email protected] > wrote: > Cascadia could partner with UW Library Digital Archives > <http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/specialcollections>. > They > have facilities to scan a lot of images, and a supply of student labor. And > they have been receptive to the idea of CC-BY-ing parts of their collection > in the past. > > - J > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 4:03 AM, Lane Rasberry <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Could you describe briefly how the metadata on paper can be related to > any > > digital file? > > > > Wikimedia Commons could be a file host. If they want to see the precedent > > of file hosting by institutions and the resulting reach of the media > > shared, then > > <http://tools.wmflabs.org/glamtools/baglama2/> > > BaGLAMa is the best demonstration that I know. Of particular interest is > > "Total views in all times", which shows how many times anyone has loaded > a > > Wikipedia article containing one of the used images. Even rather small > > institutions find good reach on Wikipedia. > > > > Structuring metadata in Wikimedia Commons remains difficult and there is > no > > standard way to do it. One of the more thoughtful attempts to match > > metadata with a set of files in a mass upload happened with a media > > donation from the Wellcome Trust. Here is an example file - > > < > > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_sides_to_a_question_Wellcome_F0002698.jpg > > > > > > > I like the idea of this project. I would join anyone else in discussing > it. > > > > yours, > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Dennis Bratland < > > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I had a really exciting meeting with Susan Connole of Friends of the > > > Ballard Locks FOBL today. I got some books and papers outlining the > > > construction history, and I saw some of the boxes of thousands of old > > > photos they have. All phases of the construction of the locks, all > sorts > > of > > > historic events. They have digitized most of the photos, but they don't > > > have a website yet to upload them to. One solution would be to use > > > Wikimedia Commons to host all the photos, since its free and permanent, > > and > > > comes with the kind of file structure they need to let people access > the > > > content. > > > > > > The meta data for the photos is on paper tables, so I'm thinking that > if > > we > > > could use OCR to read the metadata, then create a bridge program to > fill > > in > > > the data fields for a mass upload of the images. Do we have anyone who > > > would want to do that kind of project? > > > > > > Coming along for the drained locks underground tour might be as easy as > > > signing an injury waiver. It sounds like I just need to stay in touch > and > > > show up on the right day, approximately when the tide is low in the > first > > > weeks of November. > > > > > > For the August FOBL meeting, they can invite members of the historical > > > societies in Ballard, Magnolia, Wallingford, etc to come and listen to > us > > > give a recruiting/training new editors presentation. So we should plan > > > something to present. > > > > > > There's tons of history to cover on all the public debates over if, > when > > > and where to build the Ballard Locks going back to the 1880s. They had > a > > > number of lawsuits. The project includes the Ship Canal, lowering Lake > > > Washington, draining the shoreline around Renton, reversing the river > > flow > > > around the Duwamish, leaving the Georgetown Steam plant high and dry. > > > There's so much to write about, and the historical photos are there if > we > > > can go get them. No article yet on Carl S. English, and several other > > > figures who built the Locks. > > > > > > And they have a whole room of antique tools and equipment used to build > > the > > > locks, giant rivets and rivet guns, tongs, gauges and instruments. It > all > > > needs to be photographed. > > > > > > That's only the beginning. So we need an outline plan, and we need to > > > assign tasks. > > > > > > Dennis > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Lane Rasberry > > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > > 206.801.0814 > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
