On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Craig Franklin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Liam, > > > > Thanks for those links, I hadn’t seen the blog post before. I think > there’s some excellent recommendations that we should consider closely in > there, including the “customized training”, (which is what I’ve been doing > at QM), and developing a document to put somewhere (maybe on the chapter > website) that goes over the advantages of allowing commercial use licensing > on free content. On this second point there *is* some extant material on > Commons and scattered about the rest of the place, but we could bring it all > together and adapt it to the specific situation of Australian GLAM > institutions (particularly if we can quote people like Cath on the page, if > others are doing it, I hope that we can use peer pressure to get our way!). > Along exactly those lines I'm about 12 hours away from making this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Witty_lama/Sandbox into [[Wikipedia:Advice for the cultural sector]]. Any assistance/feedback would be appreciated. On a related note, the Director of the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens (Tim Entwisle) has tweeted me saying he'll look into donating these pictures<http://talkingplants.blogspot.com/2009/10/palace-pictures-from-oaks-to-gardens.html>in high-res to Wikimedia. He is also interested in having a "backstage pass" there, so we'll see how that goes. Nice thing for summer! -Liam > > > Cheers, > > Craig > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Liam Wyatt > *Sent:* Thursday, 29 October 2009 6:47 PM > *To:* Wikimedia-au > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting Blog posts - provides an > insight into the challenges that GLAM institutions might have in dealing > with Commons (and other free media repositories) > > > > 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: > http://catherinestyles.com/2009/10/15/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 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Some interesting blog posts from David Milne, manager of Strategic Learning > at the Queensland Museum. I have been working closely with David in trying > to get access to some of QM’s extensive collection of public domain > photographs and other media, and I think this could be a useful little > primer for anyone who is thinking of jumping in and doing the same with one > of their local institutions: > > > > http://manexus.ning.com/profiles/blogs/back-at-reality-ranch-social > > > > “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’. This > implies the GLAM sector adopting a spirit of openness, sharing and > connectedness. Other inducements to participate in an open access, > communication revolution include: the Government 2.0 Taskforce initiative, > the Government Information Licensing Framework (GILF) and the need to > respond, in this state, to the Queensland 2020:Ideas to Action in order to > facilitate 'universal access to our arts and cultural assets’. > > > > “Back at 'Reality Ranch’ many GLAM sector institutions are contending with > multiple challenges, not least of which are retaining staff during > financially challenging times and maintaining traditional visiting audience > numbers. Developing a policy for the use of social media (or helping to > reduce your institution’s carbon footprint) may be mere peripheral points on > the strategic planning radar. Other contributory forces which contribute to > a state of partial inertia (in terms of the adoption of social media and > digitisation strategies) lay partly with curatorial staff and the IT staff > responsible for internet security. There are naturally honourable exceptions > to this generalisation; this observation is far from being a slight on their > good work. However, curators and IT gurus have reasons for maintaining the > ‘status quo’; changing the role of curatorial expert to facilitator can be > challenging for some (and anecdotally, liberating for others). Responding to > public comments made after uploading digitised photographs of collections > onto FLICKR or Wikimedia Commons is a tremendous form of social engagement > for example, but this is thought to be time-consuming by sceptical staff. > Raising the defensive internet screening barriers even higher is also an > understandable response from people responsible for protecting the integrity > of the data held on servers, which are subject to attack by a minority of > the public with malevolent intent. > > > > “My personal view is that it is prudent to develop an understanding of the > reasons why some GLAM sector institutions are not moving forward in > embracing social media strategies at the pace advocates would like, and > external government directives demand. There needs to be better > understanding of institutional workplace culture and any arterial blockages > to progress before a remedial stent is applied. Resolutions to 'clear the > barricades' include the social media pioneers demonstrating to others in the > GLAM sector the pathways they chose, illustrating how the views of sceptics > were won over and internal incumbrances overcome. A large dollop of > assertive leadership and having 'champions for the cause' in high places are > essential. The benefits of engaging in opening up public access to > collections and interacting with the public using various forms of social > media has to be seen to outweigh the reasons for ‘defending the fort’. To > that end there are some great ideas being shared around on the CAN site and > I hope, in time, through MANEXUS.” > > > > David has also made an interesting post on Brianna’s “Museums and > Wikipedia” group at Ning (http://museum30.ning.com/group/museumswikimedia): > > > > “Post GLAM-Wiki conference, a really helpful and positive relationship has > been established between the Queensland Museum and a member of the > Queensland Wikimedia community. Uploading a small sample of copyright free > photographs from the museum's extensive collection onto Wiki Commons has > been a slow process. This is not technically challenging, but ensuring that > in-house policies and procedures are met requires considered thought. > > > > “I have written a blog over on MANEXUS which sheds some light on broader > issues which the GLAM sector have to contend with in relation to the > adoption of various forms of social media which may be of interest, > particularly to the Wikimedia community.” > > > > It has certainly been my experience so far that institutions are really > eager and excited at the idea of sharing their material with us (and with > the world at large), but that internal procedures and policies are to an > extent hindering that goal. For instance, it has taken some weeks for QM to > work out how they are going to reconcile their internal file naming policy > with Commons’ file naming policy. > > > > This list has been a bit quiet, so I figured I’d throw this out there for > discussion and further comment! > > > > Cheers, > > Craig Franklin > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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