(Just confirming SLWA/Battye is an arm of the Department of Culture and the Arts in WA, so it's probably the same in most places)
2009/11/4 Craig Franklin <cr...@halo-17.net> > 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!) > > -----Original Message----- > From: wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org > [mailto:wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Simonpedia > Sent: Monday, 2 November 2009 10:53 AM > To: wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] A Petition > > 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'. > > > > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/attachments/20091029/caab > 31e9/attachment-0001.htm<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/attachments/20091029/caab%0A31e9/attachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:59:27 +1100 > From: Angela <bees...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] Fundraising > To: Wikimedia-au <wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <8b722b800910291659y662e42e3v8535cdd6a906f...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Wikimedia's fundraising campaign is starting next month. Six chapters > are on the list to take part in that and will receive some of the > funding that comes in from relevant countries. Is there any reason > Wikimedia Australia is not on the list? Is help needed with anything > to get the chapter ready for the fundraising drive so that it can take > part? > > Angela > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:10:56 +1100 > From: private musings <thepmacco...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fundraising > To: Wikimedia-au <wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <1e170f700910292110t7015e6e6x74efc5077c514...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > just a quick second on the offer to help - I think it's really quite > important that we as a chapter are able to join the fundraising process - > p'raps it's all underway, and we're all signed up but the list isn't up to > date. If so, hopefully someone in the know can update, and if not, it'd be > great to make this a pretty high priority :-) > > cheers, > > Peter, > PM. > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Angela <bees...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Wikimedia's fundraising campaign is starting next month. Six chapters > > are on the list to take part in that and will receive some of the > > funding that comes in from relevant countries. Is there any reason > > Wikimedia Australia is not on the list? Is help needed with anything > > to get the chapter ready for the fundraising drive so that it can take > > part? > > > > Angela > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/attachments/20091030/4ebf > c653/attachment-0001.htm<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/attachments/20091030/4ebf%0Ac653/attachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:08:12 +1000 > From: "Craig Franklin" <cr...@halo-17.net> > 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) > To: "'Wikimedia-au'" <wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: <0c0301ca5a01$4c82d430$e5887c...@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > 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!). > > > > Cheers, > > Craig > > > > > > From: wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org > [mailto:wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] 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 <cr...@halo-17.net> 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 > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/attachments/20091031/27e7 > 8b0d/attachment.htm<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/attachments/20091031/27e7%0A8b0d/attachment.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > > End of Wikimediaau-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 2 > ******************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >
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