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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry, the earlier report had some minor corrections. Below is a rectified > version. > Thanks,Abbas. > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 09:33:48 +0000 > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
