GLAM Committee Minutes 20140312

Wikimedia UK GLAM committee 1th March 2014 - 3-5pm Development House, London (remote attendees need to liaise with JC re dial in details)

Agenda (draft)

Attendees

• Jonathan Cardy - GLAM organiser Wikimedia UK
• Padmini Ray Murray - WMUK Trustee
• Joseph Seddon - WMUK Trustee
• Edward Hands - Wikipedian
• Robin Owain - Wiccipedian
• w:user:Ham

Apologies

• Joseph Seddon

Committee Chair

• Edward Hands agreed to Chair

Wikimania GLAM track

Currently we have 12 GLAM submissions. More would be welcome - the deadline for submissions is the 31st March.

Wikimania fringe

The Fringe is historically the day after Wikimania and to a lesser extent the rest of the month. We are trying to structure the years GLAM to include some events in Mid to late August. We also have some Wikimania Fringe items such as the list of free specialist London libraries that will be migrating back to the UK wiki after Wikimania.

Technology

(Feedback from discussion at London meetup)

WIR program

Marc introduced himself and his intentions re his Coleg Cymru residency.

Jonathan briefed the committee re the current WIRs; The opportunity for further applications for the current round; Concerns raised recently in the US about WIRs and conflict of interest and of WIRs who are inexperienced as Wikipedians.

Padmini and Robin both mentioned potential WIR applications that may soon be coming in.

AOB

Working groups raised by Padmini. Volunteers to be requested for any of the following working groups. Interested parties are requested to sign for each group.

• HE Scotland

Padmini

Ally

• Unconference
• Wikimania Fringe
• Mass upload tool

National library of Wales raised by Robin - one day conference he is planning in Wales re Open content and licensing

Date of Next Meeting

JC to circulate possible dates in the first half of May.

external links

• JC spoke at the March GLAMout re Wikimania and the mass upload tool