GLAM-WIKI 2013

Cultural partnerships
Content partnerships — Digital image restorations — Joint events

Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums & Wikimedia at the British Library, Friday 12 - Sunday 14 April 2013 Cost: £15-£40 (scholarships) Contact: daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk, +44 (0)20 7065 0990, @wikimediauk Convened by Fæ: faewikimedia.org.uk, @faenwp Hashtag: #GLAMWIKI | Lanyrd Bit.ly: glam-wiki13

Themes/Purpose The British Library's main courtyard entrance We believe that Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAMs) should constantly look for new and imaginative ways to maximise the impact of their collections and knowledge. While online collections are a popular and exciting route to engage with their audience, they typically only have small numbers of visitors—whereas working with the Wikimedia community can offer Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums a new window on a potential global audience of over half a billion people worldwide. This conference will have two main themes. On Friday, we are explaining the work the Wikimedia movement has been doing with cultural organisations to showcase what partnerships and opportunities are available. You will hear first-hand how some institutions are already leveraging the connection between sharing a part of their own collections with Wikimedia and seeing some amazing benefits – such as a sharp increase in traffic to their websites and an increase in sales of merchandising. Attendees will be able to better understand the crossover of mutual interest that Wikimedians share with curators of cultural heritage to further each other's goals. On Saturday, the conference will focus on the more practical sides of the Wikimedia-GLAM collaborations, with workshops and discussions to develop ideas. We also have a Sunday unconference and hackathon event - THATCamp London 2013 - where the agenda and session topics are being determined by attendees, on the day. Prepare for inspiring lightning talks, and getting as involved as possible. This event is particularly relevant to any representatives of cultural institutions interested in a partnership with Wikimedia UK. Any representatives from the licensing, web, curation and interpretation departments in cultural institutions are welcome. Please contact faewikimedia.org.uk or daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk with any questions. Agenda This is a global GLAM conference, organised by the UK chapter in association with Wikimedia Sweden and Europeana, and hosted by the British Library with the support of other chapters and the WMF in terms of volunteer support and scholarships to attend. This event is bringing the Wikimedians and cultural institutions together to share their GLAM related experience. Please see below for the details of the schedule, and if you have any suggestions feel free to comment on the talk page. Presentations may be available as open publications or be the basis of published papers after the event.

Schedule

A full schedule is now available

Keynote speakers

• Michael Edson (Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC)
• Lizzy Jongma (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
• Nick Poole (Collections Trust)

Thursday 11th - Social event

For anyone keen to join us before the official beginning of the event on Friday, for networking and informal chat.

• 12:00-15:00 - Any representatives from Wikimedia Chapters coming to the conference are welcome to visit the Wikimedia UK office to say hello (limited to a couple of places - please notify Daria)
• 19:00-20:00 - Free tour of the Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE (max 30 people - please email Daria to book a place daria.cybulska@wikimedia.org.uk)
• 20:00 - Informal networking dinner - location up to the participants

Friday 12th

On the Friday, we are hoping to look at the work Wikimedia and other organisations have done in partnership with cultural institutions, presenting case studies and discussing the benefits to both parties. The day will include two keynote speeches and a series of shorter talks, of up to an hour each, with 1 to 3 tracks running at different points.

Saturday 13th

On the Saturday, we will be focusing on the more practical and technical side, looking at ways to work together and running workshops to share best practice. We welcome suggestions for practical workshops and hands-on demonstrations of new tools or methods, but are likely also to have some standard presentations also.

Sunday 14th

Sunday is organised by THATCamp as a free unconference and hackathon, where the agenda and session topics are determined by attendees on the day. THATCamp London 2013 will be an unconference exploring the humanities and technology. We’re hoping to see lots of exciting creations and thoughts around free-licensing, open access and the interface between humanities and technology.

To attend, please follow these steps:

1. Register here (free)
2. Go to the THATCamp page to get involved or propose a session here
3. Check any details on the wiki page here.

If you need help with travel and accommodation, please specify on your registration.

Volunteer for the conference

Volunteer helpers

We will need several helpers for reception, coordination, stewards, advice and emergency help for international travellers, reporting on the events, guides for groups wanting to socialize or play tourist around the most famous sights of London, and more technical help with Audio/Video webcasts, transcription and non-English support. Please add your name and the type of help you would like to offer on the talkpage.

Scholarships

There is a limited budget to support scholarships for the conference. These are mostly aimed at supporting speakers participating in the event (please contact Wikimedia UK for details). We may be able, however, to support some delegates from cultural organisations, and key members of the Wikimedia community - please let us know with at least 3 weeks notice (22 March 2013).

Contact Daria Cybulska for details (daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk), including the estimate costs that you would require for support, and outline of your engagement within GLAM sector.

Press

• High profile keynote speakers confirmed for GLAM-Wiki 2013 (Wikimedia UK Blog) 4 January 2013
• Call for papers 16 January 2013

Any questions

Please leave questions on the talkpage, or email dariawikimedia.org.uk

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