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| '''Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums & Wikimedia: ''Finding the common ground'''''<br> | | '''Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums & Wikimedia: ''Finding the common ground'''''<br> |
| at the British Museum, Friday 26 - Saturday 27 November 2010<br> | | at the British Museum, Friday 26 - Saturday 27 November 2010<br> |
| | Information on the Paris event the following week can be found [http://rencontres.wikimedia.fr/index.php?title=Accueil here].<br> |
| ''Wikimedia UK: glam[[Image:At_sign.svg|15px|@]]wikimedia.org.uk, +44 (0)7988 013 646 [http://twitter.com/wikimediauk @wikimediauk]<br> | | ''Wikimedia UK: glam[[Image:At_sign.svg|15px|@]]wikimedia.org.uk, +44 (0)7988 013 646 [http://twitter.com/wikimediauk @wikimediauk]<br> |
| ''Convened by Liam Wyatt: liam.wyatt[[Image:At_sign.svg|15px|@]]wikimedia.org.uk'', +61 434 056 914, [http://twitter.com/wittylama @wittylama] <br> | | ''Convened by Liam Wyatt: liam.wyatt[[Image:At_sign.svg|15px|@]]wikimedia.org.uk'', +61 434 056 914, [http://twitter.com/wittylama @wittylama] <br> |
Revision as of 11:48, 6 October 2010
Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums & Wikimedia: Finding the common ground
at the British Museum, Friday 26 - Saturday 27 November 2010
Information on the Paris event the following week can be found here.
Wikimedia UK: glam wikimedia.org.uk, +44 (0)7988 013 646 @wikimediauk
Convened by Liam Wyatt: liam.wyattwikimedia.org.uk, +61 434 056 914, @wittylama
Hashtag: #GLAMWIKI
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Main Events
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Friday 26 - Policy
Keynote presentation by Cory Doctorow - science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger
Day one will focus on the policy issues that affect collaboration between the cultural sector and Wikimedia:
- Legal (e.g. copyright)
- Business models
Friday Evening - "The free-conomy & the cultural sector"
A Wikimedia UK - Museum Computer Group joint event
Keynote presentation followed by Q&A panel - BP Theatre, British Museum 18:45.
Free for attendees of GLAM-WIKI & MCG conference. Others £20.
Keynote presentation by Dr. Kenneth Crews - Director, Copyright Advisory Office of Columbia University, New York
Panellists - Paula Le Dieu, BFI; Gilane Tawadros, DACS; other TBA
Saturday 27 - Practice
Keynote presentation by Sue Gardner - executive director, Wikimedia Foundation
Day two will focus on the practical aspects of collaboration:
- GLAM editing (e.g Conflict of Interest, external linking)
- Multimedia partnership projects (e.g. metadata and Wikimedia commons)
- Small group editing workshops
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Purpose
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Representatives from the UK and European cultural sector will come together with representatives from the Wikimedia community for a two-way dialogue to determine how to use the two communities' strengths to a mutual advantage.
- why and how cultural institutions could work with Wikimedia projects; and
- what Wikimedia needs to do to make collaboration easier and more effective.
This event is relevant to representatives of the licensing, web, sales, and education departments in cultural instutions. |
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Cost
Full Registration (all tickets include attendance to the Friday evening event):
- professional tickets, £40;
- Wikimedians, students or volunteers, £20.
Partial Registration:
- attendees of the MCG conference can register for Day Two of GLAM-WIKI at the discount price of £20;
- For the Friday evening event only; at the door for £20.
Payment accepted by Paypal via the registration website, or cash at the registration desk.
Other Presenters include...
- Daniel Pett (Portable Antiquities Scheme - British Museum)
- Jane Finnis (Director - Culture24)
- Mathias Schindler (Wikimedia Deutschland)
- Kajsa Hartig (Nordiska museet, Sweden)
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- Matthew Cock (Head of Web - British Museum)
- Mia Ridge (London Science Museum)
- Hampton Catlin (Wikipedia Mobile Developer)
- David Harris (GlobalLives.org)
- And many more to come...
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