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\hackathon event, 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. Propose a session, or help us shape the programme on this wiki: see Call for papers

Call for papers

Main page: GLAM-WIKI 2013/Jan 13 announcements

We are now seeking proposals for presentations, workshop proposals, or panel discussions, lasting up to an hour (which would include questions).

Proposals should be no more than 400 words long, giving the following information:

• Title
• Name or names of those presenting
• Organisation, if any
• Brief summary or description, with key themes covered
• Time needed, please give range of minimum to maximum, and preferred
• Style of presentation (eg talk, workshop, demo)
• Has it been given before? If so, where & when?
• Any very relevant links
• Any special requirements, beyond usual screen etc
• What you expect delegates to learn from your session.

The deadline for submitting a proposal is February 15th 2013 and the selection panel will notify all applicants either way by March 1st. All presentations should be in English.

Themes

We have two broad themes for papers, within the broader area of open content in the cultural sector; sustainability and future models, in particular with reference to engagement with the Wikimedia movement.

We welcome submissions both from within the Wikimedia community and from cultural institutions of all kinds, whether or not they have worked with us before.

The deadline for submissions is February 15th 2013. Please send submissions to Daria Cybulska - daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk - or draft them on-wiki. You can also contact the Wikimedia UK office on +44 (0) 20 7065 0990.

If you are interested in joining the event as an attendee, you can register here.

Schedule

Propose a session, or help us shape the programme on this wiki: see Call for papers

Provisionally confirmed speakers

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

• MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON

Thursday 11th - Social event

For anyone keen to join us before the official beginning of the event on Friday.

• 15:00 Tour of a museum/gallery/pub or indeed London itself - to be determined!
• 19:30 Networking dinner

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

The Sunday will be organised as an unconference and hackathon, where the agenda and session topics are being determined by attendees on the day. If you need help with travel and accommodation, please specify on your application.

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.

Contact Daria Cybulska for details (daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk).

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