OpenCulture2013

Wikimedia UK had a stand at OpenCulture2013, 2–3 July 2013.

Basic information

• Date: Tuesday 2nd/Wednesday 3rd July 2013, 9:30am to 5pm
• Venue: Kia Oval
• Cost: Free
• there will be WiFi, but please email Jonathan if you need to borrow a WMUK laptop for this.
• Any questions: Jonathan Cardy on jonathan.cardywikimedia.org.uk, 0207 065 0990

Information

The collections trust very kindly gave us a free stand at their exhibition on the 2nd/3rd of July 2013. This was a great opportunity for us to talk to attendees at OpenCulture2013, hopefully these will be people who are committed to the idea of free culture, but they may need someone who can tell them what Wikipedia can do with mass releases of images. Or indeed just show them how to edit an article or add an image to an article.

In actuality it gave us the opportunity to talk to a range of museum professionals, from those who weren't sure if we'd be interested in their little museum, to those who only see us as a threat to their sale of images; and we did get to show one curator how to upload images.

Manning the stand

Volunteers

• Much thanks to Johnbod and EdwardX for representing the movement at this exhibition, and to HJ for being available if needed.

If you are interested in helping at this event please sign up below, indicating which hours you would be willing to cover.

• Pretty flexible at the moment. Johnbod (talk) 13:30, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
• Available all day on the 3rd. Harry Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:41, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Logistics

• Refreshments were provided

If you have any questions please contact Jonathan Cardy on jonathan.cardywikimedia.org.uk, 0207 065 0990.

Results

We spoke to many museums and suppliers to museums, and explained to several IT companies how their museum software could give their clients the option to upload to Commons.

Partage Plus then released over 700 images to Commons as detailed in a subsequent blog