GLAM Committee Minutes 2015-04-21
Wikimedia UK GLAM committee 21st April 2015 - 4-5 pm Development House, London or by teleconference (JC will circulate dial in details with invite)
Minutes
GLAM Committee Minutes 2015-02-10
Attendees
- John Byrne (by phone)
- Jonathan Cardy - GLAM organiser Wikimedia UK (in office)
- James Heald (by phone)
- Gill Hamilton WMUK Trustee (by phone)
- Chris McKenna (in office)
- Daria Cybulska - Wikimedia UK (in office)
Apologies
- - Robin Owain (WMUK) (talk) 09:51, 15 April 2015 (BST)
- Edward Hands (Chair)
- Marc Haynes
- Ally Crockford
- Joseph Seddon - WMUK Trustee
This item was skipped due to impending reorganisation.
GLAM Newsletter
Feedback from GLAM Wiki Den Haag
Briefing by John Byrne, comments by JC, JH and DC
- Good event, Lack of new initiatives other than Wikidata, increased involvement from WMF and beyond Europe
Feedback from GLAM Organisers meet in Paris
Briefing by Jonathan Cardy
15 countries attended. GLAM toolset was discussed but will cover that separately.
Near unanimity that the attempt to repurpose editathons as a way to recruit new editors has not worked.
One chapter reported an unsuccessful attempt to do outreach to older people.
Various possibilities for international collaboration were discussed including possibly a pooled bid to Europeana based on one of their themes.
Jonathan drafted the event Organisers Userright as a proposal on phabricator.
Events
add program notes Scotland
London focus.
Legacy of former WIRs discussed
Mass upload latest
Jonathan Cardy reported back on the training events in London in April and the future software development of the GW Toolset.
Technology
Scanner July opportunity JB and PH
James Heald explained how virtual crops of images might become a Wikidata feature
WIR program
Martin Poulter has started at Bodleian Library
Briefing by Daria Cybulska - we have no current budget for WIRs but various self funding projects may be possible
AOB
Training was discussed
Date of Next Meeting
Provisionally: agenda for meeting 3pm 25th June 2015