Hello all!
What happened with GLAM in May? Let us know and write a (short) report
about it for the newsletter 'This Month in GLAM' so that the worldwide and
local Wikimedia community can read what happened in your area. Also this
will encourage others to participate and donate material.
You can start writing here:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom
If your country/area isn't mentioned on the page, you can always add it to:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2024/Contents
Please mention also the coming GLAM activities on our calendar on:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Calendar/June_2024
Deadline: 7 June
If anyone needs help/explanation about the newsletter, please ask!
Thanks & greetings!
Romaine
Hello everyone,
A few weeks ago, we announced the WikiLearn course on how to upload and
edit files on Wikimedia Commons using OpenRefine.
- In English: OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons: the basics
<https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2023/…>
- In Spanish / Español*: OpenRefine para Wikimedia Commons: conceptos
básicos
<https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2024_…>
- In French / Français*: OpenRefine pour Wikimedia Commons : les bases
<https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2024_…>
We are now happy to announce the translation for Italian!
- In Italian / Italiano: Introduzione all'uso di OpenRefine per
Wikimedia Commons
<https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2024_…>
This course can be easily translated into other languages (more about
the translation process here
<https://studio.learn.wiki/meta_translations/discover_courses/> and here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tutorial_on_how_to_translate_course…>).
More translations are on the way, including Portuguese, which will be
launched soon.
All the versions of this course are available at any time for free. You
only need a Wikimedia account and the course can be followed at your own
pace, with computer-graded exercises. A certificate is awarded at the end
and an average of 6 to 8 hours is needed to complete the course.
Please, feel free to share these translations with people who speak these
languages and who you think might be interested in learning more
about OpenRefine or Wikimedia Commons.
Thank you so much, Marta Erica Arosio, for your amazing work translating
this course into Italian! 👏👏👏
Best,
Giovanna
* These two courses/languages had problems before and are now fixed and
fully available.
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer, Culture and Heritage
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Dear all,
Apologies for cross-posting.
Wikimedia Germany is organising a special networking meeting for
German-speaking cultural heritage practitioners who use wikidata and
wikibase to build linked open cultural heritage data. Our goal is to
initiate a German language community of practice. If this sounds like you,
please take a look at what we have planned (details below) and consider
joining us in June or signing on to our mailing list
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/openglam-de.lists.wikimedia.org/>
to stay in the loop.
Thanks!
Lucy
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*Netzwerktreffen "kulturelles Erbe, Linked Open Data und das Wikiversum"
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Netzwerktreffen_offene_Kulturdaten_2024>*
Freitag 14.06.24, 10:00 AM - 15:00 PM
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V., Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24, 10963 Berlin
*Remote-Teilnahme auch möglich*
Ein 1-tägiges Treffen in Berlin zur Vernetzung von deutschsprachigen
Fachleuten aus dem Kulturerbe-Sektor und Community-Mitgliedern, die bereits
mit den Wikimedia-Projekten am Aufbau von Linked Open Data arbeiten. Das
Ziel des Treffens ist es, eine Community of Practice zu initiieren. Diese
soll sich regelmäßig treffen, um bewährte Praxisbeispiele auszutauschen und
neue zu entwickeln, Fachwissen zu erweitern, Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse
zu teilen, Strategien zur Interessenvertretung und Finanzierung zu
diskutieren und Kooperationen aufzubauen. Diese Community of Practice wird
ein Ort sein, an dem sowohl die Erfahrenen ihr Wissen teilen und
austauschen als auch die Anfänger*innen ihre ersten Schritte machen können.
Für diese ersten Netzwerktreffen möchten wir diejenigen zusammenbringen,
die bereits Erfahrung mit der Nutzung von Wikidata/-base für den Aufbau von
LOD zum kulturellen Erbe haben und daran interessiert sind, Gleichgesinnte
kennenzulernen. Egal ob institutioneller Datenverantwortlicher*innen,
Forscher*innen oder Freiwilliger*innen, schließen Sie sich uns an!
Ziel des 1-tägigen Treffen:
- Vernetzung von deutschsprachigen Fachleuten aus dem Kulturerbe-Sektor
und Community-Mitgliedern. Das Treffen bietet die Möglichkeit, Kolleg*innen
aus dem gesamten Bereich des kulturellen Erbes kennenzulernen, die mit
Wikidata und Wikibase arbeiten.
- Aufbau einer Community of Practice: Diese soll sich regelmäßig
treffen, um bewährte Praxisbeispiele auszutauschen und neue zu entwickeln,
Fachwissen zu erweitern, Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse zu teilen, Strategien
zur Interessenvertretung und Finanzierung zu diskutieren und Kooperationen
aufzubauen.
*Programm, weitere Infos und Anmeldung hier
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Netzwerktreffen_offene_Kulturdaten_2024>.*
--
Dr. Lucy Patterson (she/her)
Project Manager Digital Cultural Heritage
(Work days: Mon-Thu)
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
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Hello everyone,
A few weeks ago, we announced the course on the learning platform,
WikiLearn, on how to upload and edit files on Wikimedia Commons using
OpenRefine: *OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons: the basics*
<https://learn.wiki/courses/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_GLAM001+2023/…>
.
Today, we are happy to announce two translations of the course: Spanish and
French!
- OpenRefine para Wikimedia Commons: conceptos básicos
<https://app.learn.wiki/learning/course/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_G…>
(Spanish
/ Español)
- OpenRefine pour Wikimedia Commons : les bases
<https://app.learn.wiki/learning/course/course-v1:Wikimedia-Foundation+WMF_G…>
(French,
Français)
This course can be easily translated into other languages (more about the
translation process here
<https://studio.learn.wiki/meta_translations/discover_courses/> and here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tutorial_on_how_to_translate_course…>).
More translations, such as Italian, Portuguese, and Basque, are being
worked on.
Just like the English course, the Spanish and French versions are available
at any time, for free. You only need a Wikimedia account and the course can
be followed at your own pace, with computer-graded exercises. A certificate
is awarded at the end and an average of 6 to 8 hours is needed to complete
the course.
Please, feel free to share these translations with people who speak these
languages and who you think might be interested in learning more about
OpenRefine or Wikimedia Commons.
Thanks, Carla Toro and Reda Kherbouche, for their amazing work translating
these courses!
Best,
Giovanna
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer, Culture and Heritage
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hello,
I hope this message finds everyone well. A friendly reminder about this
event today, April 10th, at 6 pm UTC.
______________________
We are happy to extend an invitation to you for an upcoming workshop
entitled *Part II: Tr**ansforming Biodiversity Heritage Library Images
with Structured Data on Commons.*
*Workshop Details:*
- *Title:* *Part II: Transforming Biodiversity Heritage Library Images
with Structured Data on Commons*
- *Date/Time:* Wednesday, April 10th, @ 2:00 PM EST | Find your time
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20240410T180000&p…>
- *Event Page: *
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1coxEzJ3XZDxoD47AuW6T_HgRxLKIvCC-usu2VpP…
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1coxEzJ3XZDxoD47AuW6T_HgRxLKIvCC-usu2VpP…>
- *Zoom Meeting Link:*
https://smithsonian.zoom.us/j/86563563251?pwd=NEU3MWovMkRaQW5hV09BdTlRZ1ZVd…
In the first workshop, we began our data modeling efforts by mapping and
prepping BHL Flickr image data for Structured Data on Commons (SDC)
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data#:~:text=Structur….>.
SDC is a groundbreaking initiative funded by the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation that will allow media to be described using machine-readable,
structured data making it easier to view, translate, search, edit, and
curate visual content across all Wikimedia projects.
Converting BHL Image data in SDC was the second most voted use case from
the BHL Wikimedia White paper entitled *Unifying Biodiversity Knowledge to
Support Life on a Sustainable Planet <https://bhl.pubpub.org/>**.* For this
reason, we are thrilled to keep the momentum going to complete the mapping
work we started and continuing to uncover exciting possibilities with new
tools built to help GLAMS do this work. Join us as explore these tools
together:
*Tools and bots to explore! 🤖*
- Wiki Commons extension for OpenRefine
<https://github.com/OpenRefine/CommonsExtension>
- Flickypedia <https://www.flickr.org/tools/flickypedia/>
- FlickypediaBackfillrbot
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:FlickypediaBackfillrBot>
By completing our mapping work as a community and converting wiki text to
structured data, we will unlock the potential to describe BHL images more
robustly while building a viable SPARQL endpoint for BHL's Image
Collection. This work will improve the data ecosystems for Wikimedia
Commons, Flickr, and BHL alike and most importantly serve our global user
bases through enhanced search precision and retrieval.
Hope to see you there!
JJ, Sandra & Giovanna
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer, Culture and Heritage
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Re-sending this to this mailing list as it might be of interest to some!
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From: Ingrid Mason <ingrid.b.mason(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Subject: [collectionsasdata] Register: AI4LAM Fantastic Futures Canberra
2024 conference
To: Collections as Data <collectionsasdata(a)googlegroups.com>
** Apologies for cross-posting **
[image: :drum_with_drumsticks:] We are thrilled to announce that
registrations
<https://www.nfsa.gov.au/fantastic-futures-canberra-2024-conference-registra…>
for
the Fantastic Futures 2024 conference, held at the National Film and Sound
Archive in Canberra, Australia, are now open!Held on the 15-18 October
2024, the four-day conference will explore the theme of ‘Artificial
intelligence in the future of work in the GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries,
Archives and Museums)’, and will comprise two days of onsite workshops and
tours and two days of formal sessions.
There will be peer networking and evening events in a social program that
provide the opportunity to meet up and get a taste of Australian art and
culture.Places are limited so get in quick! [image: :rocket:]
Ingrid Mason (National Film and Sound Archive of Australia)
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everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual
orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age,
religion, nationality, or political beliefs. Harassment of participants
will not be tolerated in any form. Harassment includes any behavior that
participants find intimidating, hostile or offensive. Participants asked to
stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Please
contact Thomas Padilla if you have concerns.
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*Silvia Gutiérrez* (she/her)
Senior Program Officer, Libraries
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>