GLAM-WIKI 2013
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Content partnerships — Digital image restorations — Joint events |
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wikimedia.org.uk, +44 (0)20 7065 0990 or jonathan.cardy
As one of the participant remarked, "the Glamwiki conference in London gave a tremendous boost to run some projects in my country" - find out what it was about!
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Schedule
- You can explore a full schedule with all session descriptions as well.
Thursday 11th - Social events
Before the official beginning of the event on Friday, we had some informal events for networking and a chat.
- 12:00-15:00 - Open house at the Wikimedia UK offices. Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT - Near Old Street tube.
- 14:00-16:00 A tour of Blythe House, one of the Science Museum stores including items from the Wellcome Trust collections; a conservation laboratory, a photographic studio, and a quarantine area where newly-arrived items are examined. Organised by Wikimedian@nhm.ac.uk (John Cummings).
- 19:00-20:00 - Free tour of the Wellcome Collection. 183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE (max 30 people) [1].
- from 18:00 onwards we had a group of people in the Euston Flyer, 83-87 Euston Road - a pub almost opposite the British Library.
Friday 12th
On the Friday, we looked 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 included two keynote speeches and a series of shorter talks, of up to an hour each, with 1 to 3 tracks running at different points.
| Friday | ||||||
| Bronte Room | Chaucer Room | Eliot Room | ||||
| 09.30 - 10.30 | Registration and coffee | |||||
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Welcome (Auditorium) | |||||
| 11.00 - 12.00 | Michael Edson - "Scope, Scale, and Speed" (Auditorium) | |||||
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Partnership Reports: UK | Open content: where are we today? | Working with digital content | |||
| 13.00 - 13.45 | Lunch | |||||
| 13.45 - 15.00 | Lizzy Jongma - "The Rijksmuseum is Open" (Auditorium) | |||||
| Geer Oskam - "Europeana and Wikimedia" (Auditorium) | ||||||
| 15.00 - 15.45 | Partnership Reports: Outside the UK | Engaging institutional staff | Europeana GLAM-Wiki Toolset | |||
| 15.45 - 16.15 | Coffee | |||||
| 16.15 - 17.00 | Partnership Reports: Science | What are the risks? | New Tools | |||
| 17.00 - 17.30 | Wrap up & summary (Auditorium) | |||||
- 18:00 - 19:00 - special walking tour with Gordo (talk) (free) - Urban_Learning meeting outside the British Library.
- 19:00 onwards - conclude the tour in the Euston Flyer, 83-87 Euston Road - or earlier for people not attending the tour.
Saturday 13th
On the Saturday, we focused on the more practical and technical side, looking at ways to work together and running workshops to share best practice.
During the day, we created a more detailed schedule.
| Saturday | ||||||
| Bronte Room | Chaucer Room | Eliot Room | ||||
| 09.30 - 10.15 | Registration and coffee | |||||
| 10.15 - 11.00 | Welcome & introduction to workshops (Auditorium) | |||||
| Mia Ridge - "A Short History of Open Cultural Data" (Auditorium) | ||||||
| 11.00 - 12.00 | Wikimedia for GLAMS - Workshop I (Wikipedia) | Panel: Starting a project: how do we begin? | Open session | |||
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Wikimedia for GLAMS - Workshop II (Commons) | Panel: Striking the balance? | Wikidata: background and discussion | |||
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch | |||||
| 14.00 - 15.00 | Wikimedia for GLAMS - Workshop III (Licensing) | Panel: Engaging with Maps | GLAM-Metrics: Measuring the Impact of Openness | |||
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Coffee | |||||
| 15.30 - 16.30 | Wikimedia for GLAMS - Workshop IV (Communities) | Wikimedia UK EGM 2013 | GLAM-Wiki Europeana Toolset Workshop | |||
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Wrap up & summary (Auditorium) | |||||
- From 17:30 onwards - gathering in the Euston Flyer, 83-87 Euston Road - a pub almost opposite the British Library.
Sunday 14th
Sunday was organised by THATCamp as a free unconference and hackathon, where the agenda and session topics were determined by attendees on the day. THATCamp London 2013 explored the humanities and technology. The overall aim was to see lots of exciting creations and thoughts around free-licensing, open access and the interface between humanities and technology.
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| Bronte Room | Chaucer Room | Eliot Room | |||||
| 11.30 - 16.30 | THATcamp Unconference & Hackathon | ||||||
| 16.30 - | London's 68th Meetup. Note the meet up starts at 1pm but we can join in the afternoon | ||||||
Remote participation
Other information
Lunch and coffee was provided for attendees on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, there was drinks but no food provided- attendees of the hackathon were encouraged to make their own arrangements for lunch, and take the opportunity for a break!
Attendees were required to register via Eventbrite, but it was also possible to sign up to our public list of attendees so others could see who is coming.
Questions could be left at the talkpage.
Address
- Conference Centre,
- British Library,
- 96 Euston Road,
- London, NW1 2DB.
See here for directions.
Accommodation
Hostel
Smart Camden Inn Hostel
55-57 Bayham St
London NW1 0AA
Special rate was provided.
Hotel
1. Thistle City Barbican
Central St Clerkenwell
London EC1V 8DS
Special rate was provided.
Parking
There is very limited parking in the area of British Library. However, there are parking bays for disabled visitors in both Midland Road and Ossulston Street and for car parks nearest to the British Library. You might be able to find some parking details here.
Press/Outcomes
- High profile keynote speakers confirmed for GLAM-Wiki 2013 (Wikimedia UK Blog) 4 January 2013
- Call for papers 16 January 2013
- OKFN blog: [2] and [3]
- BL listing
- NAPLE blog
- The Museums Resource Network
- WMUK THATCamp blog
- Rijksmuseum blog
- Smithsonian Institution blog
- Collections Trust
- Blog by Robert N Forsythe, Wikimedian in Residence at TWAM
- Messen und Massen – Wichtige Trends in der Zusammenarbeit von Kultureinrichtungen mit der internationalen Wikimedia Bewegung by Barbara Fischer, WMDE
- GLAM-Wiki London 2013 Highlights by Joris Pekel
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- Rebecca Atkinson from Museum Practice and Museums Journal putting together an edition of Museum Practice on Wikipedia, inspired by what she heard at the conference.
- Feedback from attendees can be found here.
- Long term outcomes report
Partners and supporters
