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| National Library of Wales
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Jason Evans
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Jan 2015 - Permanent
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December 2019
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12/13/2020
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Projects delivered
Strategic Goal 1
Increase the quality and quantity of coverage of subjects that are currently underrepresented on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects
Progress
- 406 images uploaded to commons
- 0ver 20k Wikidata edits - mainly cleaning data for images and adding image collections from Commons
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Data Uploads
- 20,000 Wikidata Edits - mainly cleaning data for images and adding image collections from Commons in order to improve this new website
- 406 Images uploaded to Commons. Mostly smaller collections including -
- BaGLAMa (page views for Wikipedia articles containing images from National Library of Wales)
- December - Page Views - 17,121,137
- GLAMorous (Percentage of Commons files used on Wikimedia projects)
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Jan 13th) - 81.94% (increase due to increased use on Wikidata)
Strategic Goal 2
Support the development of open knowledge in the UK, by increasing the understanding and recognition of the value of open knowledge and advocating for change at an organizational, sectoral and public policy level
Progress
- Released new tool for displaying NLW open content on Wikidata/Commons, based on Crotos - Dwynwen
- Developing Wikidata training program with CILIP
- Meeting with National Library of Scotland staff, and Sara Thomas to discuss Wikidata use at NLW
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| Meeting with National Library of Scotland Staff
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2 hours
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NLS, WMUK
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NLS, Edinburgh
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Jason Evans, Sarah Thomas, Gill Hamilton and others
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| Skype call with CILIP CIG group and WMUK to discuss Wikidata training
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30min
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CILIP and WMUK
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Skype
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Jason Evans, Jane Daniels, Daria and Lucy
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| GDD network meeting discussing the idea of a unified catalogue of printed material
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1 day
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Glasgow
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Jason Evans....
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Strategic Goal 3
To support the use of the Wikimedia projects as important tools for education and learning in the UK
Progress
- Appointed a former teacher as a Wiki-Education officer for 9 months as part of our WiciAddysg project
- Preparation work for Wici Addysg project
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Volunteer projects
66 hours (excludes visiting scholars)
- NO volunteers trained this month
- New project proposal accepted, to get volunteers to tag the location of things depicted in images shared on Wikidata, using IIIF. Data will be automatically stored in Wikidata.
- 2 Volunteers are currently working on writing Dictionary of Welsh Biography articles. 361 articles have been created to date.
- 4 Volunteers are currently working on miscellaneous projects
- Total articles created this month - 8
More information about projects held with the NLW volunteer team can be found here
Projects in development
- The sum of All Welsh literature - This project will see the creation of Wikidata items for every piece of Welsh literature in our catalogues. (Starting with the first 50,000)
- Dictionary of Welsh Biography Timeline project
Historic statistics
- BaGLAMa (page views for Wikipedia articles containing images from National Library of Wales)
- July – Page Views - 13,125,805.
- Aug – Page Views - 13,245,583
- Sep – Page Views - 13,773,939
- Oct – Page Views - 15,041,258
- Nov – Page Views - 15,705,146
- Dec – Page Views - 16,190,426
- Jan – Page Views - 14,819,919
- Feb – Page Views - 13,346,353
- March – Page Views - 15,280,661
- April – Page Views - 14,967,649
- May – Page Views - 15,639,250
- June – Page Views - 12,941,034
- July – Page Views - 13,624,765
- Aug – Page Views - 13,220,049
- Sept – Page Views - 14,177,965
- Oct – Page Views - 15,584,357
- Nov – Page Views - 16,389,647
- Dec – Page Views - 17,497,123
- Jan – Page Views - 16,351,473
- Feb – Page Views - 14,411,266
- March - Page Views - 17,446,348
- April - Page Views - 22,875,582
- May - Page Views - 19,199,789
- June - Page Views - 15,966,784
- July - Page Views - 15,861,089
- August- Page Views - 14,886,795
- September- Page Views - 15,460,532
- October - Page Views - 18,122,157
- November - Page Views - 18,371,278
- December - Page Views - 17,121,137
- GLAMorous (Percentage of Commons files used on Wikimedia projects)
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Sept 5th ) - 50.75%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Oct 2nd ) - 51%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Oct 31st ) - 52.14%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Dec 1st ) - 52.59%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Jan 19th ) - 52.58%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Feb 1 ) - 52.58%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (March 5 ) - 52.55%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (April 3 ) - 52.58%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (May 9 ) - 52.79%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (June 12 ) - 52.83%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (July 17 ) - 66.61%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (August 24th) - 66.40%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Sept 17th) - 66.51%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Oct 9th) - 66.55%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Nov 9th) - 66.58%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Dec 4th) - 66.62%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Jan 2nd) - 65.89%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Feb 24th) - 66.00%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (March 13th) - 66.03%%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (April 1st) - 66.04%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (May 2nd) - 66.08%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (June 2nd) - 66.10%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (July 2nd) - 67.44%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Sept 3rd) - 67.49%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Oct 4th) - 67.47%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Nov 4th) - 67.47%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Dec 3rd) - 78.04%
- Percentage of images used in a Wiki (Jan 13th) - 81.94%