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This Month in GLAM – Volume XIV, Issue IV, April 2024

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Poland report

What's up in GLAM-Wiki in Poland in April

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New partnership with National Museum in Poznan

Vicious Circle, Jacek Malczewski
Palma Vecchio Sacra Conversazione
the National Museum in Poznan
Monet Claude, The Beach at Pourville, 1882
Goyen Fishing port

We are starting a new collaboration with the National Museum in Poznan. From the very beginning, the project with the museum is an opportunity for us to experiment and look for new methods of implementing GLAM employees in cooperation, in order to build awareness of how Wikimedia projects work and to develop involvement of employees of cultural institutions right away. Each successive GLAM-Wiki training is an opportunity for us to learn lessons and gradually implement changes.

This time we came up with the idea of splitting the training into an online and a in-person part. During the online training, Kamila not only talks about the principles of GLAM-Wiki collaboration, but gives GLAM employees specific tools and tips on how they can examine the presence of their collections in Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia, in order to engage in the planning stage of specific collaborative activities. In this part of the training, museum's professionals are also tasked, after self-assessing the quality of content about museum collections, to select a topic to edit in the live training. In this way, between the online training and the live training, we can encourage employees to work on their own, and at the live training we can already focus on practical work and editing specific articles based on sources independently prepared by the trainees.

Based on our previous experience, we also know that engaging employees in editing on Wikipedia is a challenge. Therefore, from the very beginning of our cooperation, we have been trying to show that this involvement can take different forms and does not mean only writing or developing Wikipedia. The range of activities offered by Wikimedia projects in GLAM-Wiki collaborations is so wide that everyone will find an area of interest that is relevant to their ability to get involved.

The 9th GLAM-Wiki European Coordinators online meet-up

GLAMWIKICSI-basiclogo
Wikimania 2024 logo
WikiCoversEvents-logo

The next, the ninth, meeting of European GLAM Wiki coordinators was held in early April. The meeting began with a presentation by Andrew Lih.

Andrew Lih introduced the new GLAM Contribution Study Initiative project, which aims to understand the needs and practices of GLAM partners in participating in Wikimedia projects and identify areas for improvement. By collecting opinions and analysing data, the project seeks to propose solutions that can improve cooperation between heritage entities and Wikimedia. We encourage you to participate in the survey, which aims to gather the experiences and needs of those involved in GLAM-Wiki collaborations, including GLAM staff. The collection of user stories is intended to help comprehensively understand user's experiences, facilitating more empathetic and effective design and planning of evaluation tools for GLAM-Wiki projects. A link to the survey can be found on [the project's page on meta]. A presentation of the survey results and collected user stories is planned during Wikimania in Katowice, as well as a brainstorming session on possible solutions and a demonstration of prototyping directions.

Another initiative presented by Andrew Lih is Wiki Covers Events. This is an initiative by the Wikimedia community to share best practices for documenting events (festivals, sporting events, concerts, awards, etc.) and improving content on Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata, Wikipedia and more.

More information can be found at [Wiki Covers Events page on meta].

The meeting has traditionally been an opportunity for discussion and exchange of experiences among GLAM-Wiki coordinators. The topic of the next meeting, which is scheduled for early June, will be AI in the context of GLAM-Wiki cooperation.

Presentation on open culture at the Gallery of art Wozownia in Torun

Title slide of the presentation Open Culture as part of the creative process of the artist. A practical guide on how to navigate the ocean of free multimedia.

On Saturday, April 27, Kamila Neuman, manager of Open Culture as part of a symposium accompanying the 11th International Student Drawing Exhibition "DRAW NOW" at the Gallery of art Wozownia in Torun, talked about Open Culture as an element of the creative process of an artist.

The purpose of the presentation was to introduce the symposium's participants, largely academics, students, to the potential of using the collection of free multimedia in Wikimedia Commons as part of creative endeavours. During Kamila's presentation, those attending the symposium had the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of using Open Culture resources and the advantages of using free multimedia from Wikimedia Commons. Kamila also focused on inspiring projects and practical navigation tips that will be valuable tools for art students. As a result, those who attended the seminar expanded their knowledge and skills in using Open Culture resources!

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