Wikipedia:GLAM/MGS/15th Month Report

Institution	Resident's Name	Period Covered	Date of Report
Museums Galleries Scotland	Sara Thomas	1 April - 30 April 2016	10 May 2016

This month contained a number of days of annual leave & toil

Projects delivered in the past month edit

The impact report for the first 12 months of the project was published. The full report can be read here.

Event Name	Date	Location / Organiser	Attendees (approx)	Title
#OER16: Open Culture	19 & 20 April 2016	University of Edinburgh	25	Opening Scotland: Museums Galleries Scotland’s Wikimedian in Residence & the diversification of engagement.
Edinburgh Digital Meetup	14 April 2016	Edinburgh Digital Meetup	40	Opening Scotland: Open on a Shoestring
University of Glasgow: Learning & Teaching Conference	12 April 2016	University of Glasgow	14	Beyond the Encyclopedia: Wikipedia as learning & teaching tool

13 new user accounts created as a result of the session run at the University of Glasgow's Learning & Teaching conference on 12 April.

Minor changes were made to 3 pages:

WMUK	Museums Galleries Scotland
G1: Develop Open Knowledge	G1.1 help Scottish museums increase the quality of the existing open knowledge surrounding their collections. G1.2 assist museums to make more open knowledge available through various channels and projects, G1.3 work specifically with the Recognised Collections to make more open knowledge and images available through Wikipedia and their own websites licence free.
G2a: Develop, involve & engage WMUK volunteers	G2a.1 encourage and assist museum curators to become competent WMUK volunteers. G2a.2 assist museum curators to help share their expert collections knowledge with other WMUK volunteers. G2a.3 Work with other Scottish voluntary organisations to involve them where relevant in open data projects taking place in Scottish museums and galleries.
G3: Reduce barriers to accessing open knowledge	G3.1 we will improve awareness of the benefits of open knowledge through education within the Scottish museum sector. G3.2 we will actively work with a range of partners including the Scottish Government to help inform, develop and deliver a strategic action plan for responsible use of open data in Scottish museums.
G5: Develop, support and engage with other Wikimedia & Open Knowledge Communities	G5.1 participate and encourage membership to the Scottish DigitaI Transformation Network. G5.2 encourage partnership projects between Scottish museums to release their metadata licence free through API or other sources.

Developing Open Knowledge

The resident visited Groam House Museum early in the month to meet with and make a presentation to the Board of Management concerning opening the collection, including items from the George Bain Collection, which is a Recognised Collection of National Significance to Scotland. The meeting was successful, and work has continued with the curator. The resident will return in May to provide training to staff and volunteers & assist with content upload. The resident will also work with the museum to develop a digital licensing policy.
Following evaluation work done for the end of the initial 12 month period of the residency, one organisation had indicated that they would be interested in developing a WiR role. They were put in touch with WMUK head office.

Develop, involve and engage WMUK volunteers

The resident met with Ewan, WiR at the University of Edinburgh and Gill Hamilton, Digital Access Manager at the National Library of Scotland to discuss future 2016 Wiki events in Edinburgh concerning Edinburgh Gothic and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Reducing barriers to accessing open knowledge

The resident met with staff from the Fruitmarket Gallery about possible future collaborations and possibilities for open working in the organisation.

Developing, supporting & engaging with other Wikimedia & Open Knowledge communities

A presentation was made at the University of Glasgow Learning & Teaching conference (similar in style to the presentation made at the Universitas21 conference) about the use of Wiki in the University Classroom.
A presentation was made at the #OER16 conference, and the resident met with and assisted the other WiRs, WMUK CEO and Trustee representative in a range of Wiki-related activity during the conference. Further information is available on the conference website.
A presentation was made at the Edinburgh Digital Meetup, concerning "open on a shoestring".
The resident continued to collaborate with other residents and WMUK head office on volunteer development in Scotland.