| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Library of Scotland | Ally Crockford | 08 September - 08 October (Thirteenth month of residency, plus annual leave) | 15 October 2014 |
Projects delivered edit
Metrics edit
- Accounts Created
- No new accounts created this month
- Image statistics
Tracking the 1,100 images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons using the GWToolset in June/July 2014 has yielded the following statistics:
- BaGLAMa (page views for Wikipedia articles containing images from National Library of Scotland)
- April 2014 - 996,420 views
- May 2014 - 932,959 views
- June 2014 - 1,354,381 views
- July 2014 - 1,328,133 views
- August 2014 - 1,982,546 views
- Glamorous (Percentage of Commons files used on Wikimedia projects from the category commons:Category:Images uploaded as part of NLS-WMUK collaboration)
- July 2014 - 6.6%
- August 2014 - 8.12%
- September 2014 - 8.93%
- October 2014 (as of 15 October) - 9.03%
Objectives and outcomes edit
| National Library of Scotland's Mission | Wikimedia UK's Mission |
|---|---|
| Enrich lives and communities. Encourage and promote lifelong learning, research, and scholarship. Provide universal access to information by comprehensively collecting and making available the recorded knowledge of Scotland. Promote access to the ideas and cultures of the world. |
To help people and organisations build and preserve open knowledge, to share and use freely. |
Outreach edit
Objective: Delivery of 3+ public workshops for editors (i.e. edit-a-thons); help organise and host other Wikimedia related events for members of the public, Wikimedians, researchers and librarians such as workshops, Edit-athons, meetups, backstage pass tours
- 13th Month Outcomes:
- Helping to organise EduWiki 2014 with Toni Sant, have arranged two social events around the conference for participants and those unable to attend but who are interested.
- Met with faculty and staff at the University of Edinburgh who have proposed organising a prospective three edit-a-thons over the coming months
- Consulted with BFI regarding their upcoming edit-a-thon in January 2015
- Initiated and began organising a meeting of the British Library, National Library of Wales, and National Library of Scotland to discuss IPR, open access, and experiences with Wikimedia
- Arranged re-scheduling of Grampian Information training workshop and information session for December/January
- Outlined two significant outreach projects for coming months: Gaelic language Wikipedia/Wikisource outreach, and a international symposium exploring IPR and digital access
- Gaelic language outreach would involve releasing hundreds of digitised texts in Gaelic or about Gaelic language and culture to Wikimedia Commons and liaising with Scottish educational institutions that have strong Gaelic education programmes to facilitate their transcription and possible translation on Wikisource
- Symposium would be an attempt to bring together representatives from GLAMs in the EU, UK, and potentially further abroad to discuss their different perspectives of and experiences with IPR, digital content, and facilitating access (open access or otherwise)
Upcoming events edit
| Known or Prospective Date | Event Name or Description | Host or Partner Organisation | Scope of event or talk |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 31 2014 | EduWiki Conference 2014 - Edinburgh | Wikimedia UK | It has been confirmed that the EduWiki conference will be held in Edinburgh this year, as a one-day rather than the usual two-day event; planning is under way although at a very preliminary state. |
| 6 November 2014 | UK National Libraries Wikimedia meeting | British Library, National Library of Wales, NLS | Ideas exchange and discussion with UK National Libraries regarding IPR and digital content, open access, and experiences with Wikimedia |
| November 2014 | Shakespeare's Sisters course edit-a-thon | University of Edinburgh English Literature Dept | An edit-a-thon with the students of an English Literature honours seminar on early modern women writers |
| December 2014/January 2015 | Wikimedia Information Session | Grampian Information, Aberdeen | A follow on from the Grampian Information Annual Conference in December, the planned presentation at the Grampian Information AGM in June has been postponed; a rescheduled event is likely to take place in the autumn. |
| January 2015 | Jisc Rsc Scotland editathon | New Jisc Rsc Scotland Offices | Jisc Scotland are anticipating a move of house in the near future (date TBC), and have offered up their new offices as a venue for an editathon once they have settled. Topic yet to be determined. |
| January/February 2015 | Wikipedia Training Capture session (by User:ACrockford) | Jisc Scotland, CILIPS MmIT?; Scottish government? | Following from the Jisc 'Tales of a Wikimedian in Residence' webinar, Adobe capture would be used to provide a simple but thorough introduction to contributing to Wikipedia for Librarians and FE/HE educators. This would be released under CC-BY-SA license and uploaded to Commons, and also made available by Jisc as a wider learning resource for educators. |
| February 2015 | Women Writers Innovative Learning Week edit-a-thon | University of Edinburgh | An edit-a-thon to take place during the University of Edinburgh's Innovative Learning Week, focusing on the theme of Women Writers |
| Undetermined date | Datafest Scotland 2014 | Alwyn Williams Building (School of Computing Science) and Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow, Scotland | Wikimedia volunteers will be on hand to organise a tutorial on editing Wikipedia |
Internal impact edit
Objective: Organise and host workshops for Library staff to explain how they can directly contribute their knowledge and expertise to develop Wikipedia articles; deliver 7+ workshops for National Library of Scotland staff and researchers or related institutions; develop infrastructure for sustainable partnership between NLS and WMUK after residency ends
- 13th Month Outcomes:
- Met with new NLS Chief Executive and National Librarian John Scally to discuss Wikimedian in Residence projects and open access at the Library
- After some members of staff at the NLS raised concerns regarding the release of content onto a CC-0 license on a mass scale, uploads were put on hold to allow for internal conversations regarding the releasing of digital content onto open licenses. Internal events - workshops and seminars - are under way to encourage discussion and reach a consensus
Contributor communities edit
Objective: Help establish relationships with the Scottish Wikimedia community, editors and projects
- 13th Month Outcomes:
- Organised and attended 7th Edinburgh Wikimeet, which brought together 7 Wikimedians from Edinburgh, Glasgow, and elsewhere in the UK
- A case study for the NLS uploads using the GWToolset is being drafted for release to the GLAM bookshelf and other platforms where Wikimedians will be able to access it and contribute feedback/improvements
- Discussions regarding the planning and organisation of training sessions for editing Wikisource are under way, with accompanying materials for distribution to GLAMs, GLAMWiki volunteers, and all Wikimedians. At the moment, no such sessions have been held in the UK (to my knowledge) and such material is not available for UK GLAMs and Wikimedians
Material for future digitisation edit
Objective: Explore adding digital resources such as digitised books, articles, photographs and posters to Wikimedia Commons; work with staff, including librarians and curators, to identify areas of Wikipedia and sister projects that could be enriched with resources and knowledge from the Library’s collections
- 13th Month Outcomes:
- After some members of staff at the NLS raised concerns regarding the release of content onto a CC-0 license on a mass scale, uploads have put on hold for the time being. A request has been drafted in the meantime to release WWI images from the collection of Field Marshal Haig in Autumn 2014 due to time sensitivity (100th anniversary commemorations, an NLS exhibition, Remembrance Day, etc)
- Once the Library has reached an internal consensus and uploading resumes, the schedule outlined in earlier reports will generally be followed. This content will include:
- Hutton Drawings - 500 drawings, maps, plans and prints relating mainly to Scottish churches and other ecclesiastical buildings. A few depict castles or other secular dwellings)
- The Gutenberg Bible, NLS copy - Material to be released will certainly include the 'additional images' of the NLS's copy of the Gutenberg Bible, containing special shots taken to record watermarks, red printing and other special features
- Hopkinson Verdi collection - An internationally renowned collection of scores and libretti of the works of Giuseppe Verdi, featuring concert programmes, newspaper cuttings, photographs and stamps as well as sheet music, totalling 2750 files in total
- Slezer's Scotland - 70 engraved views of Scotland from the 17th century by military engineer John Slezer
- Sonnets from the Portuguese (Elizabeth Barrett Browning), illustrated by Phoebe Anna Traquair - 44 sonnets by Barrett Browning beautifully illuminated by Phoebe Anna Traquair
- Photographs of the South Side of Edinburgh - 138 images from around Edinburgh, taken in the early 20th century
- Theatre Royal Edinburgh playbills - 240 playbills from Edinburgh's Theatre Royal during the 19th century
- The first Scottish Books collection - 220 images from the only known copies of nine of the earliest books printed in Scotland
- Aberdeen Breviary - Over 1500 images from the digitised Aberdeen Breviary, printed in Edinburgh in 1510 on Scotland’s first press.