CIS-A2K/Community Collaboration/Form/Submitted/Request for a spare CZur scanner and a laptop for a digitization project in Kolkata
Basic Information
[edit]Name of the Event/Activity
[edit]- GLAM project at Rammohan Library, Kolkata
Type of Event/Activity
[edit]- Digitization
Purpose of the Event/Activity
[edit]- Digitization of copyright free books has been planned at Rammohan Library, Kolkata. If there is any spare CZur 18 Pro scanner (or newer model) along with a laptop in perfectly working condition, which is not used anywhere, then we request to send it to West Bengal Wikimedians User Group as early as end of September, so that we can utilize them to initiate this GLAM project by November, 2024. Upon a brief conversation and verbal agreement with A2K staff, the request has already been made over email but is requested again here on meta-wiki upon instruction from A2K management.
Expected start date and end date of the Event/Activity
[edit]- From November, 2024 to until the digitization completes in a few years
List of users who proposed the Event/Activity
[edit]- Amitabha Gupta - coordinate with WiR
- SubhayanDG - potential WiR
- Bodhisattwa - overview
Program and Metrics
[edit]Agenda/Program of the Event/Activity
[edit]- Digitization of copyright free books at Rammohan Library, Kolkata
Expected Outcomes from the Event/Activity planned
[edit]- Digitization of copyright free books at Rammohan Library, Kolkata, which will be uploaded to Commons for transcription in Wikisource
Expected number of attendees
[edit]- 3 (minimum)
Post Event/Activity Engagement
[edit]Follow-up engagement plan post the event/activity
[edit]- Not applicable. This is a multi-year GLAM project and all activities will be included within.
Budget
[edit]- Any spare CZur 18 Pro scanner (or newer model) in perfectly working condition
- Any spare laptop in working condition
- No extra budget is required for anything else, which will be taken care of.
Update
[edit]Following initial discussions, CIS-A2K and the WBWM User Group have decided to collaborate on this project. --Pavan (CIS-A2K) (talk) 10:15, 11 November 2024 (UTC)