Chapters meeting 2010/Documentation/Outreach II

Wikimedia Nederland - Library project: Wiki loves bieb!

Libraries have a similar mission as Wikimedia, and want to go digital.

• Goal: establish a structure of collaboration

• 3 areas:
  • media literacy
  • local cultural hertiage
  • including/linking library expertise & collections in Wikipedia

Roles

• Project commissioned by the Dutch Association of Public Libraries
  • libraries take care of funding and staff
• WMNL:
  • provide information for library staff
  • provide feedback / format are being developed*

Scalability

• materials and formats will be testest -> RESEARCH
• create package transferrable to other libraries and cities

Media Literacy

target groups:

• teachers ~ multipliers
• students (14-18)

materials & formats to be developed

• brochure
• guest lesson - what format - video?
• workshop - how does WP work?
• video
• teach the teacher workshops
• lesson plans
• evaluation

focus on proper use of WP (no focus on edit). Rationale:

• low quality of editing is a problem
• gets rejected by community
• blocked school IPs
• first teach proper use
  • plagiarism
  • sources

Knowledge transfer

• Wikimedia NL gives trainings
• Media Coaches for Library train
• Teachers teach
• students

Local cultural hertiage

• cooperation WM & local heritage institutions together
• round tables
• produce information materials, such as on free licences
• evaluation

Linking in the library

• libraries have collections: link to collection as references
• "help desk functions": free licensed anwers on Wiki
• example of German PND (getting metadata)

Discussion

• is "wiki" the right term (in "wiki loves bieb")?
• resolution discussion: low resolution vs. no content at all
• linking to companies or to companies galleries
• common sharing place: outreach-wiki
  • wiki-page with library partnerships!
  • wiki-page with school partnerships!
• city-wikis: plattforms that may have information that is not suitable for wikimedia projects
• seperate projects

Wikimedia Polska - Wiki Expedition

• presentation

Tomasz (WM PL)

photo-expedition

• July 2009
• travelling around taking photos in a remote region of PL (Podlasie)
• area with no pictures on Wikipedia
• showing local people how to contribute to WM Projects

facts + numbers

• 15 people
  • Wikipedians
  • Open Street Mappers
  • Storm Hunters
• 10 days
• 4 cars
• bikes for more inaccessible areas
• 3 sleeping bases
• total costs: 10 000 Zlotys
• budget: 3800€; spent ~1500€
• 2000 pictures uploaded; 200 articles enhanced

Preparation

• research: route planning, accomodation
• contact local institutions

Results

• many pictures, articles enhanced
• great media coverage

Lessons:

• some maps are useless or not detailled enough (paper maps might be better)
• separating into smaller groups might be better
• do not plan too precisely!