Oulu Löyly/Survey
The results about are published step by step with the rich responses and statistics. We will keep the survey open for you to share your thoughts on Oulu Löyly and how the event can benefit your work and the collaborative work in the global GLAM Wiki community.
All the questions are optional, answer what you have the capacity for. You can save the survey and continue later, or you can answer briefly and proceed to submitting quickly.Introducing Oulu Löyly!
[edit]Oulu Löyly is a hands-on creative and strategic think & do fest as part of Oulu2026 European city of culture, tentatively 8–10 June, 2026 with pre-events 6–7 June, 2026. It brings together heritage communities, GLAM professionals, policy makers, open advocates, creators, researchers and technologists to design futures for sharing cultural heritage in the digital environment. We would like to co-create the event with you! Would you be open to answering a few quick questions to help shape it?
1. Who are we as a community – who is Oulu Löyly for?
[edit]We are inviting groups and communities working with digital cultural heritage in various contexts especially in the Nordic and Baltic countries and – for some themes – Europe and around the world. Select all that apply. Optional.
Which groups do you belong to?
[edit]- Cultural heritage organization
- Creative fields and communications
- Research or education
- Government, policy or IGO
- Funder or foundation
- Custodian of a heritage project
- Tech developer or provider
- NGO in advocacy or support for culture
- Contributor to open projects such as Wikimedia
- Student or early-career
- Other:
Where are you based?
[edit]We would like to get a sense of the geographic spread of the survey respondents and the eventual participants. Please share the town, region or country from where you are joining. Optional.
Which events do you wish to attend at Oulu Löyly?
[edit]In addition to these, we will arrange pre-event online sessions to introduce topics and people to each other. Select all that apply. Optional.
- 3-day Think & do event in Oulu, tentatively Mon 8 to Wed 10 June 2026
- Public events in Oulu, tentatively Mon 8 and Wed 10 June 2026
- Public events online, tentatively Mon 8 and Wed 10 June 2026
- Meeting of Finno-Ugric Wikipedians, tentatively Sat 6 June 2026
- Meeting of the Nordic and Baltic Wikimedia organizations, tentatively Sun 7 June 2026
2. What should Oulu Löyly be like?
[edit]Plan with us what needs the event should meet and how it should feel.
What is the most important goal, problem, or obstacle facing digital cultural heritage over the next two years?
[edit]Share your thoughts and tell why is this the most important? Optional.
Which topics are most important for you?
[edit]Which of the following proposed issues are you most keen to discuss and learn about? Please select at most 3 answers. Optional.
- Culture as a public good, public domain culture as a fundamental right.
- Licenses, labels and legal tools for heritage communities and creators to control reuse of their shared heritage.
- Threats to the survival and vitality of culture and heritage and responses from disaster preparedness to revitalization and rescue.
- Technical and practical solutions for the preservation and management of community heritage projects and connecting them with the federated open ecosystem.
- Lessons learned from the preservation and revitalization of endangered languages to inform broader cultural projects.
- Global and transnational perspectives to the preservation and revitalization of culture and heritage.
Are there key policy issues or joint initiatives that could be moved forward during Oulu Löyly?
[edit]Add your thoughts below and we can start building the program around the ideas. Optional.
Which skills would you like to learn?
[edit]We hope to invite mentors that can help you learn these skills during the working process. (Some examples: using Wikimedia projects, learning to apply future foresight methods, upping your presentation skills, or using language revitalization methods in your work.) Optional.
Which skills can you offer to share?
[edit]While we do not expect the participants to dedicate their time to instructing others, we would appreciate if you would mention a superpower that you can sporadically assist others with. Optional.
Who would you like to work with at Oulu Löyly?
[edit]We can consider these when inviting initiatives or communities to join. Optional.
Who can you help us connect with?
[edit]Are there initiatives and communities you are connected with who you think we should know about? Help us invite them to take part in the activities! Optional.
What else should we take into account?
[edit]This could be ideas for activities, considerations about accessibility, interests beyond the event, travel and accommodation choices etc. Let us know if the tentative dates are conflicting with something important to you. Optional.
3. Share your contact information
[edit]Sharing your contact information is optional. If you wish to receive the Oulu Löyly Newsletter, help making contacts, or stay connected, please add your email address. You can additionally share your name and affiliation.
Email address
[edit]Your name
[edit]Your affiliation
[edit]Subscribe to the Oulu Löyly Newsletter
[edit]You need to share your email address to receive messages from us.
- Yes please
Keep me informed about further activities
[edit]You need to share your email address to receive messages from us.
- Subscribe me to Open Knowledge Finland newsletter (including news about AvoinGLAM, Creative Commons Finland, and Finnish Committee for Research Data, 6–8 issues / year)
- Inform me about future AvoinGLAM events
- Inform me about future Creative Commons Finland events (calendar invites, infrequent messages)
- My organization is interested in joining the Finnish Open Knowledge Advocacy Network managed by Open Knowledge Finland and AvoinGLAM. (Add your organization name above) https://www.okf.fi/finnish-advocacy-network/