User:Jason.nlw/16 Month Report

''' WiR at the National Library of Wales. 16 Month Report '''

Accounts created

 * 2 new account were created this month as part of the Awaken the Dragon Edit-a-thon held on the 22nd of April.
 * User:Cwyfan
 * User:hotnuts21

Image statistics

 * 75 images uploaded to Commons (See Digital collections for release for details). All uploads can be monitored via Category:Images uploaded as part of NLW - WMUK collaboration


 * BaGLAMa (page views for Wikipedia articles containing images from National Library of Wales)

2015
 * February- Page Views - 51,330
 * March- Page Views - 70,996
 * April- Page Views - 186,973
 * May- Page Views - 178,917
 * Jun- Page Views - 697,704
 * Jul- Page Views - 2,306,570
 * Aug- Page Views - 2,437,248
 * Sept- Page Views - 4,075,081
 * October- Page Views - 4,698,284
 * November- Page Views - 6,588,820
 * December- Page Views - 11,644,987

2016
 * January- Page Views - 11,687,926
 * February- Page Views - 12,632,817
 * March - Page Views - 13,812,774
 * April - Page Views - 13,912,372


 * GLAMorous (Percentage of Commons files used on Wikimedia projects)


 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (March 19th) - 7.29%
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (April 20th) - 10.2%
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (May 19th) - 11.7%
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (June 22nd) - 11.61%
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (July 17th) - 11.21%
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (August 19th)  - 6.34%
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (September 17th)  - 7.62%
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (October 20th)  - 11.43%
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (November 18th)  - 12.58%
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (December 17th) - 17.29% 

2016
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (January 18th) - 12.89%
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (February 24th ) - 13.59%
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (March 18th ) - 14.21%
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (April 25th ) - 28.38%
 * Percentage of images used in a Wiki (May 18th ) - 37.37%

Public Outreach
The objective is to hold a minimum of 4 public events or workshops (Edit-a-thons) during the course of the residency (7 months). Each event will have a target audience and a well-defined subject for editors to work within. 16th month Outcomes:
 * 22 April - 7 people attended the awaken the Dragon Edit-a-thon at the National Library of Wales.


 * Jason
 * User:Emyr Ceredig Evans
 * User:Cwyfan
 * User:essiedubyadee
 * User:madog1000
 * User:RuthGooding
 * User:Hotnuts21
 * User:gmorgan91


 * 18 May - Meeting with Helen Palmer, Archivist at Ceredigion County Archives about collaborative project with volunteers to add information to Aberystwyth Shipping records on Wikidata
 * 18 May – Meeting to discuss holding Wikipedia workshops as part of the National Eisteddfod in Abergavenny.
 * A proposal to invite Wikipedia Visiting Scholars has been excepted by Library management and I am now advertising the Wikipedia Visiting Scholars position.

Education
The aim is to develop a model for taking Wikipedia into Schools and Universities and to hold 4 events with the education sector during the course of the residence (7 months)


 * Contact has been made with several schools interested in hosting Wikipedia Awareness workshops for sixth form students.
 * 21st May - I will be attending the Wikimedia UK Education meeting in Leicester
 * We are planning on hosting a Wikipedia Editathon with the support of the Urdd at this year’s National Urdd Eisteddfod.
 * I have been working with the NLW education team to develop a Wikipedia based module for the Welsh Baccalaureate qualification which would provide students across Wales with a template for organising and running their own Wikipedia Edit-a-thons and part of the qualification. The challenge will sit alongside a number of different challenge and students must choose one to complete each year. NLW will provide support to students who take up the challenge. The proposal is currently being prepared for submission to the WJEC (Examining body). If accepted the scheme would be in place by the beginning of Autumn term.
 * HWB is an online resource for the Welsh education sector. We are currently investigating whether they would be interesting in utilizing NLW content on Wiki commons.

Volunteer projects

 * The Wikidata Visiting Scholar is working on creating detailed Wikidata for 5000 Welsh landscape images already uploaded to Wiki Commons by NLW. You can see more here
 * 3 Volunteers are now working on the Dictionary of Welsh Biography project, creating stub articles using entries from DWB as a source.
 * Basic Wikidata has been created for 550 19th century ships registered at Aberystwyth, as a platform for future volunteer projects.

More information about projects held with the NLW volunteer team can be found here

Upcoming events

 * May 26-17th – CILIP Wales annual conference, Swansea – The National Library have provided me with a Trade stand to promote the residency and develop opportunities for collaboration with other GLAM’s across Wales
 * June 3rd – Wikipedia Workshop at Eisteddfod yr Urdd in Flint
 * June 8th – Deliver a Presentation on Wikipedia and Higher education for South West and Wales – Digital Humanities Training day at Cardiff University
 * June 9th - County Council Community Learning event - Wikipedia Workshop
 * June 10th – Visit London for discussion/ presentation with Wikimedia Staff
 * June 20th  - 25th Wikimania
 * July 13th – Wikipedia talk/workshop for 60 students at Lampeter Secondary School

Staff Workshops and Events
The objective is to engage with staff and to promote digital connections by inviting staff to learn more about Wikipedia and how to edit. 14th month Outcomes:


 * Nothing to report

Planned events:


 * Nothing to report

Digital collections for release
The objective is to identify and release digital archives to Wiki-commons, primarily for use in Wikipedia articles.

14th month Outcomes:


 * 75 Geoff Charles images were added to the collection which already exists on Wiki Commons. You can view the collection here

Collections identified for future upload:


 * Framed Works – abt 600 images (needs to be ingested first – Progress is being made). All pre 1880 content shared by the NLW with the Public Catalogue Foundation for the BBC ‘Your Paintings’ project.


 * Welsh Portraits - 15,000 images (needs to be ingested first). This is the largest single Welsh portrait collection including examples of framed works, etchings and photographs. The collection includes portraits from the middle ages to modern times. (Preparing this collection for upload has now become a priority for the NLW, and it is hoped we can upload before the end of the year – UPDATE : Although this collection remains a NLW priority, the Systems department have yet to start work on preparing the collection)

Building bridges
The objective is to affect changes to NLW culture, guidelines, policy and procedure in order to create a sustainable relationship with Wikimedia UK and Wikipedia and to promote the open knowledge ethos.

14th month Outcomes:


 * Myself and Dr Dafydd Tudur (head of Digital Access) have begun writing a business case with a strong case for adopting an open access approach similar to the Rijksmuseum. Once completed the document will be made available to Wikimedia UK and presented to the National Library management team

Media Coverage

 * Nothing to report