User:Jason.nlw/5 Month Report

''' WiR at the National Library of Wales. 5 Month Report '''

Accounts created
10 new accounts (5 Women) were created as part of a ‘Patagonia’ Public Edit-a-thon and Bring-a-long event held at the National Library on the 19th of June. 19 attended.


 * User:Derek Baskerville
 * User:mem llgc
 * User:IHUGHES12
 * User:PelaDiTo
 * User:Eilir8
 * User:Sic19
 * User:Deins101
 * User:Glanwern
 * User:Lucy Taylor10
 * User:Eirionedd Baskerville

Image statistics

 * 33 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


 * 126 images uploaded to Commons by a remote user in Patagonia as part of Patagonia Edit-a-thon and Bring-a-long event Category:Images uploaded for Patagonia Edit-a-thon and Bring-a-Long Event


 * About 400 images were donated during the Patagonia Edit-a-thon and Bring-a-long event and these will be added to Commons and attributed to ‘’Peoples Collection Wales’’ as part of a pilot project. These uploads will be monitored via Category:Uploaded by Peoples Collection Wales


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


 * February- Page Views - 51,330
 * March- Page Views - 70,996
 * April- Page Views - 186,973
 * May- Page Views - 178,917


 * 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%

Public Outreach
The objective is to hold a minimum of 6 public events or workshops (Edit-a-thons) during the course of the residency (12 months). Each event will have a target audience and a well-defined subject for editors to work within. 5th month Outcomes:


 * 19 people attended the Patagonia Edit-a-thon and Bring-a-long event at the National Library of Wales on the 19th of June. 5 new articles were created and 6 were significantly improved. This event was co-hosted with Peoples Collection Wales who scanned relevant images donated by users. About 400 images were scanned and all donators agreed to release their images to Wikipedia on an open license. More details can be found on the Event Page


 * On the 16th of June I provided support via Email for an Edit-a-thon held by Swansea University. Several new Editors were recruited and they plan to start a regular Editing group. I have offered my support for any future events.


 * Talks are underway with Gwent County Archives who have asked to host a local history Edit-a-thon later this year. A date in late September is being discussed.


 * Swansea University’s ‘’Women, History and Law’ team will visit the NLW for a ‘’Welsh Law’’ Edit-a-thon on the 17th of October.


 * Early talks are underway to host an Edit-a-thon with the Welsh W.I. as part of their centenary celebrations. A ‘Wiki and Welsh cakes’ event is proposed.


 * Dialogue has also opened with the Head of the Wales for Peace project, who would like to collaborate with Wikipedia as part of the project, perhaps through the donation of images.


 * Wikidata Volunteers. Several volunteers remain active in this area although most of the original 13 who received training have not continued. Those continuing are receiving support as required.


 * Wikipedia Volunteers. A group of 3-4 NLW volunteers are receiving weekly catch up sessions on editing Wikipedia and continue to make regular edits.

Upcoming events

 * The Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh law) Edit-a-thon (17 October) - An event focused on improving content  relating to the laws of Hywel Dda and aspects of Welsh society under Welsh Law (e.g. Women’s rights). The event will be supported Swansea University.


 * WWI, Edit-a-thon (Summer/Autumn 2015) – Discussions are ongoing. Drawing on contributors from the 1st WWI edit-a-thon the focus will be on all content relating to the Welsh experience of WWI. Possibly to be located at The Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh in Brecon.


 * Rugby World Cup Edit-a-thon – (September 9th 2015) – To celebrate the Rugby World cup we will ask Wikipedians and sports enthusiasts to improve content about the sport, the players and famous games. To be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.


 * Gwent Archives Local History Edit-a-thon – (Late September) – This event will be held in Gwent and will be attended to volunteers and users of Gwent Archives.


 * Welsh Biography Online, Wiki-data project /Wikipedia editing (Weekly workshops) – flexible Weekly workshops aimed at helping all NLW volunteers who wish to contribute to Wikipedia. Usually held Thursday’s at 2pm

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. 5th month Outcomes:


 * 1 member of staff is being trained to teach Wikipedia editing skills. The member of staff can then Assist me during busy events. This is part of a commitment by the Library to continue to host Wikipedia related events once my residency has ended.

Planned events:


 * Picipedia (Pictathon?). (Summer 2015) A staff Edit-a-thon to add pictures to Welsh articles listed as needing pictures This event will be arranged as soon as the first large batch of images has been uploaded to Commons using the GLAM Wiki Toolset


 * Staff Edit-a-thon. (Autumn 2015) All staff who take part in training will be encouraged to attend an Edit-a-thon, to edit topics of their choosing. The event will follow the conclusion of initial training workshops.

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

5th month Outcomes:


 * Following a formal request by myself the NLW has agreed to release a sample of images from Medieval manuscripts into the Public Domain via Wikipedia despite many technically being subject to UK copyright until 2039. This follows a similar move by the British Library who recently released 400 similar images via Wikimedia Commons. The NLW will initially release 75 images. The first 33 were uploaded this month and can be viewed here. These images feature illuminations of the Battles of Alexander the Great and a recently discovered painting of Henry VIII as a young boy.

Collections identified for future upload:

A revised list of collections identified for upload has been approved by Library management. Over 140,000 images have now been identified for Upload to Wikimedia commons. It has been agreed to use the Glam Wiki toolset to upload further collections. Testing has been successful and I am now waiting on the NLW systems team for the final Metadata file in order to upload the first 5000 images to Commons.


 * Welsh landscape Archive - 5000 images. Typical examples include views of towns, castles, ecclesiastical buildings, manor houses, monuments, or innovative constructions like the bridge over the Menai Straits or at Pontypridd. Most images date from c.1750 to c.1850


 * Geoff Charles Collection – 120,000 images taken by Photojournalist Geoff Charles c.1940-70 mainly in Mid and North Wales. The upload of this collection has been set out as a target in the operational plan of the new Digital Access department. This will require a significant amount of work by the NLW systems team and uploading the entire collection may extend beyond the end of the Residency in January 2016


 * P.B. ABERY Photographic Collection - 2000 images. Early 20th century images of mostly of scenes from the Breconshire/Radnorshire area.


 * Martin Ridley collection - 800 images (needs to be ingested first). Mostly South Wales Streets and industry. Late 19th – early 20th century


 * 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. (According to NLW digitisation team, this collection is unlikely to be ready for upload during the period of the residency)


 * A Formal request has been approved to release a sample batch of pages from rare old book.
 * A Formal request has been approved to release a handpicked sample of images/pages from Medieval manuscripts.

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.

5th month Outcomes:
 * The Peoples Collection Wales Management are still committed to changing their policy and to try and phase out the use of the Creative Archives license in favour of a Non-commercial CC license, with the option for people to also choose a Commercial License. At the Patagonia event on June 19th People’s Collection will offered its users a CC.BY.SA license for the first time. A selection of relevant images from the Peoples Collection website (but owned by NLW) have been released to Commons under the banner of Peoples Collection so that they can begin to measure the impact of licensing their images openly. 400 images were donated as part of this collaboration. Every user agreed to share openly with Wikimedia as well as with Peoples Collection Wales. This highlights peoples readiness to share on an open license and strengthens the case for a change in policy at Peoples Collection Wales. A report will now be compiled and submitted to Peoples Collection to present the results of this collaborative project.


 * A timeline has now been implemented for integrating the identification and upload of suitable digital collections to Wikimedia Commons as part of the digitisation workflow. These guidelines should be implemented by 30 September


 * Exhibitions - QRpedia codes have been selected for the NLW’s major exhibition on Philip Jones Griffith. A number of the codes will be used to offer more in-depth information about subjects and items discussed in the exhibition which opens on the 27th of June.


 * ‘Cite on Wikipedia’ – A ‘Cite on Wikipedia’ is now being tested as part of the re-launch of the Welsh Newspapers Online website which will launch and the end of June with the expectation that it will be added to our other websites as and when resources become available.

Media Coverage
Following the discovery of a previously unknown version of the Welsh National Anthem whilst preparing resources for the Patagonia Edit-a-thon, the discovery, the event and my residency in general, were the subjects of significant media coverage.
 * 3 minute interview – BBC Radio Cymru (Welsh), 17 June 2015.
 * TV Interview - S4C Newyddion 9 o’clock news, 17 June 2015.
 * 3 minute interview – BBC Radio Wales, 18 June 2015.
 * Blog for BBC Cymru Fyw online magazine – (Welsh) BBC News, 18 June 2015.
 * Article – BBC News Website (Mid-Wales), 18 June 2015.
 * Article – Wales Online Website ,19 June 2015.
 * Article – Western Mail ,19 June 2015.