User:Jason.nlw/6 Month Report

Accounts created
No new accounts. The focus this month has been on planning for the second half of the residency, and continuing to work towards a first mass upload to Commons.

Image statistics

 * 84 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


 * 38 images uploaded to Commons by a remote user in Patagonia as part of Patagonia Edit-a-thon and Bring-a-long event. This is in addition to the 126 images reported in month 5.

Category:Images uploaded for Patagonia Edit-a-thon and Bring-a-Long Event


 * 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
 * Jun- Page Views - 697,704


 * 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%

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:


 * Talks are still underway with Gwent County Archives who have asked to host a local history Edit-a-thon later this year with a focus on chartism. 21 September at Gwent Archives.


 * 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. An informal evening Edit-a-thon to be held in the Philip Jones Griffiths exhibition at NLW has now been proposed. Waiting for reply from Wales for Peace.


 * A project with NLW volunteers had been set up to scan and index 200 images donated during the Patagonia Edit-a-thon. These images will be uploaded to Peoples Collection wales and Wikimedia Commons. About 5 volunteers will take about 1 month to fully complete the work.


 * A volunteer project to create or improve 62 Wikipedia articles in English and Welsh (124 total) is now being set up. Images have been uploaded to commons and an initial training session will be held for all interested volunteers on the 22nd of July.


 * 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

 * Welsh newspapers Wikipedia project. Initial training (22 July)


 * 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:


 * 14 medieval manuscript images were uploaded this month . 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. You can view the images  here. These images include images from the13th Century laws of Hywel Dda and rare 14th century representations of biblical figures.
 * 8 images. A small sample of early (out of copyright) printed material was uploaded to Commons, including the front pages of the first printed Welsh book and the first Welsh bible. The recently discovered Patagonia version of the Welsh national anthem was also uploaded. The images can be viewed here


 * 62 images. As part of the launch of the new NLW website for the Welsh Newspapers Online Collection a Volunteer project is being set up to add or improve articles on Wikipedia (English and Welsh) for Welsh Newspapers. As part of this project 62 front pages of pre 1875 Welsh newspapers were added to commons. (link)

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 handpicked sample of images/pages from Medieval manuscripts. Uploads are ongoing

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. A report has been compiled and submitted to Peoples Collection to present the results of the collaborative Patagonia edit and share 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 are now in use in NLW’s major exhibition on Philip Jones Griffith. A number of the codes have been  used to offer more in-depth information about subjects and items discussed in the exhibition which opened on the 27th of June.


 * ‘Cite on Wikipedia’ – A ‘Cite on Wikipedia’ is now live and in use on the new Welsh Newspapers Online website which launched and the end of June. The expectation is that it will be added to our other websites as and when resources become available.

Media Coverage
There has been interest from several magazines and online publishers, and a 6 month review blog is planned but there is nothing to report yet.