Wikipedia:GLAM/MGS/16th Month Report

Much of this month was taken up with annual leave and TOIL due to the resident being at the end of the contract.

Objectives & outcomes
Developing Open Knowledge
 * In the culmination of the project extension, and following the first visit in April to make a presentation to the Board of Management, two days were spent with Groam House Museum staff, board and volunteers, training them how to edit Wikipedia and to upload to Commons using the new batch uploader for small GLAM projects, Pattypan. A test batch of images were uploaded to Commons under the category commons:category:Images from Groam House Museum, with the intention that this will be added to in due course.  Feedback from the museum was very positive, and all project targets were met, see table below. The plan was developed following the use of a questionnaire devised in consultation with MGS' in house statistician and both this and the post-project questionnaire used in the 12 month evaluation will be made available as part of the final evaluation report of this residency.


 * Further advice has been given to Iphigenia Wang, working with the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum.
 * The Still Invisible editathon was held with the Glasgow School of Art at the CCA in Glasgow. Results can be seen in the Stats section above.

Develop, involve and engage WMUK volunteers
 * One of the major positives to come out of the work with Groam House museum was advice given around the development of a digital licensing policy for the organisation. A draft policy was drawn up with the George Bain curator, and will be submitted to the board of management for approval at their next meeting.
 * Discussions are being held with the Museum nan Eilean in the Western Isles about carrying out training for them, and representatives of associated historical societies. Although the project is due to finish on 2 June, there is a small amount of money left in the budget which will allow this work to be carried out in June.

Reducing barriers to accessing open knowledge
 * Work has begun on leaflet text for distribution to smaller GLAMs about the benefits of open knowledge and open licensing. This is being done at the request of WMUK, and is being shared with MGS for use with small GLAMs in Scotland.

Developing, supporting & engaging with other Wikimedia & Open Knowledge communities
 * The resident attended a meeting with the University of Edinburgh's Museum service to support Stinglehammer in his work with the service as part of his residency.
 * The resident is in discussion with the other current UK WiRs to produce a Wikibook to pool our knowledge, in order to assist future residents. This follows our discussions at OER16 and observations by the resident when Stinglehammer started that there are a number of issues and information for the beginning of residencies which could be usefully brought together in a kind of handbook.
 * Advice and further meetings have been arranged with other groups who have shown interest in getting more information about open knowledge, and it is hoped that work might continue with them. The resident will support Stinglehammer where possible with his planned outreach meeting with the CCA in Glasgow, and the Eurostemcell Editathon details have been passed to him so that he can take on this event.

Projects in Development

 * Event planned with Glasgow Women's Library on 2 July.
 * Training planned with Museum nan Eilean.
 * A full handover has been done with MGS, with debrief notes being passed on. All projects apart from those listed above have now been tied up.