Wikipedia:GLAM/NHMandSM/5th and 6th Month Report

Due to time off and attending a workshop, time in the museum working at the residency was reduced to 6 weeks. The residency is now done on a part time basis (20 hours per week).

Projects delivered within the past month

 * 1) Staff training for Science Museum teams
 * 2) Presentation to the Office of National Statistics  with 70 attendees
 * 3) Presentation on the value of open licensing at Informatics Horizons conference http://scratchpads.eu/nhminformaticsday
 * 4) Monmouth Wikipedia training
 * 5) Created short term plan for releasing content under an open license for images and video
 * 6) Staff training for Collections Trust, uploading images to Wikimedia Commons

A brief outline of how the projects delivered link with the general objectives of the residency, and the Wikimedia UK’s mission

 * 1) Understanding of museum staff at all levels of the value of open licensing of content.
 * 2) Giving people the tools and knowledge to be able to contribute to Wikimedia projects through training and presentations.

Projects in development

 * 1) The Science Museum will shortly release 50 Images from the Science and Society Picture Library, I'm currently surveying staff and Wikipedia community to compile a list of images.
 * 2) Continuing to develop a multilingual museum guide using Wikipedia.
 * 3) Working with the Natural History Museum video team to release videos under an open license.
 * 4) Report on the value of open licensing images for the Science Museum
 * 5) Guide on the value of open licensing images for educational organisations
 * 6) Working with researchers in the Natural History Museum to set up a citizen science transcription project for scans of specimens.
 * 7) Working with the Natural History Museum video team to create educational content to be released under a Wikimedia compatible open license.

Planned projects

 * 1) Presentation to be used in conjunction with the value of open licensing reports
 * 2) Implementation of virtual museum, making it more visible to visitors