Wikipedia:GLAM/NLS/7thMonth Report

Metrics

 * Accounts Created

Only four new accounts were created this month, 100% by women, all as part of the Anybody but Burns editathon on 25 January.


 * User:Journaln
 * User:Peigim
 * User:Tsrosenberg
 * User:A poetry librarian

Public outreach
Objective: Delivery of 3+ public workshops for editors (i.e. edit-a-thons); help organise and host other Wikimedia related events for members of the public, Wikimedians, researchers and librarians such as workshops, Edit-athons, meetups, backstage pass tours
 * 7th Month Outcomes:


 * The Anybody but Burns editathon editathon was a success despite the weather, with 11 participants in attendance, 7 of them returning users. Several of the participants, while long-term editors, had not yet been to a Wikimedia event. The afternoon saw the creation of 5 new articles (3 on women poets) and the improvement and expansion of 12 more (4 women poets).
 * Dates have changed for some forthcoming events (see table below) and new events have been organised as part of the Women Who Shaped Scotland series (March 2014).

Staff workshops and events
Objective: Organise and host workshops for Library staff to explain how they can directly contribute their knowledge and expertise to develop Wikipedia articles; deliver 7+ workshops for National Library of Scotland staff and researchers or related institutions
 * 7th Month Outcomes:


 * No staff training events were held this month; however, two training events are being organised for 20 February

Contributor communities
Objective: Help establish relationships with the Scottish Wikimedia community, editors and projects
 * 7th Month Outcomes:


 * The Anybody but Burns editathon saw several existing contributors who had not previously attended a Wikimedia event participating and signing up for the ScotWiki mailing list
 * A third Edinburgh Wikimeet is being planned for late February/early March; to try and garner more attendees we have sent messages around the OKFN Scotland mailing list and the ScotWiki mailing list requesting feedback for the day and time.
 * Stevie Benton represented WMUK and Gill Hamilton represented the NLS at the most recent Open Knowledge Foundation Edinburgh meetup on 22 January. The National Library of Scotland hosted this event, and Graeme Arnott, an instrumental Wikimedia volunteer in Scotland, was also present to speak about Open Badges.

Material for future digitisation
Objective: Explore adding digital resources such as digitised books, articles, photographs and posters to Wikimedia Commons; work with staff, including librarians and curators, to identify areas of Wikipedia and sister projects that could be enriched with resources and knowledge from the Library’s collections
 * 7th Month Outcomes:


 * A proposal is being drafted for a trial release of the 2,300 images on the NLS's Flickr account onto a CC-0 or CC-BY-SA license and to upload them to Commons; these images would be supplemented with a selection of images from the NLS's digital galleries. This proposal will be considered by the Digital Access manager, the Library's IPR officer, and the Marketing and Enterprise officer before being submitted to the appropriate curators of the collections. The current aim is to release these images by April 2014; their impact would be studied with the intention of sharing that data with the committee currently reviewing the Library's Digital Open Access policy.