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Museums & Wikipedia Best practices. Difficulties. Museu Picasso, march 23rd, 2011 Àlex Hinojo & Conxa Rodà Amical Viquipèdia | Museu Picasso alexhinojo@gmail.com | [email_address] hashtag : #glamwiki
Atracting new audiences? Brooklyn Museum, NY, april 2010. Photo: Conxa Rodà
Tate Modern, 2010 Contrast with the previous image
Mission of Wikipedia “ to provide a free, high quality encyclopedia to every single person on the planet in their own language” Jimmy Wales, jan 2011
Spreading knowledge reaching the maximum audience with the highest quality Museums & Wikipedia: Common Ground
From “sentenced to understand”... …to “ comitted to collaborate”   WIKIPEDIA Free encyclopedia Most consulted in the world >250 active editions MUSEUMS Expertise content All knowledge areas Relationship
Museus and Wikipedia: Axes
Equation Museums / Wikipedia Museum expertise Best User’s Service
To advance Learn Wikipedia editing criteria Learn about procedures (discussion pages) Image policy understanding (when the museum is not the copyright holder)
How are we? How do we look like? MUSEUMS © Texts and images Academicism Paid work Scientific Rigour Original research Vulnerable contributions Transmitting information Closed & reserved world WIKIPEDIA Free and reusable texts Populism Volunteer work Questionable reliability Referenced sources Erasing promotional contents Is considered advertising Open and shared world
http://chistesgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/wikipedian_protester.png Everything must be referenced
  “ content improves with more people involved . There are now 10.000 very active editors. Many eyes checking and editing loads of information. System mistakes are fixed by the community. So, we want university, research centers, professionals and specialists from different areas to become part of the community, sharing their experience. This will automaticly improve the quality”. Kul Wadhwa (UOC, Open University of Catalonia, 2010) Wikimedia Head of Bussiness Developement
Best practices British Museum Wikipedian in Residence Hoxne Challenge  Feature Article Prize School Translations project One to one collaborations Photos requested listings Photo: [[User:Klafubra]] - CC-BY-SA
British Library Editathon Backstage Pass Photo: Mike Peel- Mikepeel.net - CC-BY-SA Best practices
Derbyshire Museums Curators editing Wikipedia “ If our staff can share their knowledge with wikipedians, anyone will be able to learn more about our collections.”  Best practices Alan Grimadell Councillor of Derby's Museums Photo: Chris Harris - Public Domain
Palais de Versailles Long-term Wikipedian in Residence   Best practices Photo: BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons
Brooklyn Museum Wikipop : Ipads instead of labels, linking to Wikipedia entries Best practices
Indianapolis Museum of Art Museum and University Wiki loves public Art E-Volunteer program Best practices Photo: [[User:Opal Art Seekers]] - CC-BY-SA
Art Museum of Girona El Gran dia de Girona (curators checking Wikipedia content)   Best practices
Enciclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution Harvard University Sloan Foundation Biodiversity Heritage Library Natural History Museums Best practices Experts + volunteers = exponential amount of quality information
Museum Crowdsourcing Victoria & Albert Museum Brooklyn Museum   Wikipedia loves Art Best practices
Wiki Loves Monuments patrimoni.gencat (Catalan government heritage listing ) Alghero Towncouncil Best practices Photo: [[User:Beria]] - CC-BY-SA
Museu Picasso Barcelona Linking to wikipedia entries on museum’s official blog Wikiproject: Museums Students from a Postgraduate Course in Museum Management creating museum-related entries on Catalan Wikipedia Best practices Photo: Conxa Rodà
Preventions / difficulties From Museums Losing control Losing academic prestige Copyright management Low reliability / quality (“so, let’s improve it!”) Experts doesn’t want to “waste time” on Wikipedia Giving information and sources Editorial control of Wikipedia Wikipedia editing usability
Preventions / difficulties From Wikipedia Wikipedia is not a place for original research Entries must have a minimum notability Wikipedia is about reliability, not about advertising Avoid promotional external links Museums not sharing content
Partners Full list at  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Partnerships
Things you can do tomorrow Contact local Wikimedians Tell about future exhibits Backstage passes to Wikimedians Content monitoring Identify museum-related content gaps Tell about your highlights list
Things you can do tomorrow Create a contest about museum entries Collaborate with educational department. Engage school visits to edit Include basic bibliography Release text on CC-BY-SA Edit entries!! Photo: [[User:Yearofthedragon]] - CC-BY-SA
@nyergler :  To paraphrase @ wittylama , "If your content is not interoperable, it's not findable, and if it's not findable, who cares."  #openculture2010 3:01 PM Oct 14th, 2010  via  identica Retweeted by 3 people                           
[email_address] www.museupicasso.bcn.cat /en   Thanks!       Àlex Hinojo : @kippelboy Conxa Rodà : @innova2 Àlex Hinojo and Conxa Rodà- Barcelona – March, 23rd 2011 - CC-BY-SA Photo: [[User:1997]] - CC-BY-SA

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Museus & Wikipedia. Best practices. Difficulties

  • 1. Museums & Wikipedia Best practices. Difficulties. Museu Picasso, march 23rd, 2011 Àlex Hinojo & Conxa Rodà Amical Viquipèdia | Museu Picasso [email protected] | [email_address] hashtag : #glamwiki
  • 2. Atracting new audiences? Brooklyn Museum, NY, april 2010. Photo: Conxa Rodà
  • 3. Tate Modern, 2010 Contrast with the previous image
  • 4. Mission of Wikipedia “ to provide a free, high quality encyclopedia to every single person on the planet in their own language” Jimmy Wales, jan 2011
  • 5. Spreading knowledge reaching the maximum audience with the highest quality Museums & Wikipedia: Common Ground
  • 6. From “sentenced to understand”... …to “ comitted to collaborate”   WIKIPEDIA Free encyclopedia Most consulted in the world >250 active editions MUSEUMS Expertise content All knowledge areas Relationship
  • 8. Equation Museums / Wikipedia Museum expertise Best User’s Service
  • 9. To advance Learn Wikipedia editing criteria Learn about procedures (discussion pages) Image policy understanding (when the museum is not the copyright holder)
  • 10. How are we? How do we look like? MUSEUMS © Texts and images Academicism Paid work Scientific Rigour Original research Vulnerable contributions Transmitting information Closed & reserved world WIKIPEDIA Free and reusable texts Populism Volunteer work Questionable reliability Referenced sources Erasing promotional contents Is considered advertising Open and shared world
  • 12.   “ content improves with more people involved . There are now 10.000 very active editors. Many eyes checking and editing loads of information. System mistakes are fixed by the community. So, we want university, research centers, professionals and specialists from different areas to become part of the community, sharing their experience. This will automaticly improve the quality”. Kul Wadhwa (UOC, Open University of Catalonia, 2010) Wikimedia Head of Bussiness Developement
  • 13. Best practices British Museum Wikipedian in Residence Hoxne Challenge  Feature Article Prize School Translations project One to one collaborations Photos requested listings Photo: [[User:Klafubra]] - CC-BY-SA
  • 14. British Library Editathon Backstage Pass Photo: Mike Peel- Mikepeel.net - CC-BY-SA Best practices
  • 15. Derbyshire Museums Curators editing Wikipedia “ If our staff can share their knowledge with wikipedians, anyone will be able to learn more about our collections.”  Best practices Alan Grimadell Councillor of Derby's Museums Photo: Chris Harris - Public Domain
  • 16. Palais de Versailles Long-term Wikipedian in Residence   Best practices Photo: BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons
  • 17. Brooklyn Museum Wikipop : Ipads instead of labels, linking to Wikipedia entries Best practices
  • 18. Indianapolis Museum of Art Museum and University Wiki loves public Art E-Volunteer program Best practices Photo: [[User:Opal Art Seekers]] - CC-BY-SA
  • 19. Art Museum of Girona El Gran dia de Girona (curators checking Wikipedia content)   Best practices
  • 20. Enciclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution Harvard University Sloan Foundation Biodiversity Heritage Library Natural History Museums Best practices Experts + volunteers = exponential amount of quality information
  • 21. Museum Crowdsourcing Victoria & Albert Museum Brooklyn Museum   Wikipedia loves Art Best practices
  • 22. Wiki Loves Monuments patrimoni.gencat (Catalan government heritage listing ) Alghero Towncouncil Best practices Photo: [[User:Beria]] - CC-BY-SA
  • 23. Museu Picasso Barcelona Linking to wikipedia entries on museum’s official blog Wikiproject: Museums Students from a Postgraduate Course in Museum Management creating museum-related entries on Catalan Wikipedia Best practices Photo: Conxa Rodà
  • 24. Preventions / difficulties From Museums Losing control Losing academic prestige Copyright management Low reliability / quality (“so, let’s improve it!”) Experts doesn’t want to “waste time” on Wikipedia Giving information and sources Editorial control of Wikipedia Wikipedia editing usability
  • 25. Preventions / difficulties From Wikipedia Wikipedia is not a place for original research Entries must have a minimum notability Wikipedia is about reliability, not about advertising Avoid promotional external links Museums not sharing content
  • 26. Partners Full list at  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Partnerships
  • 27. Things you can do tomorrow Contact local Wikimedians Tell about future exhibits Backstage passes to Wikimedians Content monitoring Identify museum-related content gaps Tell about your highlights list
  • 28. Things you can do tomorrow Create a contest about museum entries Collaborate with educational department. Engage school visits to edit Include basic bibliography Release text on CC-BY-SA Edit entries!! Photo: [[User:Yearofthedragon]] - CC-BY-SA
  • 29. @nyergler :  To paraphrase @ wittylama , "If your content is not interoperable, it's not findable, and if it's not findable, who cares."  #openculture2010 3:01 PM Oct 14th, 2010  via  identica Retweeted by 3 people                           
  • 30. [email_address] www.museupicasso.bcn.cat /en   Thanks!       Àlex Hinojo : @kippelboy Conxa Rodà : @innova2 Àlex Hinojo and Conxa Rodà- Barcelona – March, 23rd 2011 - CC-BY-SA Photo: [[User:1997]] - CC-BY-SA

Editor's Notes

  • #2: Presentació  Àlex Hinojo i  Conxa Rodà
  • #14: Passar per sobre el projecte del British depenent del que hagi explicat el Lyam. 
  • #15: L'objectiu és compartir l'experiència de les les institucions culturals del món real amb la l'experiència dels viquipedistes.  Podrem tenir accés als recursos de la Biblioteca Britànica, guiats per l'experiència dels seus comissaris, amb l'objectiu comú de millorar el contingut de Wikipedia amb informació rellevant a les col·leccions de la Biblioteca Britànica.
  • #16: Els museus del comtat de Derby han unit forces amb la Viquipèdia per millorar la informació dels articles pertinents als museus i a les seves col·leccions.  Tenen molt més potencial d'arribar al seu públic des de la viquipèdia que des d'una web aïllada amb poques visites.
  • #17: El seu objectiu és facilitar la prestació i la creació de continguts relacionats amb el Palau de Versalles en tots els projectes de Wikimedia. COMENTAR TAMBÉ EXPERIÊNCIA MUSEU DE TOULOUSSE
  • #18: Es recomana per a exposicions amb diversos artistes de biografia poc coneguda. La feina de biografiar aquests artistes es reaprofitable a la WP
  • #19: Museus + universitat + wikipedia =  Diversos projectes de qualitat
  • #20: Explicar la col·laboració informal amb el Museu d'Art de Girona i amb l'etnològic, que recentment ha publicat que editarà continguts vinculats al seu camp d'acció.
  • #21: Experts reconeguts (Harvard, Smithsonian) Treballen reaprofitant feina dels voluntaris (Wikipedistes) per a crear la major enciclopèdia d'essers vius mai imaginada.
  • #22: Crowdsourcing és una forma d'usar un munt de gent per ajudar a completar una tasca o resoldre un problema a la web. V&A : arreglar fotos Brooklyn Museum: Curated Exhibition
  • #23: Projecte Pan-Europeu per a fotografiar tots els BCIN  La societat s'organitza, és necessari que les administracions i les institucions donin suport. Si ets el museu d'història del teu poble i estan fent un projecte d'història al teu poble...tindràs alguna cosa a dir?
  • #28: Sempre va bé tenir una persona a l'altre costat. Al finals les col·laboracions sempre es fan ENTRE PERSONES, sota el paraigües de les INSITUCIONS. Quan el MACBA fa una expo sobre el MAGRIS i la Viquipèdia té una entrada de 8 línies. O quan la fa de l'Olotith Group que ni tans sols té article. Monitoritzar: Avisar si hi ha algun error garrafal! CC-BY : Gencat. cat i  Informar als Viquipedistes de la Bibliografia de Referència d'un artista en concret.
  • #29: Oportunitats per a Museus Petits: Exemple: Museu d'Art de Cerdanyola amb Togores i Ismael Smith