open, digital, inclusive: unleashing knowledge
TRANSCRIPT
Open Digital Inclusive Unleashing Knowledge
Josie Fraser British Library Labs
josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
yearofopen
Happy Year of Open
15 years agobull UNESCO adopt the term lsquoOpen Educational Resourcesrsquobull The Budapest Open Access Initiative was launchedbull The first Creative Commons licenses were released10 years agobull The Cape Town Open Education Declaration was written5 years ago bull The first Open Education Week took place bull The first OER World Congress was held resulting in the Paris OER
Declaration
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull In Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2017 89 of adults in the UK had recently used the internet up from 88 in 2016 while 9 had never used the internet down from 10 in 2016
bull Virtually all adults aged 16 to 34 years were recent internet users (99) in contrast with 41 of adults aged 75 years and over
bull 90 of men and 88 of women were recent internet users up from 89 and 86 in 2016
Office for National Statistics Internet users in the UK 2017
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
What happened Short version
bull The internet is mainstream
bull The internet is people
bullDigital content and relations build on and reinscribeexisting social conditions including structural inequalities
British Library Labs josiefraser
Digital exclusion
ldquoWith the proliferation of the Internet online violence against women has taken on a global dimension Online crimes are not a lsquofirst worldrsquo problem they seamlessly follow the spread of the Internetrdquo
UN Broadband Commission (2015)
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
We try to be inclusive but we fail a lot We need to design for inclusivity it doesnt just happenrdquo
- Maha Bali OER17 (2017)
What happened Short version
bull There are still loads of great things about the internet
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
Alexia web rankings October 2017
UK1 Googlecouk2 Youtubecom3 Googlecom4 Facebookcom5 Redditcom6 Amazoncouk7 Bbccouk8 Wikipediaorg9 Ebaycouk10 Twittercom
Global1 Googlecom2 Youtubecom3 Facebookcom4 Baiducom5 Wikipediaorg6 Yahoocom7 Googlecoin8 Redditcom9 Qqcom10 Taobaocom
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser CC BY-NC-ND 20 - Asian Development Bank
What does open knowledge mean
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
yearofopen
Happy Year of Open
15 years agobull UNESCO adopt the term lsquoOpen Educational Resourcesrsquobull The Budapest Open Access Initiative was launchedbull The first Creative Commons licenses were released10 years agobull The Cape Town Open Education Declaration was written5 years ago bull The first Open Education Week took place bull The first OER World Congress was held resulting in the Paris OER
Declaration
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull In Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2017 89 of adults in the UK had recently used the internet up from 88 in 2016 while 9 had never used the internet down from 10 in 2016
bull Virtually all adults aged 16 to 34 years were recent internet users (99) in contrast with 41 of adults aged 75 years and over
bull 90 of men and 88 of women were recent internet users up from 89 and 86 in 2016
Office for National Statistics Internet users in the UK 2017
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
What happened Short version
bull The internet is mainstream
bull The internet is people
bullDigital content and relations build on and reinscribeexisting social conditions including structural inequalities
British Library Labs josiefraser
Digital exclusion
ldquoWith the proliferation of the Internet online violence against women has taken on a global dimension Online crimes are not a lsquofirst worldrsquo problem they seamlessly follow the spread of the Internetrdquo
UN Broadband Commission (2015)
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
We try to be inclusive but we fail a lot We need to design for inclusivity it doesnt just happenrdquo
- Maha Bali OER17 (2017)
What happened Short version
bull There are still loads of great things about the internet
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
Alexia web rankings October 2017
UK1 Googlecouk2 Youtubecom3 Googlecom4 Facebookcom5 Redditcom6 Amazoncouk7 Bbccouk8 Wikipediaorg9 Ebaycouk10 Twittercom
Global1 Googlecom2 Youtubecom3 Facebookcom4 Baiducom5 Wikipediaorg6 Yahoocom7 Googlecoin8 Redditcom9 Qqcom10 Taobaocom
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser CC BY-NC-ND 20 - Asian Development Bank
What does open knowledge mean
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
Happy Year of Open
15 years agobull UNESCO adopt the term lsquoOpen Educational Resourcesrsquobull The Budapest Open Access Initiative was launchedbull The first Creative Commons licenses were released10 years agobull The Cape Town Open Education Declaration was written5 years ago bull The first Open Education Week took place bull The first OER World Congress was held resulting in the Paris OER
Declaration
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull In Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2017 89 of adults in the UK had recently used the internet up from 88 in 2016 while 9 had never used the internet down from 10 in 2016
bull Virtually all adults aged 16 to 34 years were recent internet users (99) in contrast with 41 of adults aged 75 years and over
bull 90 of men and 88 of women were recent internet users up from 89 and 86 in 2016
Office for National Statistics Internet users in the UK 2017
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
What happened Short version
bull The internet is mainstream
bull The internet is people
bullDigital content and relations build on and reinscribeexisting social conditions including structural inequalities
British Library Labs josiefraser
Digital exclusion
ldquoWith the proliferation of the Internet online violence against women has taken on a global dimension Online crimes are not a lsquofirst worldrsquo problem they seamlessly follow the spread of the Internetrdquo
UN Broadband Commission (2015)
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
We try to be inclusive but we fail a lot We need to design for inclusivity it doesnt just happenrdquo
- Maha Bali OER17 (2017)
What happened Short version
bull There are still loads of great things about the internet
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
Alexia web rankings October 2017
UK1 Googlecouk2 Youtubecom3 Googlecom4 Facebookcom5 Redditcom6 Amazoncouk7 Bbccouk8 Wikipediaorg9 Ebaycouk10 Twittercom
Global1 Googlecom2 Youtubecom3 Facebookcom4 Baiducom5 Wikipediaorg6 Yahoocom7 Googlecoin8 Redditcom9 Qqcom10 Taobaocom
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser CC BY-NC-ND 20 - Asian Development Bank
What does open knowledge mean
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
bull In Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2017 89 of adults in the UK had recently used the internet up from 88 in 2016 while 9 had never used the internet down from 10 in 2016
bull Virtually all adults aged 16 to 34 years were recent internet users (99) in contrast with 41 of adults aged 75 years and over
bull 90 of men and 88 of women were recent internet users up from 89 and 86 in 2016
Office for National Statistics Internet users in the UK 2017
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
What happened Short version
bull The internet is mainstream
bull The internet is people
bullDigital content and relations build on and reinscribeexisting social conditions including structural inequalities
British Library Labs josiefraser
Digital exclusion
ldquoWith the proliferation of the Internet online violence against women has taken on a global dimension Online crimes are not a lsquofirst worldrsquo problem they seamlessly follow the spread of the Internetrdquo
UN Broadband Commission (2015)
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
We try to be inclusive but we fail a lot We need to design for inclusivity it doesnt just happenrdquo
- Maha Bali OER17 (2017)
What happened Short version
bull There are still loads of great things about the internet
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
Alexia web rankings October 2017
UK1 Googlecouk2 Youtubecom3 Googlecom4 Facebookcom5 Redditcom6 Amazoncouk7 Bbccouk8 Wikipediaorg9 Ebaycouk10 Twittercom
Global1 Googlecom2 Youtubecom3 Facebookcom4 Baiducom5 Wikipediaorg6 Yahoocom7 Googlecoin8 Redditcom9 Qqcom10 Taobaocom
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser CC BY-NC-ND 20 - Asian Development Bank
What does open knowledge mean
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
What happened Short version
bull The internet is mainstream
bull The internet is people
bullDigital content and relations build on and reinscribeexisting social conditions including structural inequalities
British Library Labs josiefraser
Digital exclusion
ldquoWith the proliferation of the Internet online violence against women has taken on a global dimension Online crimes are not a lsquofirst worldrsquo problem they seamlessly follow the spread of the Internetrdquo
UN Broadband Commission (2015)
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
We try to be inclusive but we fail a lot We need to design for inclusivity it doesnt just happenrdquo
- Maha Bali OER17 (2017)
What happened Short version
bull There are still loads of great things about the internet
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
Alexia web rankings October 2017
UK1 Googlecouk2 Youtubecom3 Googlecom4 Facebookcom5 Redditcom6 Amazoncouk7 Bbccouk8 Wikipediaorg9 Ebaycouk10 Twittercom
Global1 Googlecom2 Youtubecom3 Facebookcom4 Baiducom5 Wikipediaorg6 Yahoocom7 Googlecoin8 Redditcom9 Qqcom10 Taobaocom
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser CC BY-NC-ND 20 - Asian Development Bank
What does open knowledge mean
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
What happened Short version
bull The internet is mainstream
bull The internet is people
bullDigital content and relations build on and reinscribeexisting social conditions including structural inequalities
British Library Labs josiefraser
Digital exclusion
ldquoWith the proliferation of the Internet online violence against women has taken on a global dimension Online crimes are not a lsquofirst worldrsquo problem they seamlessly follow the spread of the Internetrdquo
UN Broadband Commission (2015)
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
We try to be inclusive but we fail a lot We need to design for inclusivity it doesnt just happenrdquo
- Maha Bali OER17 (2017)
What happened Short version
bull There are still loads of great things about the internet
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
Alexia web rankings October 2017
UK1 Googlecouk2 Youtubecom3 Googlecom4 Facebookcom5 Redditcom6 Amazoncouk7 Bbccouk8 Wikipediaorg9 Ebaycouk10 Twittercom
Global1 Googlecom2 Youtubecom3 Facebookcom4 Baiducom5 Wikipediaorg6 Yahoocom7 Googlecoin8 Redditcom9 Qqcom10 Taobaocom
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser CC BY-NC-ND 20 - Asian Development Bank
What does open knowledge mean
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
Digital exclusion
ldquoWith the proliferation of the Internet online violence against women has taken on a global dimension Online crimes are not a lsquofirst worldrsquo problem they seamlessly follow the spread of the Internetrdquo
UN Broadband Commission (2015)
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
We try to be inclusive but we fail a lot We need to design for inclusivity it doesnt just happenrdquo
- Maha Bali OER17 (2017)
What happened Short version
bull There are still loads of great things about the internet
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
Alexia web rankings October 2017
UK1 Googlecouk2 Youtubecom3 Googlecom4 Facebookcom5 Redditcom6 Amazoncouk7 Bbccouk8 Wikipediaorg9 Ebaycouk10 Twittercom
Global1 Googlecom2 Youtubecom3 Facebookcom4 Baiducom5 Wikipediaorg6 Yahoocom7 Googlecoin8 Redditcom9 Qqcom10 Taobaocom
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser CC BY-NC-ND 20 - Asian Development Bank
What does open knowledge mean
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
We try to be inclusive but we fail a lot We need to design for inclusivity it doesnt just happenrdquo
- Maha Bali OER17 (2017)
What happened Short version
bull There are still loads of great things about the internet
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
Alexia web rankings October 2017
UK1 Googlecouk2 Youtubecom3 Googlecom4 Facebookcom5 Redditcom6 Amazoncouk7 Bbccouk8 Wikipediaorg9 Ebaycouk10 Twittercom
Global1 Googlecom2 Youtubecom3 Facebookcom4 Baiducom5 Wikipediaorg6 Yahoocom7 Googlecoin8 Redditcom9 Qqcom10 Taobaocom
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser CC BY-NC-ND 20 - Asian Development Bank
What does open knowledge mean
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
What happened Short version
bull There are still loads of great things about the internet
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
Alexia web rankings October 2017
UK1 Googlecouk2 Youtubecom3 Googlecom4 Facebookcom5 Redditcom6 Amazoncouk7 Bbccouk8 Wikipediaorg9 Ebaycouk10 Twittercom
Global1 Googlecom2 Youtubecom3 Facebookcom4 Baiducom5 Wikipediaorg6 Yahoocom7 Googlecoin8 Redditcom9 Qqcom10 Taobaocom
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser CC BY-NC-ND 20 - Asian Development Bank
What does open knowledge mean
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
Alexia web rankings October 2017
UK1 Googlecouk2 Youtubecom3 Googlecom4 Facebookcom5 Redditcom6 Amazoncouk7 Bbccouk8 Wikipediaorg9 Ebaycouk10 Twittercom
Global1 Googlecom2 Youtubecom3 Facebookcom4 Baiducom5 Wikipediaorg6 Yahoocom7 Googlecoin8 Redditcom9 Qqcom10 Taobaocom
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser CC BY-NC-ND 20 - Asian Development Bank
What does open knowledge mean
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
Alexia web rankings October 2017
UK1 Googlecouk2 Youtubecom3 Googlecom4 Facebookcom5 Redditcom6 Amazoncouk7 Bbccouk8 Wikipediaorg9 Ebaycouk10 Twittercom
Global1 Googlecom2 Youtubecom3 Facebookcom4 Baiducom5 Wikipediaorg6 Yahoocom7 Googlecoin8 Redditcom9 Qqcom10 Taobaocom
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser CC BY-NC-ND 20 - Asian Development Bank
What does open knowledge mean
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser CC BY-NC-ND 20 - Asian Development Bank
What does open knowledge mean
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser CC BY-NC-ND 20 - Asian Development Bank
What does open knowledge mean
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
What makes a resource open
Cable Green (2016) ldquotwo conditions that should guide your determination as to whether or not an item is considered lsquoopenrsquo
bull Do you have lsquofree and unfettered accessrsquo to the resource If you have to pay to retain or use a resource it isnt open
bull Is use of the resource governed by David Wileys 5Rs of Openness permissionsrdquo
British Library Labs josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
ldquoOpen data and content can be freely used modified and shared by anyone for any purposerdquo
The Open Definition httpopendefinitionorg
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
Open practice
bull Supporting the use and production of open resources
bull Accessibility
bull Collaboration
bull Development
bull Co-production
bull Inclusion
bull Sustainability
bull Privacy
bull Public Value
bull Flexibility
bull Customisationrelevance
bull Quality assurance
bull Open licensing
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Finale of BBC 100 Women season December 2016 featured an international edit-a-thon 100WomenWiki
bull Highest number of entries about women added to Wikipedia in a single event with more than 400 new or updated profiles
bull Figures before the event show around 17 of notable profiles on Wikipedia are of women
bull Just 15 of Wikipedias volunteer editors are female
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
British Library Labs josiefraser
Image by Glamlogojpg UserHusky and h3m3ls Mischa de Muynck and Niels [CC BY-SA 30] via Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedian Residencies
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull In 2010 Australian Liam Wyatt became the first Wikipedian in Residence when he volunteered at the British Museum for a period of five weeks rdquoWe are doing the same thing for the same reason for the same people in the same medium Lets do it together
bull Wikimedia UK supported its first Wikimedian in Residence project at the British Library in 2012 The project facilitated the re-use of the collections in a number of areas from digitising and releasing thousands of images of Canada creating scores of articles about Chinese Archaeology and training over 400 staff academics and members of the public
British Library Labs josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
bull Liaises between the organization and the Wikimedia community
bull Promotes understanding of Wikimedia among staff
bull Formally coordinated by the institution allowing the resident to work closely with staff for various projects
bull Works with staff to organise compile and make resources digital
bull Facilitates the community improvement of content rather than directly editing articles as a core goal
bull Coordinates events including Edit-a-Thons
bull Builds partnerships between the Wikimedia communities and an organization
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence
bull Establish links between the organisation and open knowledge communities
bull Provide professional development and capacity building for organisations
bull Support organisational development of strategy and practice in relation to outreach engagement profile raising education programmes inclusion
bull Increasing the use of collections for research commerce the arts andlearning and teaching
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
Wikipedians in Residence reach
bull Bodleian Libraries 74 million views 8007 files (288 in use)
bull National Library of Scotland - 86 million views 1445 files (245 in use)
bull National Library of Wales 334 million views 16464 files (539 in use)
bull University of Edinburgh 12 million views 59 files (322 in use)
bull Wellcome Images - 981 million views 101670 files (473 in use)
Wellcome statistics relate to the work of Wikimedia UK volunteers prior to the appointment of the resident as well as the impact of the residency itself
British Library Labs josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
Wiki Cymru gender equilibrium
bull In the last few years many edit-a-thons have been held in Wales encouraging people to write articles on women
bull Steered by Wikimedia UK Wales Manager Robin Owain and a strong and committed Welsh Wikipedia community supported by Swansea University and the National Library of Wales
bull The Welsh Wikipedia currently has nearly 90000 articles and is ranked 60th largest out of a total of 284 language Wikipedias all over the world
bull December 2016 9312 biographies on women and 8123 of men on Welsh Wikipedia (up from 32 in June 2016)
bull ldquoThe number of biographies is now balanced which is a big achievement for a small Wikipedia but we now need to look at other factors such as increasing the content of articles from being male orientated to being more balanced and gender neutralrdquo - Robin Owain
British Library Labs josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
Celtic amp indigenous languages 2017
bull Appointment of the UKs first permanent Wikimedian at the National Library of Wales
bull The successful appointment and launch of the first Gaelic Wikimedian in Residence Dr Susan Ross in partnership with the National Library of Scotland
bull Wikimedian in Residence at Scottish Libraries and Information Council (SLIC)
bull The first lsquoCeltic Knotrsquo ndash Wikipedia Language Conference at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK
British Library Labs josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
Questions
bull In what way(s) do you consider your practice to be open already bullWhat are your priorities Could open approaches
including connecting to open communities help these bullWhat are your concerns about working in the open
British Library Labs josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser
Thank you
josiefraser