I'm happy to take a look. I'll follow up on Commons tomorrow.
Fae On 17 Apr 2014 14:28, "Crockford, Ally" <[email protected]> wrote: > The National Library of Scotland has cleared about 2500 images to be > released to Commons as part of the Wikimedian in Residence programme – > which is fantastic! The tricky part is that I as the Wikimedian in > Residence don’t have the technical experience that seems to be required to > go about doing that myself. > > > > I’ve looked through some of the previous successful uploads, and am having > trouble tracing the process through from conceptualisation to realisation. > I was hoping to use the GWToolset but I’m lacking the documentation that > tells me how to go about preparing the metadata and the files and how to > (reasonably) successfully execute the upload. I know that the BL has > recently had a successful batch upload and I’ve spoken to Andrew about > this, but I also am aware that things have been evolving since then and I’m > keen to do this as efficiently and quickly as possible. I’m therefore > reaching out for any assistance to make this happen. > > > > The idea was to do a series of smaller large uploads (between a couple > hundred and a thousand images at a time) that would be grouped according to > theme – this is partly an attempt to facilitate their use on Wikipedia and > elsewhere once on commons. I will work on this end with anyone who can give > me ideas and/or flat out dummy’s guide directions to get things organised, > I mainly need a hand getting started. > > > > We are entirely flexible in the output of the metadata, as it’s currently > just sitting in a database, and the files are already sitting in an open > webspace, so it’s just a question of getting things from point A to point B > with all of the appropriate information attached, really. If this works, > then the NLS would be able to use this process in the long term to > hopefully upload thousands more images, maps, and other digitised content, > so while the trial run is small it will have a large impact in the end. > > > > Any help/ideas either onlist or on my Commons talk page > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:ACrockford would be > fantastic. > > > > Cheers, > > Ally > > > > > > > > Ally Crockford > > Wikimedian-In-Residence > > National Library of Scotland > George IV Bridge > Edinburgh EH1 1EW > Scotland, UK > > > > e: [email protected] > > t: (0) 131 623 3797 > > w: http://www.nls.uk > > > > > > Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/natlibscot> and > Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/NationalLibraryOfScotland> > > > > National Library of Scotland, Scottish Charity, No: SCO11086 > > This communication is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not > the addressee please inform the sender and delete the email from your > system. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of National Library of > Scotland. This message is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 and > Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. No liability is accepted for > any harm that may be caused to your systems or data by this message. > > > > www.nls.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > >
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