Great news, and thanks for sharing! On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Axel Pettersson < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, (cross posting on purpose, no excuses) > > Great news for everyone interested in cultural heritage. > > Wikimedia Sverige, along with partners UNESCO, Wikimedia Italia and > Cultural Heritage without Borders, has received a $300,000 grant from > Kulturstiftelsen (the Swedish postcode lottery) to work on a project called > Connected > Open Heritage.[1] > > The project lasts until July 2017, and during that time we will work on: > > - > > Migrating the information in the WLM database to Wikidata > - > > Updating and adding new data about monuments, including from ten > countries where cultural heritage is at risk > - > > Uploading tens of thousands of images and media files from cultural > heritage institutions > - > > Increasing awareness about what the Wikimedia movement is doing in the > cultural heritage field, both to the Wikimedia communities, general public > and also to experts in the field > - > > Promoting open data and free licenses > - > > Organizing a photo exhibition with images of cultural heritage in at > least three countries. > > > All info on the project, including who to contact if you want to get > involved, timeplan, activities and such are available on Meta. The talk > page on Meta is open for comments and questions, and all input on this is > welcome. > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connected_Open_Heritage > > Best regards, > /axel > > ==================================== > Axel Pettersson > Projektledare GLAM/Outreach > Wikimedia Sverige > > +46 (0)733 96 55 65 > [email protected] > > Twitter: @Haxpett <https://twitter.com/#%21/haxpett> > > Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige. > Läs mer på *wikimedia.se/sv/blimedlem <http://wikimedia.se/sv/blimedlem>* > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > >
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