Excellent news. Well done! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 21 January 2016 at 15:57, Estermann Beat <[email protected]> wrote: > Excellent! Congratulations! > > Beat > > > > *From:* GLAM [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Axel > Pettersson > *Sent:* Donnerstag, 21. Januar 2016 16:52 > *To:* GLAM wikimedia > *Subject:* [GLAM] Connected Open Heritage project started > > > > 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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