Thanks for sharing Arne! I love these internationally focused donations. Have you been using Patty Pan? ( I see that you note the GLAM-Wiki toolset for one of them).
Cheers, Alex On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 7:36 AM, Arne Wossink <[email protected]> wrote: > (Apologies for cross-posting) > > Dear list-members, > > I would like to draw your attention to 3 digital collections originating > from Dutch institutions that have recently been made available on Wikimedia > Commons: > > 1. The African Studies Center > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika-Studiecentrum,_Leiden>, Leiden > University, donated 756 images made by Roel Coutinho > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Guinea-Bissau_and_Senegal_1973-1974_(Coutinho_Collection)>, > a Dutch MD working in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal between 1973 and 1974. The > images show aspects of daily life such as food preparation, festivities and > school and hospital buildings, among other things. The metadata (including > Portuguese captions) were prepared by Michele Portatadino, the upload was > done by Hans Muller using the GWToolset. > > 2. The Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean > Studies > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Institute_of_Southeast_Asian_and_Caribbean_Studies> > and Leiden University Library > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden_University_Library> donated 3114 > images <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:KITLV_donation_2016> > to Wikimedia Commons as a follow-up to an earlier donation containing > 2400+ images > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:KITLV_donation_2015>. The new > donation contains photos, lithos, drawings, watercolours showing people, > landscapes, plantations, plants and butterflies from countries such as > Suriname, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and Singapore. The upload was > carried out by Hans Muller. > > 3. The National Museum of World Cultures > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17153751> (a merger of the former > Tropenmuseum, the Museum Volkenkunde and the Afrika Museum) donated a > collection > of 720 images > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_the_Nationaal_Museum_van_Wereldculturen> > to Wikimedia Commons. This donation consists of photos of objects from the > museum's collection, and of photos taken during Dutch scientific and > military expeditions in Suriname and the Dutch East Indies. > > Best, > > Arne Wossink > > Projectleider / Project Lead Wikimedia Nederland > > *(Werkdagen: maandag, dinsdag, donderdag / Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, > Thursday)* > > Tel. +31 (0)6 11000505 > E-mail: [email protected] > > *Postadres*: > * Bezoekadres:* > Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 > 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht > > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > > -- Alex Stinson GLAM-Wiki Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM
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