This is really great news! All the best,
*Juliana Monteiro* Museóloga Profa. no Curso Técnico de Museologia -- Etec Parque da Juventude Blog <https://medium.com/@julianamonteiro47> | LinkedIn <https://br.linkedin.com/in/juliana-monteiro-90a14228> Museologist Teacher at the Certification Course of Museology -- Etec Parque da Juventude Blog <https://medium.com/@julianamonteiro47> | LinkedIn <https://br.linkedin.com/in/juliana-monteiro-90a14228/en> 2017-01-09 17:54 GMT-02:00 Alex Stinson <[email protected]>: > Hi GLAM-Wiki programs leaders and community, > > I am really excited to share with you that the foundation has received the > below grant for Structured Data on Commons. I have been supporting this > development, because as many of you know, GLAM-Wiki collaborations are > deeply connected to how we handle metadata, esp. integrating content > donations into Commons. > > A major component of the grant, will be collaborating with our GLAM > partners, especially with institutions that have robust technical expertise > about structured data who can give feedback on the roadmap and features of > the Structured Commons project. If there is someone who should be kept > informed, please let me know: in the short term, I will be helping connect > the development team with some initial outside expertise and with partners > who have done mass-uploads before. > > As we get deeper into the project we will want to also work with > organizations willing to interact with the technology. If any of your > partners or volunteer GLAM leaders would like to help us understand their > use of Commons please let me know. > > Also, I wanted to give a special thank you to community leaders, like > User:Jarekt, User:Husky, User:Spinster, User:Multichill, User:Jane023, > User:Magnus Manske, User:TheDJ, User:Wittyllama, User:Aubrey, > User:Pigsonthewing, and the many others who for the last few years, have > been experimenting with connecting GLAM collections with our structured > data ecosystem on both Commons and through Wikidata. When both > communicating the need for Structured data on Commons within the Foundation > and supporting the development of the grant, the examples and case studies > you have provided along with all that I have learned about structured data > from you, helped greatly in putting this together. > I hope you all have a great start of the new year. > > Cheers, > Alex > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Wes Moran <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 2:48 PM > Subject: Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > Cc: Alex Stinson <[email protected]> > > > Hello Wikimedia community, > > It’s our delight to inform you that we received a US$3,015,000 grant from > the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation> [1] to > expedite development of structured data on Commons. The grant will be given > over the course of three years, and will allow us to develop a team, in > collaboration with the Wikidata team at Wikimedia Deutschland, that can > focus on integrating the structured data features of Wikidata into > describing the media files on Commons. > > This work will allow us to expedite features both on the Wikidata > development roadmap, and in other products supported by the Wikimedia > Foundation. The grant also provides funding to ensure that movement > stakeholders, like Wiki Loves Monuments and GLAM-Wiki program leaders, and > external partners who contribute heavily to Commons, such as GLAMs, can be > involved in the development. > > We have drafted a high level overview of the grant and its scope, > available on Commons > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Sloan_Grant> > [2]. A blog post about the grant is also available on the Wikimedia blog > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/09/sloan-foundation-structured-data> > [3]. > > We are currently in the process of identifying the technical lead for the > project. If you have questions, Alex Stinson, the Foundation’s GLAM-Wiki > strategist, will be leading the community engagement and communications for > the project until we hire a community liaison as part of the grant. Stay > tuned for more details about the project in the coming months. > > We’re excited to be able to support this project, and look forward to your > participation in its development. > > Thank you, > > Wes Moran and Maggie Dennis > > *Wes Moran, Vice President of Product* > *Maggie Dennis, Interim Chief of Community Engagement * > *Wikimedia Foundation* > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation > [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Sloan_Grant > [3] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/09/sloan-foundation-structured-data > > > > -- > 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: > http://glamwiki.org > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > >
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