Perhaps you are already aware of this new upload tool by Yarl: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Pattypan
Arne Wossink of the Dutch chapter (WMNL) recently gave a workshop in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Pattypan proves to be a handy tool at least for small uploads (don't know a limit, might be slow though), with some advantages over GWToolSet, but not all of its capabilities: - no URL needed for the uploadables - no need for conversion of the metadata to XML - no upload permissions needed (!) The metadata templates Artwork, Information, Photograph are available by default, it seems other templates can be implemented by the user. Pattypan creates a spreadsheet for your directory with uploadable files, which can then be filled with metadata. So Pattypan is an improvement over Vicuna, also by Yarl. Best regards, hans muller https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hansmuller Op Zo, 22 mei, 2016 3:12 am schreef Jens Best: > Good news. > > > Embracing the factor that GLAM and Wikipedia can grow together to enhance > the various possibilities of Free (deep) Knowledge is a good development > in the 15th year of Wikipedia and also to counterbalance the > commercialisation of the internet in this era. > > Good that the Foundation in strenghening this area. > > > Jens > > > 2016-05-21 20:19 GMT+02:00 Steinsplitter Wiki > <steinsplit...@wikipedia.de>: > > >> >> >>> From: jorlow...@gmail.com >>> Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 17:23:53 +0000 >>> To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New GLAM-Wiki Role at Wikimedia Foundation >>> >> >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> >>> As you may have noticed in the Annual Plan, the Wikimedia Foundation >>> has proposed more support of GLAM-Wiki. I want to happily announce >>> that *Alex Stinson* will be expanding and transitioning his role as >>> Wikipedia >>> >> Library >> >>> Coordinator to lead this new position as *GLAM-Wiki Strategist >>> *within >>> >> the >>> Community Engagement department at WMF. He will continue to report >>> and work closely with me in Wikipedia Library land, which I'm very >>> happy >> about! >>> >>> I'll let Alex introduce himself and his thoughts on the position, why >>> it matters, and what its goals are. >>> >>> Best, >>> Jake Orlowitz >>> >>> >>> User:Ocaasi (WMF) >>> >>> >>> Head of the Wikipedia Library >>> >>> >>> jorlow...@wikimedia.org >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> Hi all! >>> >>> >>> I am particularly excited to be shifting towards helping with >>> GLAM-Wiki >>> support. I plan to bring my long history of working in Wikimedia >> outreach, >>> first as a volunteer in GLAM and the Education program and then as an >>> employee with the Wikipedia Library, to improve our global GLAM >>> impact >> [1]. >> >>> >>> As we point out in the proposed annual plan, [2] GLAM-Wiki has a long >>> history as a programmatic strategy for volunteers and affiliates. >>> These >>> programs have collected some of our best content, pushed our >>> technologies beyond their limits, and created a considerable volume of >>> contributions from both Wikimedians and experts for over 8 years. >>> >>> However, as these practices become more and more sophisticated and >>> >> varied, >>> volunteers from smaller communities without connections to the >>> leaders of successful projects have found themselves unable to >>> replicate this >> success, >>> or replicating many of the mistakes from earlier projects. At the >>> same time, larger initiatives have been hindered by a lack of >>> investment in infrastructure and technology. >>> >>> WMF has been a great supporter of GLAM through grants and affiliate >>> support, but we can do more. We havenât provided consistent global >>> connection, communication and support for GLAM-Wiki resources and >>> tools. My goal is to help GLAM spread throughout our communities and >>> potentially tens of thousands of organizations that - as folks like >>> Liam Wyatt have >>> been advocating from the beginning - share our same values: freely >> sharing >>> knowledge with the world. >>> >>> Below I have outlined our approach for the GLAM-Wiki Strategist role >>> >> [3]. I >> >>> want to use the next few months to listen and evaluate the needs of >>> the communities actively involved in GLAM-Wiki work to make sure that >>> I >>> prioritize projects correctly. I am also going to be at Wikimania, and >>> >> have >>> already talked to a number of GLAM-Wiki leaders at Wikimedia >>> Conference. >>> >>> >>> My role as strategist is to consult, collaborate, organize, and plan. >>> So, >>> please reach out to me with your questions, thoughts, needs or other >>> feedback. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >>> Alex Stinson >>> >>> >>> GLAM-Wiki Strategist >>> >>> >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> >>> >>> astin...@wikimedia.org >>> >>> [1] A little about me >>> >>> >>> I have been working with the Wikipedia Library since May 2014, >>> developing the Libraryâs publisher partnerships, building >>> relationships with dozens >> of >>> community and language leaders across our volunteer movement, >>> crafting a broader strategy for engaging the largest libraries and >>> international reference networks, and project managing tool and >>> metrics improvements >> for >>> our program. >>> >>> I also designed and deployed the successful #1Lib1Ref campaign ( >>> >> 1lib1ref.org) >> >>> that drew nearly 30,000 viewers, 5 million tweet-impressions, and >> hundreds >>> of participants from the library world to Wikipedia in our first ever >>> viral, global micro-contributions drive for quality improvement. >>> >>> In my volunteer, time I try to stay active as User:Sadads, where I am >>> mostly active on English Wikipedia ( >98,000 edits). I have been >>> actively writing content about literature and novels since 2008. I >>> have always thought of our movement as a community with a lot of >>> opportunities around partnerships and collaboration. >>> >>> I was also one of the early adopters of GLAM-Wiki in the US: While >>> still in college, I approached the Smithsonian in 2010 about a >>> partnership, establishing the dialogue which grew to one of our most >>> successful long-term cultural partners within the movement. I have >>> learned from >> those >>> early attempts and have led GLAM-Wiki relationships with a handful of >>> smaller organizations while in school and as a volunteer. >>> >>> I am also a long time supporter of the Education program: I was >>> trained >> as >>> part of the Public Policy Initiative's first round of "Campus >> Ambassadors", >> >>> the project that became first the U.S. and then the Global Education >>> Programs. >>> >>> >>> I am based in Southern Vermont, where I enjoy hiking, the local and >>> the local food culture. In my spare time, I try to produce sustainable >>> food through my garden and homebrewing-- I just put in 4 rows of >>> potatoes, and am about to start most of my summer crops. >>> >>> >>> [2] *Annual Plan for GLAM* >>> >>> >>> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2016-2 >> 017/draft#Program_5:_Give_more_support_to_GLAM_partnerships >> >>> >>> >>> [3] Some thoughts on the GLAM-Wiki Strategist Role >>> >>> >>> What I hope to do: >>> >>> >>> * Help lead efforts to evaluate and improve our GLAM-Wiki >>> documentation, and develop resources that make GLAM-Wiki a more >>> approachable strategy >> for >>> volunteers, especially in communities which don't have much >>> experience in partnerships with formal organizations. >>> >>> * Connect with and learn from the network of community leaders >>> supporting partnerships with GLAM and other organizations >>> >>> * Help document and share the most successful, repeatable GLAM-Wiki >>> >> project >>> models coming from our communities. >>> >>> * Connect community leaders and outside organizations who approach >>> Community Engagement and other Wikimedia Foundation departments about >>> >> GLAM >> >>> partnerships with the best volunteer leaders, resources, or learning >>> materials. >>> >>> * Communicate GLAM and GLAM-Wiki needs with teams and departments >>> within WMF, including Community Resources, Strategic Partnerships and >>> >> Engineering >> >>> teams. I have already started these conversations, and hope to be >>> able to share what I have been working on in the next couple months. >>> >>> * Support strategic movement relationships with global organizations >>> (IFLA, ICOM, UNESCO, OCLC, Internet Archive, etc ) which can expand >>> opportunities for GLAM-Wiki programming and partnerships by local >>> affiliates. >>> >>> What I won't be doing: >>> >>> >>> * Creating partnerships with local cultural heritage organizations >>> >>> >>> * "Coordinating" in any strong sense of the word -- It's not my role >>> to >> be >>> âin chargeâ of what others are doing in the GLAM-Wiki space -- >>> instead my aim is to facilitate access to better tools and resources >>> that help >> community >>> leaders coordinate these partnerships more easily and effectively. >>> >>> What I would like to learn from the community and GLAM program >>> leaders in the next few months: >>> >>> * Where does our community of GLAM-outreach leaders need the most >>> >> support? >>> >>> * What are the greatest technology barriers preventing the creation >>> of easy-to-create and scalable relationships with cultural heritage >>> organizations? >>> >>> * What are the best opportunities for expanding GLAM-Wiki strategies >>> to >> new >>> or emerging communities with less partnership experience or affiliate >>> support? >>> >>> * How can we help a greater range of Wikimedia volunteers participate >>> in partnerships with our GLAM allies? >>> >>> I am very optimistic about the opportunities for GLAM-Wiki work, >>> >> especially >>> as Wikimedia becomes leaders of open and linked data, through >>> projects >> like >>> Wikidata -- and I want to make sure our communities have the tools >>> and support to take advantage of that leading role in sharing cultural >>> >> heritage >>> knowledge around the world. >>> >>> >>> -Alex >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >>> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> >>> New messages to: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >>> >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Glamtools mailing list >> Glamtools@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Glamtools mailing list > Glamtools@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools > > _______________________________________________ Glamtools mailing list Glamtools@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools
