Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

> > On 26 February 2016 at 09:50 Fæ wrote: > > > I would make the flyer generic, it can then be used by other English > speaking organizations and shared on the Outreach wiki rather than > hidden away on the chapter wiki and appearing like proprietary >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

On 25/02/16 17:31, Edward Saperia wrote: > > At the risk of sounding negative, I also don't think this seems like a > very productive thing for the charity to spend time on. Lots of > materials already exist that explain the benefits of open knowledge - > and without a clear audience or channel

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

On 26/02/16 10:59, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > Not really Gordo! Sorry if I wasn't clear. As Sara has offered to write > the text, I'll discuss the brief in more detail with her - although > happy for others to be involved, of course :) That's fine. I assumed you were limiting to "open

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Not really Gordo! Sorry if I wasn't clear. As Sara has offered to write the text, I'll discuss the brief in more detail with her - although happy for others to be involved, of course :) On 26 February 2016 at 10:55, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 26/02/16 10:14, Lucy

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

On 26/02/16 10:14, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > Thanks for all your comments and input into this. I can understand why > those working closely within the open knowledge sector might feel there > isn't a need for information about why this matters, but the audience > we're aiming this at are

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

On 26/02/16 00:27, Simon Knight wrote: > This isn't a great example, but the JISC open access resources are > targeted at HE orgs to help them overcome specific challenges, and > https://www.jisc.ac.uk/content/open-access much of which could be > adapted into internal business cases for a shift to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

Dear all Thanks for all your comments and input into this. I can understand why those working closely within the open knowledge sector might feel there isn't a need for information about why this matters, but the audience we're aiming this at are people working in smaller organisations and

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

Hello hello. Existing WiR here (Museums Galleries Scotland), happy to collaborate on this. Have had contact with ~26 different GLAMs over the past year, of varying sizes. I'm at user:lirazelf. if someone wants to do the design, I'll do the text. S Sent from my iPhone > On 26 Feb 2016, at

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

On 26 February 2016 at 09:41, Charles Matthews wrote: > On 25 February 2016 at 21:47 Michael Maggs wrote: > > And as a national charity that aspires to lead in this area we really ought > to have something that concisely answers the question

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

> On 25 February 2016 at 21:47 Michael Maggs wrote: > > And as a national charity that aspires to lead in this area we really > ought to have something that concisely answers the question "why should I > release my content?" > > A flyer, then. Starting from the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

On 25 February 2016 at 23:00, Edward Saperia wrote: > Surely https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM must have one, or have > enough material to make one trivial to pull together? > Might. Might not. They tend to focus on larger organisations. -- geni

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

I think re: the GLAM resources, a lot of the material is about practical issues once the decision to release content has been made. Fabian rightly points out that lots of orgs are sympathetic to the desire to release content openly (or, at least, to have their content more widely used) but have

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

Thanks for that clarification, Michael. It should be noted, however, for a charity there may be a number of issues they may need to consider: * Do they own copyright of images? Whilst generally images created by employees usually, unless otherwise stated, belong to their employers, the same

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

Surely https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM must have one, or have enough material to make one trivial to pull together? On 25 February 2016 at 21:47, Michael Maggs wrote: > I have one very small example. At a wiki meetup last month I met a the > chair of a small local

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

I have one very small example. At a wiki meetup last month I met a the chair of a small local charity. They have an archive of interesting local material that the chair would like to consider scanning and releasing as PD or under a free licence. I was asked "do you have a short, simple,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

> > >> WMUK would like to provide better materials aimed at the general public > which explain the benefits of open knowledge. > > What is the objective here? > Its now been 2 full working days. Am I to take it that there is no > objective? > geni > At the risk of sounding negative, I also don't

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

On 24 February 2016 at 03:04, geni wrote: > On 23 February 2016 at 12:27, Lucy Crompton-Reid > wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> WMUK would like to provide better materials aimed at the general public >> which explain the benefits of open

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Hi all, Maybe the en:Wikipedia page on open knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_knowledge could also be improved? all the best Fabian aka Leutha > On 23 February 2016 at 12:27 Lucy Crompton-Reid > wrote: > > Hi all > > WMUK would like to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

> > On 24 February 2016 at 03:04 geni wrote: > > > On 23 February 2016 at 12:27, Lucy Crompton-Reid > wrote: > > > > Hi all > > > > WMUK would like to provide better materials aimed at the general public >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

On 23 February 2016 at 12:27, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > Hi all > > WMUK would like to provide better materials aimed at the general public which > explain the benefits of open knowledge. What is the objective here? > > I have already been signposted to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

> On 23 February 2016 at 12:27 Lucy Crompton-Reid > wrote: > > Also, if anyone would like to take on the task of writing a short, simple > guide to open knowledge from a Wikimedia perspective, please let me know! This > will go on our website but will

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

Open Knowledge, Open Data Institute, Creative Commons have lots of this kind of stuff, e.g. http://opendatahandbook.org/ This is good too: https://exposingtheinvisible.org/guides/decoding-data/ Who do you see as the audience for this guide you're proposing? *Edward Saperia* Founder Newspeak

[Wikimediauk-l] Collating/editing information about the benefits of open knowledge

Hi all WMUK would like to provide better materials aimed at the general public which explain the benefits of open knowledge. I have already been signposted to some existing resources (provided by other organisations) but if you know of any really good materials on this, please let me know. Also,