Thanks for the news. A question comes to my mind when I read this article: Why did the British Library use Flickr instead of Wikimedia Commons? Maybe it has to do something with a better usability of Flickr? -
The usability of Wikimedia Commons most be increased to make it more attractive to individual and institutional users. Don't you think so? The next steps mentioned in the article indicates good opportunities for us to get involved and show the potential of an experienced platform for crowdsourcing information and knowledge: "We are looking for new, inventive ways to navigate, find and display these 'unseen illustrations'. and furtheron in the blogpost, "We plan to launch a crowdsourcing application at the beginning of next year, to help describe what the images portray. Our intention is to use this data to train automated classifiers that will run against the whole of the content." http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/12/a-million-first-steps.html Best regards, Jens 2013/12/15 Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada <emi...@gmail.com> > Quote from full announcement > > http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/12/a-million-first-steps.html > > We have released over a million > images<http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary>onto Flickr Commons > for anyone to use, remix and repurpose. These images > > were taken from the pages of 17th, 18th and 19th century books digitised > > by Microsoft< > http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/Press-Releases/The-British-Library-19th-Century-Book-Digitisation-Project-343.aspx>who > then generously gifted the scanned images to us, allowing us to release > > them back into the Public Domain. The images themselves cover a startling > > mix of subjects: There are maps, geological diagrams, beautiful > > illustrations, comical satire, illuminated and decorative letters, > > colourful illustrations, landscapes, wall-paintings and so much more that > > even we are not aware of. > > > Flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary > Example of image http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11307195524/ > Example of all images from a book > http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/tags/sysnum002660292 > Stuff for coders https://github.com/BL-Labs/imagedirectory > > So... :-) > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- -- Jens Best Präsidium Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. web: http://www.wikimedia.de mail: jens.best <http://goog_17221883>@wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>