Just discovered a short note of Andrew Gray, why Flickr was preferred instead of Commons. http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/2013/mechanical-curator-on-commons/
2013/12/15 Jens Best <jens.b...@wikimedia.de> > 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. > -- -- 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>