I feel the revolutionary in me. (Mike you were talking about a new wiki project....)
If we could arrange for these 2D QR Bar codes to be easily printed from GLAM pages then "enterprising" visitors might add a little sticker to GLAM labels. Its international travellors today who have access to Google Goggles.... but ? years ago it was only them who had a phone. If these labels became universal then the phone companies would fight each other to be the first to make it happen easily on their network. If we get a developer then maybe we could see if we could add a "Print GLAM sticker" to the list of options on a Wiki page? On 2 February 2011 09:49, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> wrote: > There are some museums that are already taking advantage of Wikipedia's > content. Last weekend, I was at Fort Perch Rock [1], which is a small > naval/RAF museum near Liverpool. The style of some of the content pinned to > the wall was easily recognisable - it was straight from Wikipedia. E.g. the > complete text of the article on HMS Thesis [2] was there, infobox and all. > Although, there was a slight lack of attribution... > > I would love to see this become more widespread. QR codes linked to > Wikipedia content would be fantastic. If the museum has an international > audience, then using the different language editions of Wikipedia would be > great, if there's space on the paper (bear in mind that most people don't > have smart phones, or if they do and they're international travellers then > they probably won't want to use the expensive data roaming costs). > > It very much depends on the museum's interest, and the level of the costs; > it's worth talking to them about though. I think it would be a really > interesting use of a microgrant, if the costs are sub-£100. > > Mike > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Perch_Rock > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Thetis_%28N25%29 > > > On 1 Feb 2011, at 11:48, Fae wrote: > > > WRT QR codes: I brought this up when chatting with the British > > Library. If it were part of a temporary exhibition (the BL has a funky > > new-media room in the foyer area, for example) then a demo using QR > > codes and a free smart phone app(*) would be an easy thing to show off > > and less controversial than sticking new labels all over a museum. As > > the QR codes can point to an official website (or database record for > > the item) this would not need to be a Wikipedia specific initiative. > > > > If someone is into this technology, perhaps we can make such a demo > > part of an upcoming workshop/edit-a-thon event with a relevant GLAM > > (like Derby or the BL)? > > > > (*) The BL recently made a great hoo-ha about their new smart phone > > app, see http://www.bl.uk/app/ > > > > Fæ > > -- > > http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > -- Roger Bamkin (aka Victuallers)
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