W00t! (As the young people say ;) ) On 13 Jun 2014 15:26, "Crockford, Ally" <a.crockf...@nls.uk> wrote:
> Hi all, > > > > I am very happy to announce that the first three batches of digital > content from the National Library of Scotland’s collections have been > successfully uploaded to Wikimedia Commons this week! This follows the > acceptance in March 2014 of a library-wide policy that places all > NLS-generated metadata under a CC-0 licence; digital content will be > released under either a CC-0 or CC-BY-NC-SA licence (unfortunately for the > time being the NLS has chosen to licence its master .tiff files as > CC-BY-NC-SA but the policy will be reviewed annually so we can only hope > this is temporary). The Library will be issuing an official press release > early next week and the policy itself will be available on our website. > > > > Although it’s a small batch yet, this is still extremely exciting and is > the result of a combined effort from the NLS and Wikimedia UK; hopefully it > is just the first in many projects of this type both at the NLS and at > other Scottish organisations! > > > > See the released content here: > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tay_Bridge_disaster > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Construction_of_the_Forth_Bridge > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Scotia_Depicta > > > > Cheers, > Ally > > > > > > > > > > Ally Crockford > > Wikimedian-In-Residence > > National Library of Scotland > George IV Bridge > Edinburgh EH1 1EW > Scotland, UK > > > > e: a.crockf...@nls.uk > > t: (0) 131 623 3797 > > w: http://www.nls.uk > > > > > > Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/natlibscot> and Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/NationalLibraryOfScotland> > > > > National Library of Scotland, Scottish Charity, No: SCO11086 > > This communication is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not > the addressee please inform the sender and delete the email from your > system. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of National Library of > Scotland. This message is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 and > Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. No liability is accepted for > any harm that may be caused to your systems or data by this message. > > > > www.nls.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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